Last year we launched an Innovative program to allow select children in our care to participate in missions. In developing this program we followed the Acts 1:8 model, which instructs the body of Christ to be witnesses for Christ in our community, our state, our nation, and throughout the world.
As a result we arranged three different mission opportunities for our kids this year, which included trips to Tampa, New Orleans, and Miami.
“The mission trip focused on assisting the staff at the Children’s Malnutrition Center in San Juan, Guatemala. Daily activities included giving baths, dressing, and feeding as well as simply spending time with all of the children,” said Aleesa Harris, program coordinator for the Children’s Homes. “Our kids helped to serve more than 70 children at the Center.”
Harris said that the kids really had their eyes opened to the needs of the world. “Even though our kids have not had an easy time in their life, they all realized that they are indeed blessed to be able to live at the Children’s Homes,” Harris said.
“One of our kids who was changing a messy diaper turned to me and laughed, but it was moments like these that made me realize what missions in the name of Jesus were all about.”
“. . . and to the ends of the earth.”
– Acts 1:8