Two days of all those who will be helping out with our summer program to come together from all 10 ministry sites for a time of fellowship and training. There is between 80 to 100 people present for the two day training.
What a wonderful time to come together in worshipping our Lord. Singing praises to the King. We were fed from the Word of God in Luke 2:40, 52 and Mark 10:13-16. We heard three different testimonies from young people who grew up in the Kids Alive program and two of them are working in two different schools in our program. The young gal who shared came to our program when she was 3 or 4 years old with her two older siblings. Her parents were alcoholics and could not financially take care of her and her siblings. She lived with her grandma prior but she was also unable to take care of her. She came to know about Jesus through her various house parents and even her teachers as school. Very thankful. One young man was part of our after school program at the care center and he was able to receive a scholarship to continue on in high school and now is in our university program. He learned about Jesus through our staff sharing with him. He truly believes if it wasn't for our director at the site reaching out to him that he would have gone down a completely different path. Another young man who shared received a scholarship to go to our one school and it just happen that his mom was talking to a person who told her about the school so since she was there she visited the school and received the scholarship for him and his sibling to attend. He came to know Jesus through the staff at our school. He worked at some jobs prior to God opening the door for him to be a math teacher at one of our schools.
Kaela gave a workshop on 8 tips to working with at-risk children. Material from our trauma competent care training that she has been doing all year with our house parents and staff at the children's homes. Hilda, one of our house parents and a psychologist gave a workshop on the 5 love languages. The importance of filling up the child's emotional love tank. She also shared some inappropriate ways (from our child protection policy).
We had times where each site got together to get to know one another and our summer interns who would be working with them. They also shared summer goals. Some goals that I heard as I went from group to group were they wanted to share the love of Jesus to the kids so that the kids would know who Jesus is. They wanted to grow in their own spiritual walk with the Lord. They wanted to be able to put into practice what they learned regarding both the 5 love languages and the trauma competent care.
What a wonderful time to come together in worshipping our Lord. Singing praises to the King. We were fed from the Word of God in Luke 2:40, 52 and Mark 10:13-16. We heard three different testimonies from young people who grew up in the Kids Alive program and two of them are working in two different schools in our program. The young gal who shared came to our program when she was 3 or 4 years old with her two older siblings. Her parents were alcoholics and could not financially take care of her and her siblings. She lived with her grandma prior but she was also unable to take care of her. She came to know about Jesus through her various house parents and even her teachers as school. Very thankful. One young man was part of our after school program at the care center and he was able to receive a scholarship to continue on in high school and now is in our university program. He learned about Jesus through our staff sharing with him. He truly believes if it wasn't for our director at the site reaching out to him that he would have gone down a completely different path. Another young man who shared received a scholarship to go to our one school and it just happen that his mom was talking to a person who told her about the school so since she was there she visited the school and received the scholarship for him and his sibling to attend. He came to know Jesus through the staff at our school. He worked at some jobs prior to God opening the door for him to be a math teacher at one of our schools.
Kaela gave a workshop on 8 tips to working with at-risk children. Material from our trauma competent care training that she has been doing all year with our house parents and staff at the children's homes. Hilda, one of our house parents and a psychologist gave a workshop on the 5 love languages. The importance of filling up the child's emotional love tank. She also shared some inappropriate ways (from our child protection policy).
We had times where each site got together to get to know one another and our summer interns who would be working with them. They also shared summer goals. Some goals that I heard as I went from group to group were they wanted to share the love of Jesus to the kids so that the kids would know who Jesus is. They wanted to grow in their own spiritual walk with the Lord. They wanted to be able to put into practice what they learned regarding both the 5 love languages and the trauma competent care.
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| Monte Plata |
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| Santo Domingo - North and East Campuses |
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| Nutrition Intern |
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| Palo Blanco |
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| Caraballo |
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| Caraballo |
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| ANIJA |
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| Constanza |
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| Ark-Jarabacoa |
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