Buena Fe kids crusade

This is Mike at Buena Fe, a small coastal town about an hour north of Guayaquil. We had a crusade that started every afternoon right before it got dark and lasted about one and a half hours up to two hours. We had one light bulb over our stage and the kids were sitting in the dirt street. The local cars, bikes, and motorcycles went around the block so we were able to use this street. It was very hot so starting right before dark was a time when the air could cool down a little.

On the left you can see us working in the beginning of the darkness with our one light bulb. That is Mike on the left with his gray hair and blonde puppet. We also used a white sheet on the front of the puppet stage to project powerpoint words of the songs that the kids were learning the week we were there. We were working in a small house church that was meeting behind the tree we were next to in this photo. This town had never had a program for the kids like this. Once the program was over at night the locals would caution us to be careful leaving and don't stop for anyone on the street. They told us that thieves may try to stop us at night because everyone around there had been watching us every night.

You can see Edwin on the left. Behind him on the right is the doorway that enters the small house church. We had a good response from the kids. Many would come back early the next afternoon to talk to us. Some of them were a part of a Sunday School class that the church had started and many were kids from the neighborhood that had never been to this church. Please pray that this church will grow and that they can get a place of their own to grow their church.