Dear CLA Family,

I am one of the adult leaders from the Findlay, Ohio team that joined your youth to do outreach ministry here in Nicaragua.  As a parent, I believe it’s important that you know how God is using your young people to change this world!  The kids from CLA are grounded in the Word and flowing in the Spirit.  They are teens that are set apart, set on fire, and sent out for God’s Kingdom work.  God has been stretching them and strengthening all of us.  We have seen Him move in so many ways this week!  Please know that your teens are filled with passion for Christ and their leaders love the Lord and the kids with passion.  What you have in your teen ministry is beautiful.  I witnessed kids praying, encouraging and caring for one another is a very special way.  May you continue to support their love for Christ by praying for them and encouraging them as they step out in faith! Please also, support the leadership.  They give above and beyond!  They are all a blessing.  If my family lived in your area, we would definitely want to be part of this youth group!! Frequency is a great name as they are definitely tuned into God!  Blessings to all of you as you seek to love and know Jesus more….TOGETHER!

Kim Bookmyer

EMBRACE THE SWEAT!

Aww thanks so much to Kim. Chelsea and Leah here :] so sorry we’re kinda behind on blogging, we’ve been very busy. But we’re gonna fill you in on Thursday.

We traveled to a city named Leon and started handing out flyers for the outreach we were doing that night. Then we did a program on a very very very hot basketball court. It went really well, and one man came up for prayer, so running around in the hot sun was worth it. After that we went to grab some grub at a near by restaurant, can you guess what we had? Chicken, beans and rice. Oh yeah!

Near the end of our meal, Eric asked for a couple of girls to go pray for a worker and her sick mother. So Kaitlyn Wellman, Becka Sheaffer and I got to go pray over them. From there we went to a small cobble street and did a very cool program. We basically blocked off the street with our bus and took over that neighborhood. We got to pray for a good amount of people, which was very encouraging.

Our next outreach was on another street. There were sooo many little kids there, and we got to pray for a bunch of them. And before we started, we were just dancing Es Mi Rey for the kids and having fun. They loved our dramas, especially the Doctor Skit, and were having a blast imitating us in their seats. When we were finished with that program, we headed over to our big youth outreach at an indoor basketball court. When we got there, we all got in a huge circle and started crying out to God for the teens and people that would come that night. It’s really amazing to see how much our team has united as one and grown so much with the Lord.

After we finished praying, we went out onto this balcony and did some Stomp to attract attention and get people to come inside. Then, once people started coming in, we set up our Stomp inside and started our program. Let me tell you, we counted, and we’ve done roughly 21 Stomps. Crazy, right?! Well it’s all worth it. After Pastor Jeff finished his powerful sermon, we set up Set Me Free and performed that with all our hearts, and finished with an altar call.

At first, we weren’t sure too many people were going to come down, but God’s power is great and I’m sure they felt Him tugging on their hearts. So we ended up with a very good turnout. God’s presence was definitely there that night and He moved in the hearts of those people, and us. After we ate a very late dinner at a pizza place, we headed back to our campground. It was a very long day, with the heat just draining us, and we had an early morning, so we all went straight to bed to get rested up for another amazing, life-changing day.

Thank you all for your comments. They really mean a lot to all of us and bring us a lot of encouragement. I hope our blogs are keeping you updated so you feel like you’re with us in every step. Keep us in your prayers. We’ve got one more day of ministry tomorrow(Sunday), so pray that God gives us strength and energy to finish out strong. Love you all! Nighty night. (:

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