Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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Due to flooding in Thailand, Y Squad has been rerouted to the Philippines. We arrived November 4 after traveling through 5 countries, 2 continents, and 4 airports, traveling over 15 hours in the sky and on my birthday, all in the last 5 days. We are here for the next 6 weeks. My heart is imploding and I am in love. God has blessed me more than words can express. 

Team changes happened before our arrival here and I am now on a team of all girls, amazing women: Rachel, Emily Rae, Kelly, Ruth, and Megan. I've decided that though these last months were good and there was great growth, they were tough and I do not want my next 8 months, to look like the last 3 months. I want to fight even harder for this new team and make every moment of it, making memories to last a lifetime and be open to all God has in store. Please pray that I have the spirit to fight for this next month, that I am who I need to be in Christ, to encourage, build up, and love my new teammates. I also want to continue to bless my old teammates, because they are already my family. I know I wasn't called on the WR to experience it as I have experienced the last 3 months. It was a good and growing time, but I know it can be better and God has called me into it.


 
So, for the next 6 weeks we are working with Kids International Ministries, out of Manila, Philippines. Their mission statement: "We at Kids International seek to: prepare children to honor God in their everyday lives in an environment that cares for their spiritual, educational, physical, and emotional needs." 4 of our squad teams will be living on the compound, working with various ministries. We haven't found out our specific ministry as the girl's team. However, after talking with Jeff Long, the program director, and sharing with him my love of infants and my job as an NICU nurse. He wants me to talk with pregnant teenagers and teaching them how to care for their infants and may get to participate in one of their birthing experiences. God is overwhelming me, right now, and its so so good. 

Kids International Ministries

P.E.A.C.E

Plant effective churches

Equip church leaders

Assist the poor

Care for the sick

Educate the next generation

These are the five things that we feel Christ has commissioned all of us to do and we feel that they will affect a permenant and lasting change in the area that we are planted. We feel that this will be an impact that will reverberate through the generations of manila. There are many different ways in which we accomplish these 5 key principles.Here is some of the programs that we are involved in;

Feedings: We take food daily to those that are most in need

Medical outreach and dental clinic: to help those who are sick and unable to care for themselves

Community schools: to educate those who cant afford to go to school and help them reach their full potential

Trades education: to help those who want to get a higher education but may not be able to afford trade school

Literacy program: to teach basic reading to those who might not ever have the chance to learn otherwise

Sports outreach: sports crosses all barriers and allows us to reach out through another medium

Childrens home: this is where kids can have a safe and nurturing environment that encourages them to grow and reach their full potential

Prison outreach: to visit those who are in prison is something Jesus told us to do and we can help those locked in prison find freedom in Jesus