Volunteer Report

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Last Friday was the first day of the Festival. God is so great! You can check out the live recording and see all the people, J it was neat! A Deaf mom rededicates her life to go and she has a Deaf husband, who already follows Jesus and two hearing children and make sure you remember those two children for the other story.

Last Saturday morning, we went out to see the sting rays and the Deaf group came with us. It was fun and the best part of it was the young Deaf lady got saved! She is filled with questions and is hungry for God’s Word! We will use videophone often to help her grow spiritually with God and of course to answer more of her questions! Hahaha

 

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At first one might get the feeling that we are glad the week is coming to an end. In fact, our team is saddened that today we participated in our last school presentation. As we have ridden an emotional rollercoaster this week, we have been continually rejuvenated by the Holy Spirit. We followed the amazing primary School team in presenting to the students at Triple C Academy. The primary school children and faculty were engaged and it was so much fun to see the interaction between them and the volunteers.

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It is Thursday, and unfortunately I had to sit out and stay behind at the hotel due to being sick. But from what my teammates told me it looked like the Sports Ministry had another blessed day. They visited 3 schools today, Savannah Primary, John Cumber, and Grace Christian Academy. At Grace Christian my teammate Annie mentioned that in addition to sports the kids wanted to show us some cool things that they do. So with the teachers’ permission some of the kids sought out wild iguanas and brought them back to us to see. Others climbed up on to the roofs and climbed up coconut trees in their uniforms to bring us coconuts for its juice to drink.

But at Savannah and John Cumber legacy was being built. My teammate Randy told me that when he was at Savannah that there was kid named Shawn who was considered one of the “hi-risk” kids, meaning he was one of the ones that would always get in trouble. One of the things Randy did was pray for him then gave him accountability by designating him as the Sportsmanship Minister for his school. His roll was to become a school leader and to show his peers how to demonstrate good sportsmanship. Similarly, at John Cumber, the Sports Ministry team had the opportunity to witness the room extension and murals that were built by the Construction and Community Projects Ministry groups. He mentioned how beautiful everything looked and what an impact this will make for future students and teachers to come.

I feel both experiences at Savannah and John Cumber have a unique analogy. The idea is “building a legacy.” By giving Shawn accountability, his memory, his story to his peers and even those who he may designate to take his roll after him, will remind others of how a group of foreigners came to visit him and help change his negative to a positive. Likewise, at John Cumber, the establishment of the new partition and murals will not only be a reminder for the teachers and the students of the school, but it will provide them with long lasting stories and memories to share for decades. Although legacy was built not by design, planting the seed demonstrating God’s love for strangers showing them that they have the ability to maintain and share such love for their community and build “discipleship” is everlasting.

-Marlino, Sports

It is Wednesday here in the Caymans and the Sport Ministry Team has one of the longest days today. We found ourselves back at George Hicks to minister to 3 other schools out of the 7 that are housed here. I did my 3-minute testimonial today and I witnessed some interesting things. I had asked the boys, “How many of you believe in Jesus?” Everyone’s hands rose to the sky. Then I asked, “How many of you read your bible?” Slowly hands started to drop and some showed some embarrassment on their faces for doing so. Finally, I asked, “How many of you live your life for God and according to God’s will?” With that, everyone’s hands drop to their side. This reminded me why God called all of us to do mission work in this country. There is no question that the Cayman Islands is “paradise.” So why should anyone seek God if they have “everything” here? Based on what a pastor told us the other day, he said that mostly everyone on the island believes in God, goes to church, but at the end of the day it stops there. No one is doing anything more. I believe that our mission is to unite all the churches together and help them establish a platform to “Do Something More.”

On the other side my teammate Bre shared her childhood testimonial in the girls locker room. Bre’s story told a very heartfelt and touching story that left a very lasting impression on many of the females who had their attention locked in on her. Some shed tears, while others were just in awe, and some even consulted with her after her talk eager to know “how was were you able to forgive?” It was a very blessed day for Alan as well. Alan led altar call for some of the schools saving over 38 students. In addition, at First Baptist Christian School, he experienced 5-minutes of fame for not only having the most popular sport all the kids wanted to play, but at the end of the session the kids surrounded him wanting to talk to him more, asking him for his autograph, definitely our most improved player and a well deserved round of applause back on the bus.

One of the biggest highlights of the day would be when one of the boys in one of our classes had a pink backpack with holes in it and malfunctioned zippers. So Cody told the boy to take out everything in his backpack and traded him with his newer DC backpack so that the boy would be able to “fit-in” with the other kids. Other significant things I can say have been happening are numerous prayer circles, kids really starting to engage with us and remembering our names, and the feeling of impact from the presence of 12 foreigners that walked through the schools to demonstrate discipleship. Tanya our prayer leader mentioned to me today that a student came up to her and said that he was a Christian and had asked to pray for her! It was such a great day for the Sports Ministry to take it up a notch.

- Marlino, Sports

 Thursday, our last full day with the children at John A. Cumber primary school finished with displays of our Lord Jesus’s grace.  The clinic and classes in the morning were filled with energetic student eager to learn.  Smiles beamed across the room and the name of Jesus echoed through the gymnasium all day.  The Lord allowed the classes to arrive in a different time frame than what was expected.  The team performed  exceptionally.  Adjustments were made on the spot immediately with a large group of students.  It was amazing to see how far the Lord had grown this team over a few short days.  Prior to Monday morning, team members were praying for the Lord’s guidance and help to teach the elementary population.  The Lord had scheduled multiple opportunities for the gospel to be presented to a number of students.  Students were given an opportunity to pray.  It was pure joy to see children praying and thanking Jesus for salvation.  Joshua – Cayman Medical Team

Another beautiful day in the Cayman Islands, and another opportunity to share our testimonies and the love of our Lord and Savior. Today was a little different for us, as we had an opportunity to share the gospel with with both elementary and high school kids. We first split off into three groups, I was lucky enough to be part of the high school team. As we began to share our testimonies, we could see the power of the holy spirit working in these kids just as we had seen all week. No matter the school, the age of the children, or the location, the desire to know God was always clearly demonstrated. Out of a group of 17 students, we had 8 receive Christ into their hearts, but the best part, was two of the 8 were

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