We honestly had a blast. It was cold, windy, we couldn’t talk, and our noses were runny; but, we had fun.

Beta hit the road early on October 11th and headed to Virginia to Joshua’s Hands, a fall festival for the community.  We slapped on some mime paint and performed at three different times throughout the day. Between performances, the team split up and did some ‘stroll miming’, which was new for most of us. We were all able to interact with the kids and teens there and had the awesome opportunity of running some of the game stations in the afternoon.

The crowds were definitely getting bigger throughout the day, and it obvious that some were moved by the gospel message. Praise God! Our ADs and Director did a fantastic job speaking and transitioning the audience between songs, explaining the story line of each mime so that they could easily follow along. We wrapped the day up by stopping at Wendy’s (still in mime paint), scaring a few customers (there was an incident that caused an older lady to scream), and debriefing. But overall, it was a fantastic day and we had a blast.

Thank you, Lord, for another opportunity to share the gospel!

-Janelle

On October 4th, both Alpha and Beta teams had the chance to head up to Northern Pennsylvania to spend a day working at God’s Clear View Ministries. Led by Carlos and Migdalia DeJesus, this ministry has served the community for several years by providing people with clothes, meals, and spiritual discipleship.

We spent the day in groups: one was outside burning trash and doing lawn work, another was in the basement packing and cleaning items to sell, another mopped and swept floors, etc. Truly it was a blessing to be there and to see what a gift the DeJesus are to their community.

To God be the glory!

-Janelle

On September 26th, Team Beta had the terrific opportunity to visit the middle and high school students of Belleville Mennonite School.

We got there fairly early with little traffic, and set up to practice our songs. The kids started arriving and we performed three songs (There is A God, Healing Begins, End of the Beginning)  Then, Tim shared a short devotional from 1 Timothy 4:12. He encouraged the students as youth to step out and be examples for the rest of Christ’s body, as the scripture says. Next, the team split up and we sat in different groups of kids to have discussion about that specific scripture. While some groups were a little more talkative than others, we still had fun. 🙂

After that, the kids broke up into what they called ‘care groups’. A few care groups would come in at a time, and we would ask them questions about how they could change their school for Christ. Tim posed questions like: If Jesus walked into your school, what would He like or dislike? What talents, abilities, and gifts do you have that you could use for God’s glory at school? The kids had fabulous answers and we were able to spark some ideas for them to build upon. It was extremely exciting.

It was a full but very fun day. To God be the glory!

-Janelle

P.S. Check out some of these pics from the outreach!