We are enjoying a beautiful, sunny day in Bogota!  We arrived late last night after a long day of travel.  Our flight went well, and thankfully, all of our luggage arrived with us.  After landing at the airport and collecting our luggage, we traveled 45 minutes through the city to Bethel House, the guest home where we are staying.  We had a brief wait in a dark courtyard attempting to unlock the door with a broken key.  After being brought a new set of keys, we hauled our suitcases through a narrow hallway and up steep flights of stairs, finally tumbling into bed around 1:00 am.

This morning we ate a breakfast of cold cereal and fruit and walked two blocks to the Genesis House, the home for the babies and toddlers.  We enjoyed a tour of Children’s Vision’s four homes and school before eating our lunch in the sunny courtyard.

This afternoon the group will begin their work projects, which will include fitting children for school uniforms, painting, and tearing out a wooden floor.

We are all well. The youth are understandably tired, but have great attitudes. I haven’t heard a single complaint.

Karen and Alisha, for the Colombia Team

Hello Friends and Family,

We just finished up an awesome weekend of training in preparation for Colombia!  The team put together and practiced seven songs, four of which we are hoping to teach to the mime teams at Children’s Vision.  It was a blessing to have lots of DRAMA faces at the commissioning service at Blue Ball COB this morning- thank you all for your support!  And an extra thank you to the wonderful parents who provided meals for us during the weekend. 🙂  We wrapped up our training with a Bible study in Colossians, which we will continue during our trip.

An update on fundraising: We have received all of the funds we needed, with a little bit extra!  We are praising God for His provision through each of you.  Thank you so much!

Your prayers are appreciated as we travel tomorrow.  We have a two hour drive to Newark, NJ, and a six hour flight to Bogota.  Please pray for safety, and that things will go smoothly as we navigate the airport with our large group. Thank you!

For the Colombia Team,

Alisha

DRAMA Ministry is heading back to partner with our sister teams in Colombia from February 4 through 15, 2017. The teams are in Bogota, Colombia and run as a part of Children’s Vision International Inc. (www.childrensvision.org). CVII takes abandoned, abused, and high-risk infants and small children from the streets to provide twenty-four hour a day, seven days a week care. This includes a home, food, clothing, education, recreation, and full medical attention.

The trip starts on February 4, when we will begin training and we hope to arrive in Colombia and start ministry by February 6. From there our base of operations will be Children’s Vision’s guest house in the city of Bogota. We will be working primarily right in CVII’s homes and school with the children and youth who live there. DRAMA has helped the CVII children to start their own discipleship team in the past which has since grown into two teams. This trip will focus on strengthening and equipping them for further ministry. Along with training and outreach opportunities alongside the local team, our team will also help with work projects around the CVII property.

For this trip to happen our team needs to raise some money and will need a lot of prayer cover. Each member is striving to raise $1,200 toward the travel expenses. Prayer is even more essential than funds in an undertaking of this nature. If you’d like to join us in either or both capacities, we’d be glad to count you as a part of our Colombia team.  Below are two buttons, one for giving online toward our trip and the other is to add your name to our e-mail list for the trip. If you already get regular e-mails from DRAMA, you’re already included. If you’d like to give via snail mail, just send a check made out to DRAMA Ministry to 241 Blimline Rd., Mohnton, PA 19540 and include a note indicating it’s for the Colombia trip and (optionally) which team member you are sponsoring.

On November 29, 2016, Team Alpha had an outreach at Hope Rescue Mission. They presented four mimes that focused on how great God is, Christ’s life on earth, and how that all applies to us. Alpha’s director, Alex, also spoke and explained how Christians are saved by Christ alone and not by what they do.

Overall, the outreach went well, especially since it was the first time that Team Alpha used mime paint this session.

Team Delta got to be part of the 50th anniversary of West York Church of the Brethren.  It was exciting to celebrate with them in this mile stone in following Jesus Christ!

Jaybin sharing the gospel in speaking.

                                                                                 Sharing God’s Awesomeness in the mime “Awesome God”;)

Your Bro in Christ,                                                                                                                           Caleb

      On October 22, 2016, Team Alpha had the opportunity to bless others with a service project. The project took place at Jim Good’s campground from 8am-2pm. We were able to help Mr. Good by raking/blowing leaves and splitting wood.
Although we were there to bless others, we were greatly blessed by the delicious meal that Mrs. Good provided. We were very thankful for the dry weather and the opportunity to serve Mr. and Mrs. Good.

Delta had a outreach at L.A.M.S (Lancaster Area Mennonite School).

We got to present to grades from kindergarten through 9th grade.

We did the mime Alive!                                                                                                                                                               Team Delta

                                                                                   Our director and ADs Trent, Rachael and Jaybin did a great job speaking.

Your Brother in Christ,

Caleb

Hello DRAMA family!

Sunday the 13th at 6pm DRAMA will be having our Friends and Family Presentation at Mohn’s Hill E. C. (708 Mohn’s Hill Road Reading, PA 19608). This evening is a great chance to see what DRAMA is doing as a ministry and to fellowship with everyone! All are invited so please come out and invite others to watch the teams preform mimes and recap some things that we have been learning this session! After the presentation, everyone is invited to stay for snacks and refreshments. We are excited to share what God has been doing through DRAMA this session and we look forward to seeing you there!

In Christ,

Trent

Delta had a outreach at the Joshua Hands Festival down in Virginia on Saturday. Due to the rain we had to share one of the barns with “Kingdom Kidz”. We had a blast with them, because some of us got to help them with their presentation! The mimes that we did were- Awesome God, Propitiation, Healing Begins, Watch the Lamb, Savior, Alive.

Greetings!

Here is the information needed for participation in this Fall’s DRAMA teams. Applications for them can be printed off the DRAMA website under the documents page or filled out online (p://dramateam.org/beta/alphabeta-application/). Helper applications are also available on the website (www.dramateam.org). In any case, all applications must be received by August 8th in order to be accepted into the Fall session. Please send your applications to Bev Weaver (438 Staver Rd, Reinholds Pa 17569) along with your $40 session fee. If this creates financial difficulty, please contact Tim as there are scholarships available. An alternate, older-youth application is available online. This application is for members whose parents deem them mature enough for a deeper challenge.

This coming Fall session there may be enough members for Beta to split to create a third team, in addition to Alpha and Beta. We will confirm to you whether or not this is happening by August 13^th.  On the back, we have listed the pre-booked outreaches for this session.  The first scenario is if we only have two teams, and the second scenario for if there are three teams. Each team’s outreaches will be confirmed by August 13^th. If we have a third team, practice times and locations will be the same as Beta.

Parents Meetings and meals: in order for a youth to participate in this session, regardless of how long they have been on a team, at least one parent must attend one of the parent meetings listed below or make special arrangements with Tim (717-951-2518). Please bring your calendars for scheduling purposes. There will also be a sign-up for training camp meals. Parents of new members do not need to attend these meetings, but are welcome and may find them helpful. Fall parent meeting dates are:

• Saturday, July 30^th 9-11am at Karen Weaver’s house (610 Owl Hill Rd, Lititz Pa 17543)
• Saturday, August 6^th 9-11am at Bev Weaver’s House (438 Staver Rd, Reinholds Pa 17569)

Training Camp will be held at the Conestoga Church of the Brethren: Monday, August 22nd @ 8:00am, through Wednesday, August 24th @ 8:00pm (141 E Main St, Leola, PA 17540).

Session Duration: Training Camp through Tuesday, December 13^th. See back of letter for pre-booked outreaches.

Team practice days and locations. Both teams will be meeting in the evening this coming session.

• Alpha: Mondays, 6:30-9:00pm @ Terre Hill (Terre Hill BFC.: 407 W. Main St., Terre Hill Pa 17581)
• Beta: Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00pm @ Lancaster (Faith Church: 2124 Old Philadelphia Pk, Lancaster Pa, 17602)
• **If we have a third team, practice times and locations will be the same as Beta.

As this is the Fall session, there will be two Bible study workshops at Otterbein United Methodist Church (20 East Clay Street, Lancaster Pa). Every current member is required to attend one of them.

• Basic Bible Study Workshop, Saturday, September 10^th, 9am – 2pm.
• Basic Bible Study Workshop Saturday, September 24^th, 9am – 2pm.

Also, with the start of a new school year, Release and Liability forms need to be re-done. These can be found on our website under the Documents page (http://dramateam.org/beta/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/RELEASE-OF-LIABILITY-2016-17-Final.docx.)  Please have these notarized and sent to Bev Weaver with your payment and application (if you are doing one in paper form) by August 8^th.

Other opportunities:

Sprouts: DRAMA is planning on having one Sprouts team (youth ages 8 to 12) this fall. This session will be from September 14^th to December 7^th, with two weeks off. Sprouts will meet on Wednesdays from 2-4pm in the Brownstown area (exact location TBA). Sprouts has one pre-booked outreach for the evening of November 30^th at Hope Rescue Mission in Reading.

Needed: Ipods of any kind, new or used, that are 6GB or more. We are reaching a season of having multiple directors, and to remain flexible as a ministry we would like to supply each director with an Ipod for ministry use. If you feel led to donate in this way, please contact Tim King.