Alessandra Gives her Life to Jesus
Here was an important story from 2017:
Alessandra (circled above) is 12 years old and has been coming to Living Stones Guadalajara since 2016. Many of her close friends told her how cool it was to play basketball, and this is the only place in her community she can. She enjoys the classes: math, Portuguese, and reading, because she gets to be with her friends, and Lane and Misse (who run the program) are really nice.
This year, some of her friends started going to church on Sunday, and she joined them. Lane shared with her what it meant to have a relationship with Jesus. On April 7th, after playing basketball, she came up to Lane and Misse and said she wanted to give her heart to Jesus. They sat down with her, carefully went over the gospel message, and she prayed that day.
Two other children have given their lives to Jesus this month at Guadalajara. At Living Stones, we regularly share about Jesus at events. We weekly talk about Jesus in the classes, and the leaders live out the Christian life in real time. When someone gives their life to Jesus, it is not another name on a piece of paper, it is another member of our family.
Living Stones Guadalajara is on a one year trial period that is up in June. To continue the program, we need to have more individuals and groups partnering with them on a long-term basis. This means that before JUNE, we need people to say YES, we will commit to supporting Guadalajara through Living Stones child sponsorship. Is this something God is calling you to do?
Soon after this, we had two more boys from Guadalajara give their lives to Jesus:
Living Stones takes sharing the Gospel very seriously, as it is inviting someone into our family. We love and celebrate hands raised and eager hearts given to Jesus, but that is not the end of the story--it is just the beginning!
This year we have seen many new kids in the program and community give their life to Jesus, and we rejoice! But we are especially excited when we have a chance not to just plant seeds, but to see them grow.
Children's Day (October 12th), we celebrated and shared Jesus in five communities to over 200 children: Caio and Joao Vitor came forward and gave their lives to Jesus.
We have a special joy when the kids who are a part of our core program, like Caio and Joao Vitor (who are a part of Living Stones in Guadalajara), understand what it means to choose Christ: these are the kids we get to see grow up in Jesus and in life, as we laugh, cry, and truly are like family.
Thank you for celebrating with us!