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History of the Sunday school
Lenn and Debbie Miller moved to Choix at the end of 2004 after having studied Spanish in Ahome for 1 year. Then, at the beginning of 2005, they started a Sunday school class for unchurched children from Choix. 1 year later, they moved into the halfway finished orphanage about 1 mile out of town that had been recently purchased and renovated. They continued holding the Sunday school class at the same place. Soon after, Loren and Donna and family moved into the house that Lenn and Debbie had lived in and started helping out with the Sunday school. Now the class is held on Saturday due to various reasons, and the Lord continues to bring the children he sees fit.
The Sunday school starts at 9:30 A.M. every Saturday morning (we switched it from Sunday morning to Saturday morning) We begin by reviewing the memory verses for that quarter. Next, we sing 3 to 4 songs. After singing, we read the story chosen for that week, and then, after asking questions about the story, the children start to color or do the word search. During that time, we hand out a cookie to each child as well as a cheeto bag. Depending on the time, we may even get a dodge-ball game going, playing until about 11:30. We use some Sunday school material from the website: http://www.horizonteinternacional.com/es/r_mini_ninos_nt.asp and then revise it.
Matthew 19:14 NIV
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
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The Sunday school class
The Choix church service.
The San Pedro church service.
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History of the Church Plant
Loren and Donna Yoder and their family moved to Choix at the beginning of 2006 after studying Spanish in Ahome for 1 year, just like the Miller family did. They started holding church services in their livingroom soon after moving to Choix, and since then, have seen quite a bit of growth.
At the beginning of 2008, they entered into a new phase: They started holding a second service on Sunday in a little village named San Pedro, which is a 20 minute drive away. The small group of between 10 and 30 people meet on a man's front porch. He was recently baptized and really seems to want to serve the Lord.
After loading up the chairs and Bibles, we are ready to go. It is 9:45, 45 minutes before the service is to start. Going to San Pedro is a bumpy, windy drive, careening around sharp curves, dodging potholes and street donkeys, keeping an eye out for speedbumps and stopping at 4 different villages to pick up people wanting to go to church. Finally, we arrive at Julian's house, the location for the church service. Some enjoyed the adventurous ride, but others are more than glad to have it over with. People trickle in and pretty soon the service starts, very similar to the Choix service. Afterwards, we go home, repeating the same trip we had made about 2 hours before.
The Choix church service starts at about 4:00 p.m. in Loren and Donna's livingroom. Before the service, Loren goes to a little village about 2 miles away from their house to pick up people that want to come, and usually quite a few come from that village. The service is then started with an opening, which lasts approximately 5 minutes. Then, we have worship time, singing various songs. After about 20 minutes of singing, the sermon begins, lasting about another half an hour, making the service close to 1 hour long. Afterwards, there is the hand-shaking and chatting until people start making their way home.
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