1st Anniversary of the Soup Kitchen - "El Comedor"

Today was a great day, and it isn't even finished yet! Today we celebrated God's faithfulness to the kids of who come to the Soup Kitchen - "El Comedor". The Comedor has now been in operation for one year!

We started with about 90-100 kids when we began this ministry and as expected, we dropped down some, but one year later, we continue with 50-60 kids each and every week. This ministry is special to us because it is work that God is doing between 2 churches, and from different denominations! We work together because we believe God wants to change the neighborhood that we share. The vast majority of the kids that come to the Comedor live in very humble homes, consisting of some tin for a roof and nothing more than tar paper for walls. The community is full of drug and alcohol abuse, not to mention the unseen sexual abuse that takes place. It is a hurting place to say the least. However each Saturday morning there is excitement and hope!

We sing with the kids and pray together and then we split the olders ones from the younger ones. The older kids come to our church to play soccer and hear a devotional and the younger ones stay at our neighboring church to do a craft or color pictures and hear Bible Stories! Then we reunite both groups and finish our time with a meal that has been prepared by members of our neighboring church. This ministry is fully funded by the two churches as members of both churches give so that we can purchase the food. It has been such an encouragement to us to see the people of our church giving regularily to this ministry.

It was great to see how God has used "El Comedor" to touch the lives of not only the kids (some are now coming to either of the 2 churches) but also the volunteer leaders who help out each week. There were tears of joy today on the faces of some and big wide smiles on the faces of many!