The 80 Year Old Kid

I can't help it.  It's in my DNA.  I love kids and... mostly because of my little side-kick Felipe, God has given me the privilege to minister to them often both in Argentina and in the USA.  Their tender hearts are quick to choose the Jesus road... complete with a lifetime journey of glorious adventure... and with Jesus awaiting them at the finish line!
 
The past two Wednesday nights I was invited to minister to the kids in Sequoyah Community Church in Oakland with Pastor David Beiser and Children's Pastor, Shawana Myhre.  I chose the theme of "Jesus, the Light of the World."  My talented granddaughter Michelle (17) prepared a graphic design for our theme verse screen shown above. 


I made a flaming torch out of a flashlite and some colored paper and let them take turns carrying the torch as they marched around the room and sang the great chorus, "We will carry the torch.  We will lift high the flame.  We will walk through the darkness with the light of His name, till the glory of God is seen by the world.  We will carry the torch of the Lord."  (Click on picture to enlarge it and see the kid carrying the torch leading the march in the background)  

By my second trip to Oakland this past Wednesday, I had fallen in love with this enthusiastic band of torchbearers.  God is getting some of them ready for a future in ministry.  The boy holding the torch in this picture already declares that God has called him to preach!

Thursday of last week I also enjoyed ministering at Capital Christian Elementary School to the several hundred kids above

  Check out this great worship team.

Vice-Principle Wanda Hynson holds Felipe's case for me.  She has invited me numerous times over the past several years. 








In this final shot of me preaching to the school kids it looks like I am about to fly away... but not for a few days yet... Wednesday, October 3rd I fly back to Argentina, Lord willing... and the fun starts all over again.

Thank You, Jesus, for these privileges and for the vitality to enjoy them to the full! 

Ralph