Plans.

After a long week and a few days of travel, the 2012 St. Thomas team has all dispersed to continue on to their normal lives. This time last week the Bible Boot Camp was well underway and the team had started to feel a minor, but still present, fatigue as late nights and early mornings became the norm.

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For the team and kids Bible Boot Camp has become a memory... But the work God did that week is continuing...

This year we had over 90 kids attend Bible Boot Camp and 12 decided to become followers of Christ! 

After spending a couple years establishing the Bible Boot Camp program, Humbly I Serve is excited to seek other ways to help serve Grace Baptist Church and the island of St. Thomas.

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"Humbly I Serve is not about a week program," Founder and President of HIS Ministries, Melinda Wilson said. "Humbly I Serve Ministries is about creating ongoing and genuine relationships with the goals to inspire and create a sustainable change within a community. HIS Ministries is thrilled to be at a place where we can serve Grace Baptist in other ways, now that the Bible Boot Camp has been fully established." 

While HIS Ministries was in St. Thomas, meetings were conducted and more needs were seen. HIS Ministries is will be announcing another amazing way the Lord has provided for us to serve in St. Thomas, soon!

Thank you for your prayers during this trip! We appreciate your prayers as the Lord continues to lead Humbly I Serve.

Bible Bootcamp: Armor of God

We made it and God has been working....

Our journey started at 1:00 am Friday morning. We gave our trip to the Lord, hopped in the van and made our way to DC. After two flights and one delay, we were in St. Thomas!

We have met some amazing servants of Christ through this trip! The genuine care for the hearts of island youth is evident and incredible. Churches are fervently praying to see kids come back to church and make good choices for their lives.

There is a great need for youth discipleship in St. Thomas and that's why Humbly I Serve is here! We have been reaching out the children and the Lord has been working!






Bible Bootcamp is like a VBS program, full of music,
Bible lessons, crafts, games, candy and prizes! The church and children have been promoting the Bible Bootcamp program
the past few weeks and it has been well received in the community. While our team eagerly anticipated what the
Lord has in store for the children; the children arrived early
to see what Humbly I Serve had in store for them! The excitement and large number of children gave us an indication that God was up to something and our team feels so blessed
to be a part of it all!






This year's theme is the Armor of God. The stage is set up like a bootcamp and the lessons work through a different piece of the armor each night.

The Stage.

The kids take their picture in this.

Stage.

Monday lesson was on the helmet of salvation. Kim did a wonderful job presenting the gospel last night and it was amazing to see several children inquire more about the Lord and want to pursue a relationship with him!

Theme Bible Verse.

God brought us Christian music artist, Beckah Shae and the kids loved her performance! She helped open up the program and Humbly I Serve is excited to have her for part of this trip! She also brought a friend with her, Oracle and he rapped for the kids! Of course, they loved him as well. We are so thankful for such a wonderful group to join with us!

Beckah Shae's friend, Oracle.

The kids!

She brought the most friends and won a prize!

Ayishih: the children's coordinator with Josh: The music coordinator.
(We are SO thankful for them!)

Tonight Kim will be teaching about the belt of truth. Thank you for your prayer they are evident  among our group, THANK YOU! Please continue to pray as we teach about God's truth tonight!

Four Weeks!

Only four weeks remain until Humbly I Serve’s trip to Saint Thomas. As the preparation is underway, our burden for the children in St. Thomas weighs heavier among us, but we are excited to anticipate how God will work through us. Our prayer and hope is to take every opportunity to share the love of Christ with these children.

The children in St. Thomas struggle to find individual worth and value. These children are in life, all the while lost trying to find their purpose within a culture that believes items and materialism matter and create significance. As these children learn that items predict who they are and what they will become, they slowly lose grasp of anything eternal.

Humbly I Serve’s prayer for this trip is to break through the culture’s idea of value. We hope to shatter the mindset they are so frequently forced to accept through the love of Christ. We strive to show these children that nothing on this earth matters apart from Jesus Christ through our Bible Boot Camp program.

Much like Vacation Bible School, the Bible Boot Camp is designed to engage kids through stories, crafts, and activities while sharing the message of the gospel. Through our teaching and actions we hope to show these children the value the Lord has for them, no matter what their stature is in society.
We are still in need of some last minute items for our trip in August:

1.      Craft Supplies: This can be anything! Glue, crayons, paper, coloring sheets, scissors, glitter, etc.

2.      Bibles: Our goal is to leave each child with a Bible once the Bible Boot Camp is complete. Any type of bible will suffice and be essential in eternally impacting a child’s life.

Our team also asks for prayers as we are in St. Thomas August 4-August 11. If you are interested in donating to Humbly I Serve Ministries, visit our website or please click here.