Ardmore Baptist Church

We have finally arrived! 

After an early morning and long day of travel we have made it to our lodging for the week and are getting settled down before heading to our host church. 

Thank you for praying for us. We ask that you would continue to pray for our health throughout the week, for our relationships to grow with the locals, and for God to be the center of all our work.

Let the adventure begin!

The team wasted no time to get immersed in the culture. Just hours after getting off their plane we headed to the church we are partnered with to eat and attend a singing competition! Before the competition started they were able to hangout and play with some of the local kids! Once the concert started we were blown away by the talent of the locals! It was a great start to a first day. 

Continue to to be in prayer as get some rest before church in the morning. 

What a morning! 

It is such a honor and challenge to attend a church in a completely different language. This morning we experienced worship and preaching in Creole. We might not have known what they were saying, but the presence of the Lord was thick in the room. 

We were able to share a few testimonies and announce our VBS for the week. We then had a delicious lunch of Spaghetti! 

This afternoon will be filled with a few adventures and VBS preparation. Bring it! 

We had the opportunity to head to a local beach this afternoon. There was no swimming. No sunbathing. No sports. 

We prayed. We prayed at the beach where so many Haitians risk their lives to find a better lifestyle. We prayed for the local church as they welcome new family members. We prayed for the people we get to do life with this week. 

God is so good and we are being so stretched. We also had the opportunity to go to a local grocery store and we walked around a few communities inviting kids to VBS! 

It's been a long and amazing day! 

Join us in praying for our VBS tomorrow! We are excited! 

We wanted to share a little love with Peyton! It was so fun getting to share her name and take a few pictures with kids as we walked around our communities today. 

Peyton, you are greatly missed and greatly prayed for. 

Today was our first day putting on a Vacation Bible School for the local kids. It was all planned out to start at 9, but actually didn't start until almost 10. We have definitely been taught to just role with the flow here and the team is killing it! 

I didnt get an exact head count but I'm sure we had at least 50-60 kids at one point. The team is doing such a great job with the children. The kids learned songs, learned a bible story, played games, and even made some crafts! They are resting up now until they get started painting the church! All prayers are still greatly appreciated.

This morning looked very similar for us. We got up bright and early for eggs, sausage, and pancakes. Then VBS got under way. The kids almost doubled in number!! It was amazing to see roughly 120 kids getting loved on. We got to meet a lot of new faces and the team killed it! 

We we are now resting up for another full afternoon of building this church up physically and spiritually. We greatly appreciate all the prayers! We'll be back tonight with an update. 

This afternoon after everyone, and I mean everyone woke up from a nap we got work on finishing our painting project and cleaning the church to an almost spotless shine! 

Overall the day day was a great one and we can't wait to see what God has in store for tomorrow. It will be our last ministry day so pray for God to really move in big ways since it will be the last time we see these amazing people! 

Today has been wild!! We've had SO many kids join us for VBS and it has been awesome. 

This morning we got to enjoy a little rain, a power outage, and the usual island way of doing things. God is stretching us and molding us to be His disciples to the ends of the Earth. 

Keep praying for us! Our day is far from over. As we wrap up VBS, we head out to do Food Distribution and prepare for our Community Night. 

This afternoon we had the joy of delivering groceries and clothes to 12 different families. We were able to encourage, pray, and sit with the families. 

Listening to their stories was gut-wrenching, but knowing we serve a God full of love and mercy gave us confidence in knowing their future.

To say this evening was amazing would be an understatement. We gathered all the kids and all the church members for one final night of celebration! 

The kids helped us recall bible stories, received certificates for their attendance, and chowed down on some delicious dinner! It was spectacular!

We had to say our good-byes tonight. It is not easy leaving this place we have grown to love and have been adopted into, but we know our journey is not over.

Continue to pray for health and strength as we make our way through our final day in the Bahamas! 

We began our recreation day by heading down to the Queen's Staircase. It was so beautiful! 

Rec day was a blast!! We got to see a lot more of the Bahamas. We got to shop, barter, and snorkel Turtle Reef then catch this beautiful sunset. As our time comes to an end we are amazed at what God has done and can't wait to share everything with you!