5 Different beds slept in
2 New Club Development Meetings
6 Awana Clubs Visited
1 Awana Summit Attended in Colorado Springs
4 Different Rental Cars
2 New Awana Clubs Trained
4 Uber Rides
8 Starbucks Visited
2 Bags of Sunflower Seeds eaten on the road to stay awake
This is the Awana Summit team from Nevada, along with coaches Dan & Karla Harker. Awana Summit is the National AwanaGames, Bible Quiz, Fine Arts and Volleyball Competition
Final Round of Bible Quizzing at Awana Summit in Colorado Springs
3 teens from our area came to Awana Summit to be presented their Citation Award from Awana CEO Valerie Bell and President Matt Markins. Only 1% of all Awana clubbers earn their Citation. Very excited to see how God will be using these teen leaders in the years to come.
Great to catch up with an old friend; Awana Missionary from Alabama Mark Morgan
Summit AwanaGames
So grateful to be serving with our team from Nevada. Team Nevada Summit Coordinator Karla Harker
Game time at the Mountain Warfare Training Center Awana Club in Coleville, CA
Jim and Heather Disbro lead the Awana club at MWTC. What a joy to see their heart and passion to reach the children of Mono County with the love of Jesus.
Judy and I had the opportunity to share with the clubbers at Green Valley Baptist Church in Henderson, NV. Awana Ministry Director Prudence Kowalski has put together a great team of leaders to reach the children in Henderson with the message of Christ.
I drove out to see and encourage Pastor Verna Vetter and her team at New Life Fellowship in Lovelock, NV. Very exciting to see God using Pastor Verna to lead her church to be a light to this community and bring the message of the cross to the lost in Lovelock.
There is a large Hispanic population in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Pastor Isidro Campo, and Awana Ministry Director Alice Bangen and their team are reaching the Hispanic as well as the Anglo Community in Mammoth. We helped start this club several years ago. What a blessing to see the fruit in Mammoth. Lot's of children, teenage leaders discipling these children, as well as having parents involved. Praise God for what He has done in Mammoth.
Awana Ministry Director Doug Koch at First Baptist of the Lakes in Las Vegas, NV leads opening ceremony there. I made a drop by visit to meet Doug and his team. What a warm and welcoming team as they invited me to stay for the entire night. Doug shared with me how God is working through Awana at this church.
"Pie in the Eye". At First Baptist of the Lakes, any clubber who finishes a book is allowed to throw a pie in the face of Awana Ministry Director Doug Koch. The night I was there, two clubbers finished their book. Awana is fun and exciting!!
We had the opportunity to train two new Hispanic clubs in Reno, NV. The Hispanic community is a large and growing demographic in the southwest. Reaching the children for Christ in this community will be very key to the future of the Church in the southwest.
We trained Calvary Chapel South Lake Tahoe last summer. Pastor Jerry Foster is working to bring new and young families into the church. In addition to starting Awana, they are starting a school at CCSLT. Youth Pastor Garry Weaver is working to develop the Awana club and youth ministry. They play games using the aisles of the sanctuary (the game in these photos is North America/ South America, as well as Limbo- How low can you go using the tug of war rope).
