Whew! What a summer! It has been a lot of hard work, but exciting to see all the progress and ministry that happened this last month. July was busy, but so was August. Busy but always full of many blessings.

In August, we continued construction on the community house that burned down. A group from Canyon Hills Assembly of God in Bakersfield brought one of their junior high Bible study groups down to hang plywood on the outside of the house to get it ready to be plastered. They also began to prepare the interior of the house to be ready to hang the drywall. This was a great bunch of kids, willing to serve God with their work! They were a great help! Thanks guys….

Additionally, New Life Church from Alamo flew down for a week full of work, outreaches and blessings! This youth group hung all the drywall, taped it, and primed the inside of the newly built house. They also began on laying the linoleum for the floor. In the afternoons they blanketed the community with flyer’s for their big evangelical event. At these events, the leader of the youth group and three students broke bricks with their heads, hands, forearms, elbows, and arms. Mixed with the brick breaking, the outreach was full of impactful testimonies and dramas from the youth. Many families were saved at these outreaches.

Corona Del Mar Community Church, visited us to finish up the murals they began on the outside wall of the playground at the daycare. Now we have a panel of a desert scene with cacti, a group of children playing soccer, bunch of kids eating lunch at a table, a scene with animals at a pond, a panel with three crosses, a boy with his dog and guitar, Jesus with Peter, and a large mural of Jesus with Brazos Abiertos above. The playground murals are now completed! Yeah!!!

Our friend Eric Brown brought a group of adults from their church in Orange County to help with the construction of the community house. They blessed the family with their toilet and bathroom sink, kitchen cabinets and a kitchen sink, as well as lumber and doors. Furthermore, the Mom’s Club of Long Beach donated lots of children’s clothes for the children of the daycare. Thanks guys for all your hard work!

Now that summer has come to a close….School begins….

We just want to thank each and everyone of you who have lent a helping hand here at Open Arms and in the community. You are God’s Good and Faithful Servants….

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