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February 2010

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

This month has been a month of God showing us that He moves in mighty ways. Pastor Jeremy Creech and his wife Lindzee came down from The Sound of His Voice in Visalia, CA. to hold a service here at OA in the new building. Six people gave their lives to Jesus that night, and [...]

January 2010

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

The water in all of La Mision. All the water you see is usually never there.
Happy New Year!!
2010 is now here, bringing a new year as well as a new decade. We would like to take a moment to just give thanks to our many supporters whose generosity enables us to continue to bless [...]

December 2009

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

This last month has been a busy one. We continue to take care of the 33 kids at the daycare and attend to visiting groups that come down to help. And lets not forget about our Christmas Celebration! The details are below:
Last month a group came down from The Sound of His Voice in Visalia [...]

November Updates 2009

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Construction Progress
When many said, “It couldn’t be done” We said, “In God We Trust.”  When many said, “With this economy, you guys are brave to even think about expansion.” We said, “we are not in the World’s economy, we are not in crisis, we are in Christ.” The word or God says, “… in all [...]

October Updates

Monday, October 12th, 2009

KINGDOM WORKWow!!! What a wonderful weekend. New Life Church from Alamo, CA brought a team of 25 men and women to serve at Open Arms. They painted faces, did crafts, held babies, taught a discipline class to our workers, helped with construction on the new building, and they sponsored  four amazing events for the community.The [...]

September Updates 2009

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Summer Happenings
Our summer classes this year consisted of daily Art, Bible, English, Musical Instrument, and Dance class for the kids at the daycare. The kids enjoyed every part of this summer. They especially loved learning to play drums, guitar, base, and taking singing lessons.
We also put on a one-week huge VBS here at [...]

August 2009

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

July Updates 2009

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

ON A QUEST TO SERVE!!!!
The Quest from Novato, Ca came down with a mission’s trip to help the daycare and serve the community. They funded and installed the insulation and the drywall for the new daycare building!!! Also a dentist and dental assistant helped fix the teeth of the daycare kids and their families. Furthermore [...]

June Updates 2009

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Progress Report,
Praise the Lord!!! The new expansion building on the side lot has now been framed. We want to give a big thanks to all the hard working men from New Life Church, Alamo CA for their efforts in framing the 6000 sq ft building to expand the daycare. The new building will allow us [...]

May Updates 2009

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Spring Break Blessings!!!
God continues to show His faithfulness to Open Arms. This spring break we undertook two major projects, and three great groups helped us achieve our goals. This spring break we focused on completing the dorms. Intervarsity form UCSD helped paint the dorms, and labored in laying in the foundation for the dining and [...]