http://openarmsmexico.org/blog Free childcare for needy families Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:46:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_387" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="At the service with Pastor Jeremy as he gives the altar call. "][/caption] 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. ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2010/02/23/february-2010/ The water in all of La Mision. All the water you see is usually never there. [caption id="attachment_370" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A house that was almost completely under water. "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_371" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="OA's dorms. The water even came all the way over to the dorms. The water didin't fully make ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2010/01/23/january-2010/ [caption id="attachment_331" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mary (Yajaira), Joseph (Luis), and baby Jesus (Jazlyn) during their Christmas drama!"] [/caption] 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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/12/31/december-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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/11/23/november-updates-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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/10/12/october-updates/ 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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/09/21/august-updates-2009/ SUMMER SUPERSTARS!!!! Summer has been filled with the fun, smiles, laughing children, soccer, beach time, and lots of hard work too!!!! We would like to send a big thanks to New Life Church Alamo, CA, Corona Del Mar Community Church, CA, The Refuge from Scottsdale, AZ, and the UCSD crew for all ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/08/01/august-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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/07/01/july-updates-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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/06/01/june-updates-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 ... http://openarmsmexico.org/blog/2009/05/01/may-updates-2009/