Vball Clinic in Costa Rica (CCC)

This morning we had the opportunity to conduct a volleyball clinic in a public middle school. The young people were so receptive to the basic skills we introduced to them. They barely knew us and yet they were respectful and open to instruction.
Although there was a language barrier, we still were [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Tuesday

This is our last day here in Santo Domingo. We will be loading on the bus to the airport at 4 a.m. and then hopefully flying out at 7 a.m. We should arrive in Kansas City around 4:30 p.m. and meet up with the rest of the group from Jamaica, then take another bus back to camp [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Monday

Everyone was excited for today as we knew we would be going back to the orphanage again. We started the day by going to another Sugarcane village. This village was unique in that they actually had people working there. There were men rounding up cattle into a stall while riding a horse and swinging a [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Sunday

Today, the Lord’s Day, the HG family joined a local body and worshipped with them. There was also another SCORE group who attended so the visitors far outweighed the members. Thank goodness for our SCORE interpreter or most of us would’ve been lost as to what was even going on. It was a great service [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Saturday

Today was probably the best day the HG students have had yet. We started the day by going to the store to pick up more supplies. We ended up losing all of the bubbles, jump ropes, and most other things we had so we had to replenish our supplies. We decided to try a few [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Friday

Today we started our day by visiting the Conani Orphanage. For some this was the first time visiting an orphanage, let alone one for disabled children. It opened the eyes and hearts of the youth. As tears of sorrow mixed with compassion streamed down faces, our minor issues did not matter any more. We took [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Thursday

Today we went to another village, played in the fields with the kids and did pretty much the same things as the other days. The HG kids are doing great at hanging in there and continuing to serve, dispite the extreme heat, repetition and tiredness that is catching up on everyone. The village seemed to be [...]
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KIds Across America Higher Ground - Wednesday
Today was another day of visiting local villages. This village had an actual baseball field, complete with dugouts for both teams. These ended up being great places to separate the kids for our skits and songs. Many adults come out to see what is going on so many of them heard the gospel, sang songs, and [...]
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Kids Across America Higher Ground - Tuesday

Today, July 1st, we went to two more villages to minister to the kids. There are about 5,000 villages in this area so we are only hitting a very small portion of what is out there. Each village is basically what we would call a neighborhood, but is remote and separate from the other villages. [...]
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Kids Across America - Higher Ground (Sunday & Monday)

We arrived at the Score Complex yesterday around 5 or 6 in the evening. After getting settled into our rooms and having a nice dinner, we spent time with devos and then off to bed for a full day the next day.
Monday we went to 2 different sugar cane villages and ministered to the children [...]
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