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Youth Ministry in Kenya

January 9, 2008 in features, YMI with 0 Comments

What does a ministry to street kids, a graduation at a seminary, and a ministry that would benefit from goats, cows, and chickens have in common? They are all part of what is happening in Kenya, where Brent Carl, vice president of training operations of our mission organization, just spent some time ministering.

While Brent was there, he blogged some great stuff over at ninetyseventhree.blogspot.com.

He was the invited speaker for a youth camp, and he sent us this video of an obstacle course race between the campers and counselors. There are great things happening in Kenya, and Youth Ministry International is happy to be a part of it.

Check out the video below:

Three Kings Day

January 6, 2008 in Culture, features, Mexico with 1 Comment

In Mexico, Epiphany is celebrated on January 6, and it is called “El Dia de Los Tres Reyes,” or “Three Kings Day.” It is the day when the three wise men from the east arrived looking for baby Jesus. The tradition has even given names to the three kings: Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthazar, and they arrived on horse, camel, and elephant.

I’m sure there are many ways of celebrating this day, but here are some of the things I have seen and learned in my time in Mexico. You can get your pictures taken with the three kings like you would get your picture taken with Santa Claus. The children write a note to the three kings asking for a gift (remember, they originally brought gifts to baby Jesus), and they send it off tied to a helium balloon. Then, the kings bring the gift for the children on the Three Kings Day.

Another tradition behind Three Kings Day is the Rosca de Reyes, which is a sweet bread that has a plastic baby Jesus inside of it. Each person cuts their piece of bread, and the one who finds the baby Jesus must have a party on the 2nd of February.

Photos by: Bookish in North Park via Flickr and SpacePotato

Missions Class in Mexico

January 4, 2008 in Center for YM, features, YMI with 0 Comments

Right now, Randy Smith, the president of Youth Ministry International is in Mexico City with the youth ministry students at the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s teaching Contemporary Youth Missions this week because I’ll be out for 3 weeks of the quarter doing other work in other places.

The class is all about missions with young people, and it will help our youth ministry students to be able to better organize missions trips and think more holistically as far as global youth ministry is concerned. I’ll be teaching the same class in a week in a different location. YMI is busy throughout the world! Keep praying for us.

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