Showing up at Siloe Wellness Center in La Mision in Mexico on Friday, March 9th at 9:00 am. We met an incredible Godly Man; Jim Lacy with Kids Around the World. Our small team of three adults and two teens (Troy and Vasco Nunez & Mauricio Perea) didn’t flinch when we saw what lied ahead with playground parts all over and no holes had been dug! We spent all of Friday digging holes and putting parts in place, no small task!  Saturday morning at sunrise we were back at it our team of 5 soon grew to 10 with Mitchell and Geoff the key engineering minds we needed.  We also had our other friends Jerry, Chris and Daniel completing the amazing team, Thank you Lord! After another full day of fun in the sun and short rain showers we were getting close to pouring the concrete.  Sunday morning we tightened all the bolts and prepped for the pour just in time for the Siloe Wellness Center dedication ceremony.  The founders Brendan and Sarah Meyer invited  a few local families of La Mision to see what was built for them.  We want to thank Kids Around the World, Siloe Ministries, Strong Towers Ministries with Jim Kirk-Johnson for allowing us to work together and Bless God’s Kids of La Mision for years to come.

Kingdom Coalition for Kids

Partnership Project

KC4K members Royal Family KIDS (RFK) and Kids Around the World (KATW) partnered with THREE multi-national, multi-ethnic churches in July to create two exciting projects for orphaned and at-risk children in South Africa. The effort resulted in a (1) beautiful new KATW playground and Heavenly Papa’s Clubhouse—a converted container that will be the center for children’s ministry in Rustenburg and (2) a 5 day residential RFK camp for 40 orphans.

The RFK-KATW effort pulled volunteers and leaders from:

• An American church (Newport Mesa Church in Costa Mesa, CA) that sent 21 volunteers, including the senior pastor to work both the children’s camp and construction sites.
• A white Afrikaans church (Tabernacle Church in Krugsdorf) with just 40 members who directed the camp and invited 40 orphans to attend.
• A large black South African church (Excellence Ministries International in Rustenburg) with a growing kids’ ministry but no children’s equipment.

“It was so exciting to see this many Christian groups come together and make something happen for kids in a week! It really defines ‘better together’ philosophy that Dan and Gina Streit have built Kingdom Coalition for Kids around,” Joanne Feldmeth, RFK Director of International Programs, explained. “Half the team spent the five days with children who had been abused or trafficked or orphaned—giving them a week of happy memories at Jackson’s Ridge—swimming, biking and hearing about God’s love. The other half of the team worked turning a weed patch into a ‘field of dreams’ with a playground for neighborhood kids. You should have seen the children run for the slides when the playground and clubhouse opened after church on Sunday!”