March 31-April 9 we partnered in short-term ministry with CEF of South Dakota to share the message of hope with 2,079 children in the Turks & Caicos Islands! We were able to reach out with the true meaning of Easter the week before schools in TCI let out for a two week Easter break.
Something that we are very passionate about with short-term ministry is the vital importance of the local church in the local community. We go with the primary goal of helping the local people reach the local children. So we rejoice in saying that we partnered in ministry with 21 local churches and 20 local churches received CEF curriculum! Also, 28 local Bible teachers from nine local churches were trained at a CEF teacher training at Bethany Baptist Church Monday night.
We were able to reach out to every public primary school in the islands of Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos and South Caicos!
Ianthe Pratt Primary School
Oseta Jolly Primary School
Enid Capron Primary School
Doris Robinson Primary School
Hubert James Primary School
Iris Stubbs Primary School
Neat story about our time in South Caicos, one of the teachers is from Jamaica and has family in St. Kitts! Such a small world.
We also ministered in two private primary schools in Provo and South.
Precious Treasures International School
Calvary Christian Preschool
Interestingly enough the principal at CCP (below) trained with CEF forty years ago in Jamaica. It was a special privilege to encourage each of the principals at each of the schools with an appreciation gift!
Last but not least we were able to bless another private primary school (The B.E.S.T. Institute) with teacher appreciation gifts (including the book “What is the Gospel?” by Greg Gilbert), and 60-Day Wonder Devotional Books for the children.
Through this trip we were able to share the hope of Jesus Christ with 2,079 children! Of those children, 343 kids came to after-school Easter Party Clubs.
2,084 60-Day devotionals handed out to children
197 Meet the King booklets given to children
4 islands, three of those islands having the very first CEF ministry ever
South Caicos Docks
79 Christian books given to primary school teachers through partnership with The Gospel Coalition International Outreach
One of the most exciting things was that after the teacher training Monday night, two individuals came up to us and asked how they could be a part of leading the local ministry there in TCI. Will you pray for them and pray for me as I continue to share with them the process for coming on staff and the next steps they need to take?
We could not have done this without another great team from CEF of South Dakota. Brittani, Kendra, Winter and Annalise were fantastic, flexible and never complained about anything the entire trip. They were a blessing and encouragement to everyone they met and the children loved interacting with them and hearing them share about the love, hope and joy found in Jesus Christ alone. We are very thankful to Leanne Higgs from Harvest Bible Chapel TCI who was gracious in letting the team stay with her!
All Glory to Jesus Christ for all that HE has done!
