Answered Prayers: Adventures Ahead Celebration

Thank you so much for interceding for our End-of-Summer Celebration! It was amazing that night to watch your prayers and our plans come together and see God at work in the neighborhood. Logistics went smoothly, attendance was great, and relationships were built and deepened in a way that felt both surprising and genuine.

The Celebration was part awards ceremony, part barbecue buffet, and part family get-together. The younger children sang and danced to a song "Teresa the airplane," explaining in simple terms how thrust, drag, lift, and gravity affect flight. The older students gave short presentations about science experiments they had done and displayed their science-fair boards for everyone to see. Each child received an award, and there was an opportunity to invite families to continue participating in Adventures Ahead and other projects in the fall.

After the program everyone ate carne asada and parents sat around talking while the kids ran around and played in a blow-up jumper. We were especially grateful for this time, as it allowed families to deepen their relationships with each other and with volunteers from the Church of the Redeemer.

We were very blessed to have these church volunteers help us plan and put together the event, doing everything from spending hours roasting 40 pounds of carne asada on two backyard grills to putting together the perfect playlist. This reminded us what a joy it has been all summer to see Church of the Redeemer partner so closely with Adventures Ahead and Redeemer Community Partnership. Church members prepared lunches, decorated the classroom, prayed, and volunteered both inside and outside of class times. In all this, many of them began to build relationships with Adventures Ahead families as well. Praise God!

In closing, please continue to pray for follow-up from the summer. Let's ask God to bring the same families that participated this summer back to Adventures Ahead when classes start in the fall, and to continue to build ongoing relationships between participating families and church members. And take time to thank him for the great work that he has done this summer, too!