THE CHILD ADVOCATE
Serving with Child Evangelism Fellowship® of Greater Houston Area
August 2005
The Newsletter of Dan & Darlene Shirlen
“Empowered by the Son”, a part of the 5-Day Club army.
“Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be
unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 7:12
THE BIG PICTURE
Our 6 weeks of summer 5-Day Clubs is over!
This issue of our newsletter will deal with the
big picture: the overall numbers and reports of
the summer evangelism campaign. But the big
picture is made up of countless and precious
stories of God’s daily miracles! How we wish
there were room for all those stories!
Each evening at dinner we had rounds of
testimonies of how God’s Holy Spirit had
worked in the life of a child, or a daycare
director; of God’s divine protection when evil
was present; of God’s opening spiritual doors,
stopping the rain, sending children, etc. His
grace and power were seen daily, hourly!
The Vessels
Some of our Bible teachers served only a few days,
some a week, but many served two weeks or more.
All were trained through the Christian Youth in Action
program at Le Tourneau University in Longview, or
had received training through the 11-week Teaching
Children Effectively, Level 1 couse. Serving this
summer were: Joshua Lewis, Tho Ngo, Eric Jimenez,
Priscilla Ching, Enoch Ching, Janet Taylor, Yini
He, Marah Perez, Niwa Babayemi, Heidi Lit, Kirk
Storseth, Victoria Guo, Amanda Rodriguez, Natalie
Coqk, Karale Williams, Li Ding, Jonathan Loh, Joseph
Loh, Rebekah McGowan, Dori Page, Linda Lissavalid,
Eric Chan, Daniel Lopez, David Xavier, Kezia Ramirez,
Keisha Pierce, Cathy, Elizabeth & Sarah Davis, Dale
Edwards, Bobbie Doyle, Guichun Yao, Heather
Johnston.
5-Day Club Stats
81 apartment clubs were taught. Some were 2-week
clubs.
51 daycares allowed us to conduct clubs. Several clubs
were held in some of the larger daycares.
3 YMCA locations (all Alief area) were divided into
several clubs.
31 homes hosted clubs!
3 parks were used for clubs.
4 Children's Church services were taught by our teens,
including one Salvation Army service.
1 VBS finished up the summer work for some of our teens
4,000+ children, teens, & adults were reached this
summer with the Gospel message by our Christian
Youth in Action missionaries!
1,054 prayed to receive the Lord Jesus as Savior!
20+ churches participated either in sending missionaries
or helping with meals, drivers, etc.
33 trained teachers taught Bible clubs.
100+ J.T.’s (junior missionary in training) served this
summer.
Brian’s Book
Calendar…
August 20 – Reaching Today’s Child seminar, Chinese Bible
Church, 6025 Sovereign Drive. 9 – 4 p.m. Free. To
register, call Darlene @281-530-7282.
September 11 – Teaching Children Effectively, Level I.
Eleven wks. 5:30 – 8 p.m., Clear Point Community
Church, 5151 E. Sam Houston Pkway, Pasadena.
September 12- same course (TCE I) offered at Chinese Bible
Church, 7-9:30 p.m. For Sept. 11 or 12, register by
calling Darlene @ 281-530-7282.
September 15- same course (TCE I) offered at CEF office in
Pasadena, 1320 Scott St. 713-524-7994.
October 14 & 15 – Teen Rally, details later!
October 22- Face Painting Workshop, Chinese Bible Church.
December 17 – Christmas Blitz. Trained teens do
evangelistic parties in area apartments.
Heidi Lit, Jennifer Gaius and Janie Cao at a day care club.
Teen missionary, Kezia Ramirez
practices with hand puppet.
Brian Ho, if you’re looking
for your little book entitled
“Sharpening the Sword,” I
found it. It’s your well-worn
Bible Memory Verse book,
and by every one of the 27
verses is a date and sticker.
You were one of about 100
who came through our
Junior Missionary Training
program this summer, and your book is evidence that
you applied yourself well!
Some came only one day to serve, but Brian and
other J.T.’s served many days.
Last summer, this program was just beginning to
emerge, with no real plan. However this summer there
was a scheduled plan for training and practical skills.
Under the gifted leadership of Mrs. Clarissa Belbas and
Mrs. Zena Wong, the Junior Missionary Training
program became an exciting and successful reality!
Every morning as teen missionaries left for daycare
clubs, the J.T.’s could be seen organizing into prayer
teams. Our teachers led them to pray for people groups
around the world, as well as our own mission teams
going out. Then there was Bible memory time. Our
teachers also drilled them with application questions, to
match the verses to real life situations.
About mid-morning laughter and chatter could be
heard in the hallways and rooms, as the “J.T.’s” began
their “All things in order” time, doing practical chores
around the church. Of course they were allowed a
Popsicle break, but then back into the auditorium for
inspirational missionary stories and videos. Thursday
mornings included special “Science Speaks” time with
Mrs. Clarissa. Friday mornings were “missionary
project” times, when the J.T.’s had outings like prayer
walks, passing out 5-Day Club invitations, and learning
how to give out Gospel tracts. Mrs. Clarissa and Mrs.
Zena made sure all the J.T.’s were well acquainted with
the “J.T. Job List”, so they would be ready to serve in
the evening 5-Day Clubs with our teen missionaries.
Brian, your well-worn book is evidence that you
studied diligently. You and your brother Brandon were
some of the outstanding J.T.’s this summer!
Congratulations on a job well done!
Yini He and Lisa Collins at a 5-Day Club. A thoughtful boy brought chairs
for the club!
Pray for God’s grace in growing these new lambs…
Pray for vision and provision for the Fall schedule of
afterschool clubs and teacher training!
Enoch Ching- “Knock Out”
With 4 clubs a day and Houston heat, even teens wear out!