Hardcourt Ministries Inc

BALAMA, MOZAMBIQUE - EACH YEAR WE TRAIN PASTORS AND LEADERS ON HOW TO REACH THEIR CHILDREN FOR JESUS CHRIST. IN 2018, WE TRAINED 70 PASTORS AND LEADERS WHICH IN TURN ARE NOW REACHING OVER 15,000 CHILDREN WEEKLY (NOTE: A WEEKLY COUNT IS TAKEN BY THE PASTORS AND LEADERS). TRAINING IS ACCOMPLISHED OVER 5 DAYS OF TEACHING. TEACHING INCLUDES THEOLOGICAL TRAINING, EVANGELISTIC TRAINING AND TRAINING ON NEW AND EXCITING GAMES THAT DRAW THE CHILDREN IN. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED FLUXUATES EACH WEEK WITH AN UPWARD TREND. IN 2012 WHEN WE STARTED, WE WERE NOT REACHING ANY CHILDREN FOR JESUS. THAT NUMBER HAS RISEN TO 15,000 IN 2018. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE NUMBER HAS RISEN TO 21,000.RHEMA LIFE CENTER - ST. JOHNS ANTIGUA. OUR IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO ASSIST THE PASTOR IN REACHING THE CHILDREN AND HIS COMMUNITY WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. THE AREA OF ST. JOHNS WHERE THE CHURCH IS LOCATED IS IN A VERY DEPRESSED PART OF THE ISLAND AND IS LOCATED IN BETWEEN TWO WARRING COMMUNITIES. WE ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL BY PROVIDING A SAFE HAVEN FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER - ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN. ONE OF OUR ACTIVITIES IS CALLED RHEMA FEST. IN 2018, RHEMA FEST BROUGHT IN 178 CHILDREN AND VARIOUS ADULTS ESTIMATED AT 30. RHEMA FEST IS HELD ON A SATURDAY AND 2 ARE SCHEDULED EACH YEAR - WE HELPED WITH ONE IN 2018. WE OFFER BOUNCE-ABOUTS, TRAMPOLINES AND HAMSTER BALLS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FACE PAINTING. THIS IS A VERY BIG DRAW FOR THESE CHILDREN. IN 2018, WE ALSO STARTED AIRING MESSAGES ON THE LOCAL CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION. THE MESSAGES ARE IN A FORMAT THAT THE CHILDREN ENJOY. WE ARE UNSURE ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED WITH THE RADIO PROGRAM. PART OF OUR ACTIVITIES IN ANTIGUA WERE TO PREPARE FOR A MISSION TEAM VISIT IN 2019. ALL LOGISTICS WERE WORKED OUT OVER THE WEEKS VISIT. AWANA IN JAMAICA. IT HAS BEEN OUR GOAL TO HELP THE AWANA MISSIONARY IN JAMAICA WITH ESTABLISHING NEW CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HELP PROMOTE AWANA, IS TO BUILD GAME COURTS FOR THE CHILDREN. SINCE 2000, 20 GAME COURTS HAVE BEEN BUILT. THESE COURTS NOT ONLY DRAW CHILDREN TO THE CHURCHES, BUT THE ALSO ARE USED AS COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WEDDINGS. IN 2018, WE TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF JAMAICA LOOKING FOR CHURCHES THAT WE CAN HELP GET AN AWANA PROGRAM STARTED. AMONG THE MANY CHURCHES VISITED DURING THE WEEK, TWO CHURCHES WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING GOOD PROSPECTS. OUR MOST EXCITING CONNECTION IS IN MONTEGO BAY. ANOTHER EXCITING CONNECTION WAS MADE IN CATTABBOO. A PART OF OUR ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA IN 2018, WAS TO HELP CELEBRATE THE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AWANA IN JAMAICA. THIS WAS A SINGLE NIGHT EVENT BUT TOOK DAYS OF PLANNING AND SETTING UP. AN ESTIMATED 200 PERSONS ATTENDED THIS EVENT.