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Spring 2017 Interceptor

By May 2, 2017March 11th, 2022No Comments
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Camp Stories: Spring Camp Nikos

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Everyone loves a vacation – a chance to escape the cares of daily life and to have fun. This is especially true for the children we serve at Mission: Possible! Austin, who for many of them, Nikos Camps are the only vacation they go on. Your partnership allows us to provide these camps, and during Spring Break, we host Spring Nikos Camps where the kids in our community get to take a break, have fun, and hear about Jesus when they have the week off of school.

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Big Fish Club is growing!

This spring we have now extended our Big Fish Club (BFC) program to include Booker T. Washington Terraces! We have been blessed with a solid team of ten volunteers, which continues to grow each week. Currently there are about 40 children attending, but that is quickly expanding! There are about 150 children ages 6-11 at Booker T that we have the opportunity to build relationships with.

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What's happening at FUZE (Ages 12-18)?

Tmori is one of five guys in our FUZE ministry who accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior in March 2017!

Tmori started coming to FUZE on and off in 2016 with his siblings. As he started coming more consistently he started building relationships with the leaders. Tmori and I hit it off; during our teaching sessions, he would listen intently.

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Restoration Art Center

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Hebrews 4:12 informs us that God’s word is alive and effective, piercing to the soul and spirit, judging the heart.

During our Women’s Conversational English class, while studying the Bible we sifted through the crazy family life of the Patriarch, Jacob, and we also discussed what happened to Joseph. God touched the heart of our neighbor Paulina and she wept openly as she shared her great despair over her own broken family story.

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Discipleship in Action

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Our heart is to draw our neighbors toward God. The Mission: Possible Community Center is open without charge to anyone weekdays 9 a.m. to noon where, subject to availability, we serve a variety of food including eggs, tacos, pastries, coffee, juice, and tea. It is very rewarding to express the love of Christ to our neighbors by enabling volunteers who donate their time and energy to serve others. This is practical discipleship in action, a major part of the life on life approach at MP Austin.

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From the ED

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Fourteen years ago, when we were thinking of purchasing an abandoned old church at 12th and Chicon many loving friends wanted to protect me from making a “big mistake”. From a human perspective, it seemed impossible to establish a Mission in such a dangerous neighborhood with crime, drug dealers, and prostitutes.

Today, Mission: Possible! Austin is located in one of the most sought after real-estate zip codes in the city. Some have encouraged us to move, investors are offering unbelievable amounts for the property, but we believe God provided this real-estate to make a transformational difference in this community.

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Celebrating individual strengths

“I love getting the chance to talk with our Big Fish kids outside of normal club time. Thursdays (BFC) can be beautiful chaos, but in tutoring we have a smaller group and some of the kids are definitely more in their comfort zone when things are calm and comfortable. These kids desperately need and desire individual attention; tutoring time is one of the sweetest chances to encourage them and celebrate their individual strengths.”

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Church Under the Bridge

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Church Under the Bridge (CUB) is marching forward into 2017! By the grace of God, we will be allowed to remain in our current location under the IH35 bridge at 7th Street. We are in the process of defining and obtaining a permit to meet with the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TXDOT). This is a direct answer to the prayers of the Body of Christ to keep the Gospel of grace in downtown Austin.

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