{"id":8016,"date":"2016-04-29T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T22:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:20:37","slug":"a-weekend-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2016\/a-weekend-for-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend for &#8212; KIDS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This is a weekend that we&#8217;ve been looking forward to (and praying forward to!) for a long time.<\/b> And I know that some of you have too!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8017\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/word-of-life.png\" alt=\"Word of Life International\" width=\"250\" height=\"284\" \/>Tonight, a group of students is coming to Ixtapaluca from a Bible institute north of Mexico City (<i><a href=\"http:\/\/palabradevidamexico.com\/?lang=en\">Word of Life<\/a><\/i> &#8211; some of you are familiar with them). This is a big weekend in Mexico, because it&#8217;s <b><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">C<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #333366;\">H<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc0033;\">I<\/span><\/i>L<span style=\"color: #99ff00;\">D<\/span><span style=\"color: #990099;\">R<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #cc6600;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00cc;\">N<\/span><\/i>&#8216;S DA<i>Y<\/i><\/b> (on Saturday, but we can celebrate all weekend)!<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow the team will be doing presentations for kids, and a youth event, and who knows what else, in the neighbourhood of Santa Barbara, hosted by the Path of Life Bible Church here.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, they&#8217;ll split up between the two churches, helping with Sunday school and music. Then in the afternoon they&#8217;ll do their children&#8217;s presentation twice &#8211; at 3pm in Las Palmas, and at 5pm in Jes\u00fas Mar\u00ed\u00ada. Busy day!<\/p>\n<p>On Monday they will be doing some presentations in the local public Junior High. 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