KCB's Family Fun Day

On Monday all of our staff got together for fun and food! We had such a great time talking and laughing, competing and cheering. It was a time for us to grow and just be together. We had our first ever staff Olympics and I think they went quite well!

Normally, staff is "stationed" at two different branches. Some of us are in the KCB office while others are at Little House. Others are out loving our homeless neighbors or mowing lawns while mentoring the guys they are working with. While it might feel at times that we're scattered and away from each other, our meetings together remind us that we are one. We have one purpose. To love others in a way that no church or individual can do alone. We have one Boss. We are held accountable to God for what we're doing with the resources and the families and individuals He is bringing to us. We are one team. We give props and we high five. We celebrate at success stories and encourage each other when the day has been hard.

We have one heart. We love because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

Overdrive Movie Night

This past Saturday the very first Overdrive movie night took place at Kingdom Causes. Pizza, popcorn and plenty of candy, plus friends and Despicable Me 2 combined to provide a fun event for all the kids. At the end of the night one of the kids came up to me and asked me if we could do another movie night next Saturday! While the event was somewhat spontaneous it, at the end of the day, was such a hit with the kids and is definitely an event I hope to see become a more regular occurrence, maybe even monthly event, in the future.

Looking back on my time with KCB over the past three months the one regret I have is that I haven’t been able to invest more time in these kids. These kids are the future of Bellflower, full of energy and potential, and they are such a joy to be around! While my internship is coming to a close in a few short weeks, I hope that I will be able to continue to be involved in the awesome things Kingdom Causes is doing in the city of Bellflower. It has been an absolute blessing to meet the people I have met and join alongside the work God is doing through KCB in the city of Bellflower.

-Miranda Starbeck, Spring Intern