Personally I have really been super blown away by the ministries at work down here in Puerto Escondido. God is doing some incredible stuff! I loved going to the Mom´s group and am really excited to go back the next couple of weeks. Vanessa (wife of Mike who started Surfers for Christ International) has started a group for the surfer mom´s. It´s just a way to reach out to the community, many of the mom´s are from places like Australia and germany. some are from Mexico but there are a lot of transplants in this town. So through the group it´s an opportunity to build relationship's and speaking into peoples lives the love and truth of Christ! Pretty cool! Through the Mom´s group, the bible studies, the soccer ministry, all of these things, lives are touched and changed forever.
I´ve been really thinking a lot about ministry, missions..it´s got so many facets and we all have a part.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tid bits of Mexico
Bucket Showers. Hammocks for sleeping. Beans and Rice. Sinote´s underground (as in swimming in a cave), as well as sinote´s above ground. Park Ministry. Building churches. Late nights. Early mornings. Easter Celebrations...2 long 3 hour church services in Spanish (with Jamie Martin translating the jist of it all. He did well.) Children´s ministry, teaching dramas. 3 skateboarders came to know the Lord the other night. Lots of prayer, laughter, joy and growing in the team.
Just a few tidbits of what is going on down here. We are finishing up our time here in Cancun. We spent the last 5 days in a village called Xcan (pronounced ISH'Con). We girls lived in one little house and the boys in another. We were so blessed to be there. THe boys helpèd every day with carrying large rocks to build the floor of a church. We girls taught the teens dramas and did some children´s programs. there was also several drama ministry times.
We leave at 11 tomorrow to head to Puerto Escondido on our 26 hour bus ride!
thanks for your prayers. I seriously have felt them..especially in the area of tiredness. I haven´t really been tired all that much at all. Please pray for the entire time in that area though! There have been a lot of people who have been struggling daily with ongoing tiredness.
Lots of love.
Just a few tidbits of what is going on down here. We are finishing up our time here in Cancun. We spent the last 5 days in a village called Xcan (pronounced ISH'Con). We girls lived in one little house and the boys in another. We were so blessed to be there. THe boys helpèd every day with carrying large rocks to build the floor of a church. We girls taught the teens dramas and did some children´s programs. there was also several drama ministry times.
We leave at 11 tomorrow to head to Puerto Escondido on our 26 hour bus ride!
thanks for your prayers. I seriously have felt them..especially in the area of tiredness. I haven´t really been tired all that much at all. Please pray for the entire time in that area though! There have been a lot of people who have been struggling daily with ongoing tiredness.
Lots of love.
Friday, April 10, 2009
hey friends!
Just taking a moment here to update. I've realized it's rather difficult to find the time to get on a computer and really write something quality. Know that we are doing really well. Have a few people recovering from a strep/flu bout, as well as some pretty mean sunburns from falling asleep in the sun.
Tomorrow we head for a little village. Not sure what all we will be doing there, but it's bound to be an adventure! Just found out that our contact there is a woman named Sandra who translated for us last time I was here. She's a riot...and knows where to get great cheap hammocks. Think i will sleep in one them here real soon! So excited about what God is doing and the way our team has been able to bless this local church here "vida de cancun"- we have been working on two of their mission churches in local villages. Today was the last day for that.
Keep praying for us.
A personal prayer request:
Wisdom and perseverance!
Tomorrow we head for a little village. Not sure what all we will be doing there, but it's bound to be an adventure! Just found out that our contact there is a woman named Sandra who translated for us last time I was here. She's a riot...and knows where to get great cheap hammocks. Think i will sleep in one them here real soon! So excited about what God is doing and the way our team has been able to bless this local church here "vida de cancun"- we have been working on two of their mission churches in local villages. Today was the last day for that.
Keep praying for us.
A personal prayer request:
Wisdom and perseverance!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Hey everyone! I hope you are doing well. I am writing from an internet cafe here in Cancun Mexico. it is about a ten minute walk from the house we are staying in, and amazing or what..it has air conditioning!
Everything is going well here in Cancun. We spent most of the week working on a church and spending time with the children in the village around the church. Yesterday some of the team was able to put a roof on a house for a family who needed it! Also some handed out clothing to families that needed it.
I´m learning a lot about what it means to always always always speak lovingly and to deal with issues as they arise with God´s eyes! We have a team of 19 students and in a lot of ways my job is to make sure the girls on the team are doing ok, and have somebody they can talk to about things. Being on the mission field is lots of fun, it´s very rewarding, but there are also a lot of tough things to go through!
Every day I walk to the store and we get bread- the bread is sooooo good! Seriously, fresh rolls every day...it cost only about 2.00 for enough bread for the whole team, so we buy it fresh every day. We are eating a lot of pineapples and mangos, tortillas, beans and rice. I could live off of it all forever!
Today we went to two church services. Both were translated into English which was really nice. The team shared dramas at both churches to encourage the people!
We had an opportunity to also share dramas and testimonies at the park right by where we are staying. It´s fun because we can go back again and again and build friendships with the people.
Thanks for praying for us!
Everything is going well here in Cancun. We spent most of the week working on a church and spending time with the children in the village around the church. Yesterday some of the team was able to put a roof on a house for a family who needed it! Also some handed out clothing to families that needed it.
I´m learning a lot about what it means to always always always speak lovingly and to deal with issues as they arise with God´s eyes! We have a team of 19 students and in a lot of ways my job is to make sure the girls on the team are doing ok, and have somebody they can talk to about things. Being on the mission field is lots of fun, it´s very rewarding, but there are also a lot of tough things to go through!
Every day I walk to the store and we get bread- the bread is sooooo good! Seriously, fresh rolls every day...it cost only about 2.00 for enough bread for the whole team, so we buy it fresh every day. We are eating a lot of pineapples and mangos, tortillas, beans and rice. I could live off of it all forever!
Today we went to two church services. Both were translated into English which was really nice. The team shared dramas at both churches to encourage the people!
We had an opportunity to also share dramas and testimonies at the park right by where we are staying. It´s fun because we can go back again and again and build friendships with the people.
Thanks for praying for us!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
We´ve arrived!
We made it safely to Mexico! The airport travel went unbelievably well! Praise the Lord! we know it was all the prayers. Getting 21 people checked in, through security and to the gate in under an hour was amazing! To top it off we made it through customs in probably 20 minutes and then in Cancun all of our bags arrived and were coming through the concourse when we got off the plane!
So now we are as a team settling in to what is to be our new home for the next couple of weeks. Everyone has been so flexible, already meals are in full swing..everyone is eating tortillas and beans and rice like natives.
Shopping for a week was a lot of fun. Matt and I headed down to the store and surveyed the costs and quanities, shopped for the day and then took our team leaders down with a basic menu for the rest of the day.
Already some of the guys have made friends with some kids at a skate park around the corner. we are looking forward to beginning work tomorrow on a church.
Thanks for your prayers!
So now we are as a team settling in to what is to be our new home for the next couple of weeks. Everyone has been so flexible, already meals are in full swing..everyone is eating tortillas and beans and rice like natives.
Shopping for a week was a lot of fun. Matt and I headed down to the store and surveyed the costs and quanities, shopped for the day and then took our team leaders down with a basic menu for the rest of the day.
Already some of the guys have made friends with some kids at a skate park around the corner. we are looking forward to beginning work tomorrow on a church.
Thanks for your prayers!
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