All Is More Than Well in the Mexicali Valley
Mexico - High School 2009 March 24th, 2009 by RudyIt is hard to imagine what you can pack into two days! It somehow seems that we have been here for weeks and it is only Tuesday. Yesterday we awoke to a gorgeous day with sunshine and light breeze. Steve Leighter and a group of young men were off early to K57 putting vents in the new church and adding extra bracing to the building. Tim Bennion and a group of guys and gals started digging post holes for the fence around the church in K39. In Oaxaca groups were putting insulation in the ceiling of the church and new wiring for the air conditioning. They power washed Pastor Onesimo’s house to prepare for painting. The group in 28 were off to the nursery school where they had 60 children ages 3-5. The medical clinic was in Colonial Juarez and saw a number of patients.
After lunches of beans, tortilla’s, carne asada, chicken mole, tacos, enchiladas, and pan dulce everyone was quite happy. In the afternoon over 200 children met for VBS where they learned about the conversion of Saul and made butterflies to tell of the changed life of Paul. It was a wonderful day and it wasn’t over.
One of the biggest highlights of the day was when Wes and the pastor’s wife from 28 came to the medical clinic with a women and her son just as the clinic was closing. She was a sixty year old lady with back pain. When Dr Jim asked if he could pray for her Lety, the pastor’s wife said that the woman was not a Christian. As they shared with her and her son about Jesus and how much He loved them they both prayed to receive Christ.
In the evening there was a basketball game in Delta. Delta is a very old community and is adjacent to Oaxaca. There were two huge blessings in Delta. Rudy was introduced to a man who had come to our game last year and also saw our teens sing and share the drama, “Broken Heart.” He came to share that after the play he had many questions and a few months later gave his heart to the Lord and has been growing ever since. The other blessing was that the “mayor” of the region came to make sure we felt safe. He even had several additional police cars in the area. At the close of our sharing at halftime he said to Onesimo, “This is a good work, this is what our people need.”
What a wonderful way to begin our week! Monday’s have never been so exciting. We appreciate your prayers!!! Colleen said she even got a nap!!!! The teenagers are precious and so great to work with. You would be proud of them all.
Blessings,
Rudy and Gayle