I unfortunately only have five minutes to do this blog, but in that time I will attempt to sum up some of the events of this week.
Most of what we did with the high school group from Birmingham, Alabama this week had to do with children and families. From Monday through Thursday, we had vacation Bible school for children in the neighborhood of Solidaridad at two different churches. Usually combined with that was construction at two different house sites, as well as colonia visits, where we walked through the neighborhood and met with people at their houses.
At the end of the week, we did a couple of exercises where we asked the Lord (ATL) about what we should do that day. Through that exercise, we got to minister to a man about his addiction to tobacco, something that killed his own father (by heart attack) and had been the cause of death for a grandparent of one of the high-schoolers. We basically approached that visit simply by waiting in prayer and going off of what we saw, which always is exciting for me, because what the Lord reveals in prayer never ceases to amaze me, especially in large groups.
On Thursday, we visited some of the FYM internship sites and gave the participants a taste of what it’s like to work as an FYM in Mexico. The assignment on Thursday was a pleasant surprise for me since I got to visit some of my girls at the prison, which I thought wouldn’t happen until next week.
I think my favorite part of this week was just working with a group of kids (they’re about 14-18) who have their hearts set after Jesus and who are ready and willing, despite typical maturity obstacles that come with adolescence. If I were where they are now at my age, I can only imagine how much I would have done by now (but that’s not important 😉 ). I was pleasantly surprised by this group, by their generosity (they gave away their skirts and replaced a hammock that they broke!), and by the Lord’s provision in our ministry this week. I really hope the next group (300 kids!) goes as well.
Thanks to all that are reading…hopefully I’ll be more detailed on our happenings this week next time I blog. God bless y’all :D.
