Day Three... Incredible!

This morning our team traveled back from Texas into Reynosa. It was a colder day and many of us wore sweatshirts this morning! When we arrived at the church, we were greeted by a larger group of kids. When the kids program was going, we had over 50 colonia kids in attendance. Today, our mascot was "Rosa the Rabbit" played by the very energetic, Grace, on our team! The kids loved the cratf of making necklaces with beads and foam catcus, pepper and sun figures. Laura and Brian shared how the kids could build their house and lives upon the Rock, our forever friend Jesus Christ.

The MOPS program was incredible. We started with only about 11 women, but more and more kept coming as the morning went on until over 30 were there. Stephanie shared how Jesus washed his disciples feet, and our ladies then proceeded to wash the feet of the colonia women, and painted their toe and finger nails. The colonia ladies each made a silver and glass beaded necklace to take with them. Apples are a huge treat, so each lady took one home. One lady shared how her husband died only a month ago... and how she felt God's love and peace by our ladies washing her feet.

The trusses for the houses were finished and placed up on the walls. Each site spent the afternoon working on the roofs, painting trim, and playing with the neighborhood kids.

At night, our team comes back to Texas for rest, dinner, and an evening time of worship. Most nights, we have a gent named Jim who is a youth pastor in Missouri who leads us. Tonight, however, Sean and Clare started the eveninging by leading us in two songs with a guitar that was donated for our team to give to the church. During the program, we shared "God sightings"... how we saw God touching the people we were serving or how God has touched and changed us. Tonight, most of the team raised their hands to share something. Unfortunately, this blog is too small of a place to share all of the stories! Perhaps the pictures I posted tonight will give you some idea of what is happening.

Tomorrow we will have our last morning of the kids Bible program. The work on the houses is likely going to be done at the end of the day. If time allows, we will dedicate the homes to the families.

Thank you for your prayers! Our younger members of the team are feeling the strain of the long days. Tomorrow could be a tough day as we start the process of saying goodbye to our newly found friends. Please continue to pray for our safety, words to say to the people in Reynosa, and growth in our own faith in Jesus.

God's Blessings!
- Mike