Mission to Mexico – Return Day
The mission is concluded; the relationships are strengthened; the requests to return are many!!
Thank you all for covering us with your prayers. We were aware of the prayer support, even down to getting each of us into a seat on the over-booked plane from Chicago to Dubuque.
God took care of every detail of this experience, and we give all the honor and glory to Him!
Mission to Mexico – Day 7
Well, it is finished! With an additional two hours of work, the outside wall of the church is visible and the rooms have corners. All of the construction materials were scrubbed and nearly all were loaded on the truck, including a very large cement mixer on two wheels by 2:30 p.m. Wait until you see those pictures!
Mission to Mexico – Day 6
The west wall of the church building is ready for concrete blocks. The blocks were delivered this afternoon after we left and are waiting for our early arrival tomorrow. We are a TIRED group of Americanos!
But, we still are not getting skinny!! The Dios es amor church people brought extra homemade snacks for us today—more like a full lunch. And, then we have David cooking lunch and dinner for us. Oh, my, when everything tastes soooo good, we just have to eat it all.
Mission to Mexico – Day 5
This morning, we got a slow start because the workers had to bring a cement mixer. But, we finished today's job by noon, and had everything put away JUST before the rain began!!!! God hears the prayers of His people! Thank you all for praying about the weather.
Mission to Mexico – Day Four
Our grace, mercy, and compassion meter ran all the way to the top today. How can we take in any more?
Mission to Mexico -- Day Three
ANOTHER day of God-guided, inspiring events:
• Finishing the seven rebar columns AND getting them “installed”! (That was the five-day work goal. Now it’s finished in TWO, we can bucket the concrete into the forms on top of the foundation and part way up the columns, and lay concrete blocks for the walls of the Sunday School rooms.)
• Seeing the Saturday morning children’s ministry in full swing at the Shalom church. (That is the vision of Dios es amor—to begin a Saturday morning children’s ministry at their new church site.)
Mission to Mexico – Day Two
Wow, what a day—the first day of work on the new church building site! We were up and eating breakfast by 6 a.m. After devotions and the filling of water bottles, we were off to the work site.
Day One -- Getting Here
What a great day! What a great group of travelers! What a great church that God is growing in the western suburbs of Cancun!
The quiet hotel north of the Hotel Zone (all of the resorts)is a glorious, intimate spot for this group of 13. The view is spectacular; we can see the island across the bay, or maybe it's the Caribbean Sea. The sea breezes are blowing and will cool us after working inland at the church's new building site.
What a great day! What a great group of travelers! What a great church that God is growing in the western suburbs of Cancun!
During the Mission to Mexico from March 8-15, daily posts will appear in this blog.
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