Gooday all followers!
A lot of you have likely been following us on instagram, but we have made it to Koenes Ministries (Casa de esperanza) safe and sound. We got here a little later than planned but all things considered it was a good day. Our friends from the mission base met us at the border and picked us up with a 15 passenger van, an SUV and a Suburban with a trailer. We were blown away how they made a 6 hr drive at the drop of a hat to help us out.
I must say I knew whoever hopped in with Juan Carlos (one of the translators from the mission base) was going to have a fun introduction to Mexico. (He drives quick) It was a lot of fun asking Vern Reimer, Cindy Reimer, Carol Pauls, and Nathan Lepp what kind of ride they had :) Needless to say they made it to the mission base a lot sooner than the rest of us.
Thanks for all of your prayers. It seems our friends from the mission base are going to figure out our bus permit for us, and will drive one of us bus drivers back to Nogales on Monday to pick up the bus so we can bring it down here to San Carlos, second times a charm!
There is another youth group at the base right now as well. They are from Montana and their mission here was giving away wheelchairs last week. We will get to serve along with them for the next two days around San Carlos. Pretty fun meeting new friends and how it doesn't matter where you're from how we are united in mission with Christ.
Tomorrow we are going to a new church in an area we haven't been before. This church has invited our group to do the main portion of the service. A couple students will share there testimonies, we will do a group skit, (the other group from Montana is going to do some songs), and then I get the honour of bringing the message. Please pray that our group wakes up bright eyed and bushy tailed to take on the day! After the service we will have a fellowship meal with that church, and then we will go to a poor area where we will be handing out food hampers (basket of groceries with the necessities). This is always a very rewarding and challenging day as we get to meet many people, and pray with them that God would continue to supply for them both physically and spiritually. For supper and the evening we will likely come back to the base and have some group debriefing time, and possibly hear a testimony from one of the translators here from the base during team time.
Really appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers!
-Andy
