Yesterday we traveled down south about an hour and a half to a city called San Vicente. It's in the desert with a population of like maybe a few thousand. The first thing we saw driving into the city was people cruising down the streets on horses. It's super rural and old school town, i've never been to a place more authentically Mexican.
We were there to help with some outreach to some youth, they were having a bunch of kids from the town come and play some sports and games and just try to build relationships with them. They played alot of soccer of course, it's Mexico.
Driving through the town we saw a park and decided to go and share Christ with the people there. We handed out a Bible and some tracts and shared the Gospel as best as we could in Spanish with the people that were there, was pretty cool, we ran into a guy reading the Bible who was a police officer, he wasn't even a believer he was just reading it to his kids, and we were able to share how important it is that he believes in Christ.
We met an awesome young lady named Tina that grew up in a labor camp, she's an indegenious native american, and she had been through alot of rough times, but Christ has changed her and brought her through everything and now she wants to go to Africa as a missionary, she has a pretty amazing testimony.
This was also a scouting trip because on the 14 of November we are bringing down most of our school to do some outreach and stuff there.
I really liked it here, the church has a really big building, and they also own a big ranch with a huge warehouse full of skateramps, basketball, soccer, and all kinds of stuff so the kids really love coming and hanging out there.
Pray for all these children, they are building relationships with these kids and trying to disciple them. Pray God does great and mighty things in this town.
Also recently around this area where I'm living 120 people were murdered, alot of them were police officers and government officials. There is alot of violence and turmoil in this whole region right now, and I would just ask for your prayer that God would stop the violence and bring peace, and stop all the evil that is happening because of greed and drugs.
In Jesus Christ the only savior,
~Paul
1 comment:
Thanks for posting....it's a sweet read to hear how the Lord is moving in Mexico.....using you and the CCBC students to share Jesus and to just reach out to the kids there. Praying the Lord keep you all safe and that He would turn the hearts of those who are creating so much violence and bloodshed in Mexico to Himself.
Hang tough, Paul...Stand strong. Trust God..Live clean....in Christ Jesus
The VA Kaledas
"I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness,
I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you." Isa 42:6
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