San Vicente

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

YWAM Skate Ministry

On Friday night we were in the city and had the oppertunity to witness to a group of kids on the street. We have had many oppertunities to share Christ with kids in the city, and with some surfers in San Miguel.
We had met a few guys from YWAM (Youth With A Mission/Juventud Con Una Mision) surfing in San Miguel a few weeks before, and I had heard that they had a skate ministry. I was praying about going out and checking it out, when on Friday night I went into Starbucks and met a guy and started talking to him, and it turns out he's the one over seeing that skate ministry at YWAM. We talked and I decided it was definately God's will for me to be a part of this ministry. So I went on Saturday night and checked it out.


Was so cool to talk to all the kids, even though I don't speak much Spanish I was still able to communicate the gospel and the love of God. I hung out with them all afternoon, and it was so encouraging to get to know these kids. I met some amazing brothers and sisters at the YWAM base and we spent the rest of the evening sharing our testimonies of God's grace in all our lives. I met awesome brothers and sisters from Switzerland, Japan, India, New Zealand, Britian, Canada, and Germany. This was the most encouraging night I've had since I've been here. They invited me to their church and I visited it this morning and loved it.


We will be meeting out there at the YWAM base on Thursday nights for a home group that was started to disciple the skaters that want to come. We also will be teaming up with YWAM in doing a weekly Friday night outreach to the red light district here in Ensenada.


It was pretty exciting when I was leaving at around 11p.m and I locked my keys in the car, and it started raining. They got me a coat hanger and I couldn't get the lock to open, but I saw my key on the seat, so I was somehow able to hook the key and pull it up through the insalation. Everyone had come out to spectate, and it was pretty exciting once I had the key hooked and was able to pull it through the door everyone was so stoked about it.


We're going to be going to the skate ministry every saturday night and helping out. Also on Wensday they have a community meeting and worship night at the YWAM base so i'm going to that on Wensday. I'm so stoked about what God is doing here in Ensenada, I feel the doors are begining to open and i'm so ready and willing to walk through them right now. I've gone through the last season of brokeness and pain, and I'm just praying that this next season will be one of joy.


Thank you for all your prayers, please keep us lifted up in prayer. I haven't talked to Becca in a few weeks, which has been tearing me up. Please keep her team in your prayers as well.


In Christ's love,
~Paul