Wednesday Mexico Mission Report

Thanks everyone for your encouragement and for praying with us. I’m sitting on one of our buses taking a break and trying to use the tiny keyboard on my mobile phone to let you know what’s happening.

We’re in what might be considered a suburb of Mexico City. We’re working with a church plant that has started in the neighborhood. We’ll be here for the next three days.

Here’s of things to be praying about when you think of us: – We’ve had a couple of folks on the team not feeling to well. Nothing major, but please lift them up in your prayers.
- People to come to the mobile clinic for assistance. Pray we’re able to help them, that they come to Christ and get plugged into the local church.
- Please pray for those on the team to receive what God has for them while they’re here. It’s no accident they are here.
Thanks so much!

Praying for the Church and the People in Neza

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2010 Mexico Mission Team – Tuesday Report

We’re working with Operation Serve International (http://www.osinews.org/), a ministry that Legacy has been a part of for many years.  6 people from Legacy made this year’s trip. We were joined on Saturday by 30 people (mainly teens) and a couple and their grandson, all from North Dakota. 

Sunday we spent the day in orientation and training. We also took the time to go and get some shopping done.

Monday we went to a neighborhood near one of Mexico City’s garbage dumps. We were able to serve many people. I’ve been assigned to work in the optical area where we access people’s needs and help fit them with glasses. We were able to help 50 people with glasses and prayed with a bunch.

Today we were in the midst of a garbage dump called “Neza.” There are about 500 families that work there. Many of them also live there. Their job is to pick through the rubbish and find things that can be sold. It was just as moving of an experience as when I was here 4 years ago.

I’ll have to share more thoughts later……Time for dinner.

Sue Robbins and Karen Schunk working in dental.

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Getting Ready to Work

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Monday Morning in Mexico City

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Hello world!

Can I do it? It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to a blog site, but I’m going to give it another shot and see what I come up with.  With any luck of the coming weeks, months, years, decades millenia ahead I’ll be able with something intelligent to come up with and post here.

If you’re looking for a “normal preacher’s” type blog, you’ll probaby be disappointed.  Let me know, and perhaps I can hook you up with a site that might do that for you. 

I hope to share my thoughts on life through the lense of my world.  It’s a lense that has been colored by my experiences in life and some things I’ve picked up along the road I’ve traveled. My lense has a few scratches and some would say it’s just plain messed up. They may be right; but you know, I’m enjoying myself too much to let that stop me.

So…..away we go!