Side note: you might be wondering about the title to this post. Flies where everywhere in New Mexico!!! None of us had seen that many flies in one place in our lives. They were crazy. They were in the poor parts of town and the nice parts of town. They didn't discriminate, so don't get it in your head that it was because it was dirty. They were EVERYWHERE. We also learned that they love to land on humans!!! Ugh. It was bad. It made us think of the plagues in Egypt in Moses' day. I've got more respect for that now.
Anyway, back to the meat of the trip....
Each morning of the trip we went into a neighborhood in Vado, NM and the students picked up trash, paint mobile homes, and other odd jobs. One group put a floor into one of the mobile homes as well as counter tops. The service project usually lasted from 9-12. We had free time from about 1-4 each day, and then we headed back out to the same neighborhood for kids clubs!! They started at 6:30, but the kids always showed up early. We had fun games, songs, Bible stories, and crafts for them. Much fun for them and us!
The house we stayed at was trashed by the end so on Friday morning we got up at 5:30am and cleaned his home for an hour. Spic and span! After cleaning on Friday we made our long trek back into to Texas to San Marcos where we shopped at the outlet malls and had dinner. That night we stayed in a cheap motel and woke up early the next morning to tube the river in New Braunfels! Very fun!
Overall the trip was a great success with 45 people putting their faith in Christ--43 kiddos and 2 adults!! I think you can definitely say that was a success. One person saved for every person we brought on the trip. God loves the people in Vado, New Mexico, and He is not done with those He brought to know Him!! Here are some (a lot, really) of the pictures from mission trip. These are all from the last night because the other nights I was too busy playing with those precious kids! They are so cute and fun!
The boys being tough :)
Matt and Yonedi - this boy didn't speak any English, but it was obvious that he understood it! He was soooo sweet and smart -- he was only 4!
Matt and Yonedi - this boy didn't speak any English, but it was obvious that he understood it! He was soooo sweet and smart -- he was only 4!
Yonedi and I pretending to make bows out of our hula hoops!
Sweet boy and I! He was funny. We had water gun fights :)
Casey & Ashley talking to a kid -- she looks like me doesn't she?? She is a senior in our group. Everyone thinks we look like sisters and when I first saw this picture I thought it was me, too!
Some of the boys about to race! They were so funny.
This is Edgwin. One night he got hit in the head with a plastic baseball bat and made the funniest cartoon faces and noises. Casey couldn't stop laughing about it even though it was sad!!
Some of the kids being silly
Jorge the cowboy!! Soooo cute!
Jorge up to bat!
All the boys lined up for Casey to pitch to them. They really enjoyed it, and I liked watching and talking to them while they were in line.
Casey & I with my water gun enemy :)Look at his braid! I put it on his shoulder for the picture, heehee.
A beautiful sunset on our last night at the kids' clubs!
God was good at showing us His awesome power while we were in New Mexico. Language barriers didn't matter anymore and lives were changed for eternity.
Mission trip is by far my favorite youth event - it was when I was a teenager and it continues to be as an adult.
1 comment:
I was one guilty of reading some of your blogs, without commenting. :) Sorry!
Oh how I miss mission trips! I am so ready for Beau to go and have the wonderful experiences we have had. More exciting is that he will get to be with you and Casey when he goes.
Much love~
:)
ali (using Beau's gmail account)
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