Hi, mike VW here, second year and opportunity to be a tool for the Kingdom in Tecate. I wanted to describe for you a house that many of the team saw during our park ministry.
Imagine, if you would, leaving the park and walking straight up the dusty, rutted road to the "tiene" or shop on the side of the road. Don't think of this as a typical shop, imagine a glorified lemonade stand made of makeshift materials. Next door, the (typical) mangy dog is guarding the neighbors property onside the fence. A woman is peering through the small hole taking orders for mostly Coke (it's very hot in the park). Since the park has no "Banyo" (restroom) this woman allowed many of us to use her home's bathroom. Her six year old daughter leads us right into and through the back of the house. This one room 'house' is ten feet by ten feet on a good day, and is also constructed of makeshift materials..... picture walls made of loading pallets sheathed in scruffy unpainted plywood, and I can see light peering through its many cracks. The house is divided into four sections, where in each quarter is the parents bed, the little girls bed, a couch, and a kitchenette. The floor is dirt with rocks sticking out. I cannot imagine what happens when it rains hard or gets cold.
It tells me that on trips like this, while its paramount to reach people with the Gospel, it is also important to do the physical work and meet basic needs, doing it with all our hearts, and doing it for God's greater glory. Seeing people with so much less than we have teaches us to be happy with what we have as well. Thanks for praying for us as well as the people of Mexico.
Pastor Matt and the Mexico Team
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