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Mexico 2010: Day 3
Due to some technical difficulties we weren’t able to post the final day blog from Mexico, but I still wanted to share it with you guys!
On our last day at the canal we had planned on doing some touch up painting on the house, but arrived to find that the people at the canal had finished it up themselves during the night! The house turned out beautiful and everyone was so happy to see it go up, especially Reyna and her family. We decided to treat the entire community to a good old fashoned American Lunch and broke out the friers and Grill for hot dogs, cheese burgers and french fries (with chili and baked beans!). It was a huge hit and the everyone showed up to eat and play together for the afternoon.
Earl sent the kids on a mission to collect all of the trash in the community at a quarter a bag with the promise of a prize for the person who brought back the most full bags and within an hour we had a mountain of trash bags and a much cleaner community! On top of that Pastor Rick decided to buy a prize for the person who had kept the cleanest house in the community and gave it to a crying and grateful family (he gave them a tv with a batter and converter for their home).
After lunch we had a great church service where Pastor Rick preached to the community on how they should be loving neighbors to each other and how they should all be showing each other the love of Christ in how they help each other out. It was a powerful message with a full alter call at the end.
The last thing that we were able to do before heading back to Texas was to pray over Reyna and her family in their new home and to commission the home. The entire community came by and we had a powerful prayer time as people wrote blessings and bible verses on the walls of the new home. It was an amazing trip that touched many lives and left a family with their first real house to live in.
Thanks for following along and check back soon as we’re heading to Galveston Texas soon for the next BrickThink trip! Don’t forget to check out the OnCall Blog for a recap of what they did on our last day in Mexico!
