Sunday

This morning, everyone was up and ready, dressed in their best for a day of worship at five different churches. It was an opportunity to experience spiritual culture in an entirely different environment. For a few, the churches were actually outdoors. Some of our students were prepared to give testimonies; some of our groups were ready to perform their skits for the congregation. In all cases, everyone was prepared to connect with God on a beautiful, sunny day in Mexico. Before we left, however, we had the chance to sing to and pray over Chiozo to wish him a Happy Birthday.

The Orange and Red Teams had the opportunity to share their skit. They also had the chance to work with the children of the congregation as did the Green and Blue Teams. The Red Team’s service included a wedding! Finally, the Purple Team was blessed with guest worship from our YWAM speaker, Eric, along with guest vocals by our students, Millie and Emma (see video below). We were also blessed with powerful sermon (in her native tongue) from our very own Pastor Viviana as a guest speaker in the “house” church. Thank you to all of our students who shared their stories with the congregation today: Tyler, Nate, Ben, Rereloluwa, Isabelle, Rafael C, Mikael, and Alexis.

Tacos were once again enjoyed by four of our groups, while the Purple Team was blessed with a homemade lunch shared with the congregation at their church. Once the services were done, the teams made their way to the market to purchase various items (sports’ jerseys and sunglasses were quite popular) and practice negotiating with the vendors. 

After dinner, and a break out in the field and by the firepit, we returned to the Onion for worship, jungle game (creating animals) for our points - the Orange Team is currently winning. Then, we sat down to listen to Eric share God’s love with us before watching the video about the Passion of Christ. Staff prayed for our students as we ended the evening with more worship.

Tomorrow, God willing (we are praying that the rain stays away), we will be heading out to our ministry locations for the day. Again, thank you for your continued prayers and know that God is working here in so many ways.