Well, here we are with day 2 and 3 completed. The kids have fallen in love with Kristen and Casey and want them to talk with them in English. Casey and Kristen taught the kids the "Baby Shark" song. It was alot of fun watching them try to mimic Kristen and Casey. VBS is going great. We couldn't ask for better days, it rains in the evenings and is sunny and warm during VBS hours. One of the the biggest requests from the people of Contreras Church is to spend more time with us. We usually don't have alot of time just to sit and fellowship. There always is something we need to do or we need to get back to where we are staying so that we can rest and be ready for the next day, but we have changed the schedule of our short term mission trips. At first I didn't know if changing them was a good idea but after today, I now know that the changes are the best thing for the people of Mexico. God is in control and I just need to follow His leading and everything else will fall in place. Today, after the VBS, we went on up into the mountain to fellowship with some of the families and teens from the church. We played soccer and ate some great food and some of us even went for a horse back ride. It was a great ending to a great day of working. Our devotion this evening was about sharing our lives with the people around us and so many time I have heard the saying "walk the walk not just talk the talk". That is what it is all about it is about relationships and real people with real needs. People who not only need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ but people who need to see Jesus Christ through us. Please forgive me for preaching a little but before I left Indiana to come to Mexico, I was reading in James 4:13-17. That passage is talking about us making our own plans to do things or go places on our own thoughts. It goes on to say what we ought to do is ask if it is God's will then we will go and do the things He has planned. I think in the study "Experiencing God", it says it best "find where God is working and go and join Him there". I have posted some more Pictures of the VBS and also our evening in the mountain. Please continue to pray for us Kristen and I have the beginnings of a cold and do not want to be slowed down, but other than that we are healthy and have adjusted to the altitude just fine.

Jim (Jeem) Flood

Hola, Hello, from Mexico City. Casey, Kristen and I just finished our first day of VBS at Contreras. Contreras is a community up in the mountain. It is where Pastor David and his wife Karla planted a church. This church has a heart for outreach and spreading the gospel of Christ. We are here helping them with a VBS. The people here are so loving and kind. They open their hearts and church and homes to us just like we were family. Casey and Kristen and I are in charge of crafts. The theme of the VBS is Sea Odysey. Our craft for today was making an octopus. We traced the hands of the children and cut them out. With a little glue and some wiggley eyes, we had octopi. Here are some pictures from today, I hope you enjoy them. I will update again as time permits. Keep praying for good health and safety while we are here.

Jim Flood