Contreras VBS Mission Trip 2013: Rain, rain ...

The Lord's little blessings are enough to lift us up sometimes. Here's one we experienced:

July is part of Mexico City's rainy season. It's not uncommon for the sun to shine in the morning and for brief rain showers to come in the afternoon -- sometimes every day.

There have been several days where we have taken trips in the afternoon during this trip and we've had little to no rain at all --  a bit of an anomaly.

Today was a "rest at the seminary" day, and it poured. Almost all afternoon and evening. Again, just a little blessing, but enough to make us all thankful and think of how our Lord loves to bless us.

VBS has hovered around 100 kids each day for attendance. Our team is starting to develop some great relationships with the kids. For example:

• Cameron and Pablo tatooed each other with "... was here" marker tatoos on each other's arms.
• Marisa has a boyfriend! Well, a boy that swoons and says "Hi Marisa!" every time he sees her.
• Scott has a girlfriend! (And Jaye knows about it.) She is about three feet tall and is maybe two or three years old and loves to play "toss the ball in the hula hoop" with him. When he's not doing that, Scott is usually busy maintaining the church grounds with Pastor Mario.

Morgan and Debbie shared testimonies today. David, who has done translation for most of the testimonies, has said that they have been very powerful. He says that when we come from the United States and have a message to tell, it carries extra weight. Jaye and Scott share testimonies tomorrow.

Thank you for your prayers! It has been a constant prayer with our team that Jesus changes entire families through the commitments and hearts of individual children. We read about Paul in Acts and how, after the prison doors came open during an earthquake, he led a jailer to the Lord. That decision caused his entire family to trust Jesus and the church there grew and grew. 

We are praying that children come to know The Lord during VBS and that, through their decisions, their families come to church and receive Christ, too, and that through those decisions the entire area of Magdalena Contreras sees an influx of believers and changes the history of Mexico City. Please join us in that prayer!

 The team gathers after a delicious dinner at the Las Palomas taqueria near David's home.

The team performs "Baby Shark" for children at VBS.