Mexico Mission Update: Thursday June 19

Today was a very long but enjoyable day.

We began the day early and went and finished the 2nd floor so it would be ready to begin the roof. We finished that by 11 AM. After lunch we gave out gifts and sang and prayed together over the building and the minister and his family and the congregation as a whole.

One of the highlights of the day was playing street soccer with many of the neighborhood kids. By the end of our time about 15 kids and several adults from the community were there to spend time with us and see us off.

Each year we give gifts to the church as a thank you. We filled the front of the stage with gifts and to the preacher's wife (who cooked all our food each day), we got her a mixer (something the ladies who helped her from our group thought she could use). She was very touched but the gift (something we would take for granted). It was an emotional day but a great one.

After getting back to the hotel and relaxing and having a devotional we went to dinner and then went to a baseball game to Sultanes de Monterrey (the professional baseball team in Mexico). It was an amazing experience with alot of fun. We met a lot of people and enjoyed the game together. Monterrey won 8-1. Look out for Alfredo Simon in the major leagues in a few years....he is a great pitcher. He almost pitched a shutout and had a home run hit off him in the 8th inning.

Tomorrow we head back to San Antonio which will be a LONG day of travel. We have many memories and we are sad to leave. God has done great things this week and it has been great to be apart.

Continued prayers for our travels....