Mexico Trip - Day 9

We got up late this morning, but still had breakfast at 8. The team had only a half of the day to accomplish most of the work set before us. The afternoon would be spent in preparation for only God knows how many people.

By lunch time, we had finished the work that we had set out to do. Rooms had been painted, a mail box set up, the concrete walkway was finished, the dirt covering the pipes had been leveled inside the fence. The dirt outside the fence had been taken away, and rock had been place on the 75 yards of road leading to the dirt road at the bottom of the hill. The team accomplished a lot of work in just 5 hours, but I guess with 30 people, that can happen.

In the afternoon, we went canvassing in the neighborhood handing out fliers for the evening's event and for the fair next Wednesday. We went to the school and the local projects and handed fliers to everyone we met. We even put up signs on the poles in the area to show where the church was. We were hoping for a crowd of 100 or more.

Eventually, 5 o'clock came and had the evening outreach. We had over 150 people show up to watch “Fireproof” (in Spanish of course) and then we served what they consider a real “American Hot Dog” - it is a hot dog bun with Mayo, then the hot dog, followed by ketchup, mustard, chopped onions, diced tomatoes, diced carrots and peppers on top. Actually, they weren't all that bad (minus the peppers of course). The people enjoyed the movie with popcorn and some Mexican fried item. The team presented 2 skits with clear gospel presentations, and Manuel shared the gospel after the movie. It was a great evening.

After everyone had left and we finished cleaning up, we walked to the local store and got ice cream for everyone. The group loved the treat, and it was well deserved. Even the helpers and workers got ice cream. I think the only person who didn't was Chris – because he left while the “vultures” attacked. I offered him my ice cream, but he said he was fine – he had pringles and soda. We had devo's – spoke on giving, and then we played a game of Rage (actually finished a game that we had started during the movie. Yes, I won again – this time on a “shoot the moon” move on the last card. Had I not gotten a +5 card, I would have tied with Adam who was leading the entire game. Well, that's the way it goes.

By the way, my first for today was I had the opportunity to drive in Mexico. We were sent to the store right down the street, but they did not have what we needed. So me and 4 of the guys went riding around Puebla until we found what we needed... It was an adventure.