Home Service 09

We left Tijuana on Thursday the 23rd of July. We drove through the night to get through the Mojave desert. Even at midnight, it was 100 degrees at the big thermometer in Baker! We arrived in St. George, Utah, at 4:00 am, took a nap, ate breakfast, and went to Zion National Park. We hiked the narrows. What a beautiful place! On Sunday we were at New Life CRC in Grand Junction, CO. Scott spoke and we had a great pot luck dinner afterwards!

We spent the next four days in the mountains. We had some great hikes in the morning, and got rained/hailed on each afternoon/evening/night. The last night it was raining and in the 30's. The forecast for Friday looked about the same, so we decided against climbing our first 14teener and came down to Denver. We are visiting with friends and looking forward to being at 3rd CRC, Denver this Sunday and meeting with the Mexico team Sunday night!

Monday morning we are off to Michigan. Please continue to pray for safety in traveling and for our visits with partner churches and individuals.

Friday, time to say good bye

Early this morning, at about 7:30, the group was all packed up

We thanked Pastor Armando and Adriana for their hospitality this week

And closed the trip with a prayer by Pastor Armando

Thank you all for a great week, we look forward to seeing all of our friends in Denver in two weeks!!

Thursday Projects

The bathroom roof in Agua Viva now has rolled roofing!

At the Halfway house, the interior was given a primer coat of paint
The exterior was completely finished!!

VBS Thursday

Our final day of VBS was lots of fun! We had 17 new kids attend, for a total of 120 kids and about 20 women. The total number of children and women who attended sometime during the week was 202!

The craft was to decorate picture frames with a photo taken of each child at VBS.

At the end of the day prizes were given to several children in each class. They were given a Bible and a toy. All of the kids rece3ived a small gift and a "boli" (freeze pop).

There were also prizes for the ladies who learned all of their verses, and did their homework.

Wednesday projects

One of the first projects was to build a roof for the NEW bathrooms at Agua Viva. The guys built a knee wall, hung rafters and sheeted the roof.
At the rehab center one team continued working on mudding and sanding the drywall. They were able to texture some of the rooms, and get them ready to paint on Thursday.A second team was painting the outside of the building with a second coat.

Wednesday, VBS

Today we had 28 new children come for a total of 112 children and 16 adults. Today the kids finished detailing their cars and made a paper plate boat or fish tank,
heard the story of Moses and the children of Israel crossing the Red Sea,

and enjoyed their sandwiches, prepared and served by women from the Agua Viva Church.

Tuesday Projects

One of the first projects was a warranty issue on the bathrooms at "Agua Viva." The door hinges had major problems, but fortunately one of the original builders was here to help fix the problem.

At the Half-way house, work continued on the drywall,
most of the outside got a first coat of paint,
and another piece of concrete was poured.

Tuesday VBS

Vacation Bible School went well again today, we had 47 new children attend for a total of 93 children and 14 women!
Laura Carolina, a missionary from Toluca, in southern Mexico, is giving the class for the women. She will also be helping at Agua Viva while we are on homeservice.
The craft was painting cars from "Toys for God's kids." The kids loved the cars, the younger ones finished decorating pretty quickly and right away started playing with them.
The kids love the personal attention they get from the young people.

Monday, continued

After lunch, the group went to the Half-way house. One crew was putting up drywall,
and mudding.

The other crew was mixing and pouring cement for the patio.
A great day and a great start to the week!

Monday, the work begins

Monday morning started early with the entire group helping to get the VBS ready at "Agua Viva". At nine when VBS was supposed to start it was already very warm, and only a handful of kids and women were there.

All morning the kids kept trickling in, and by the end of the day we had seventy some registered.

The jumping castle was a hit,

the kids loved the sun catcher craft,

and the ladies are busy working on their beads.

Denver CRC Youth

Sunday afternoon the Denver group arrived safely, in time to play volleyball and soccer against the "Arca de Salvacion" church. The trip to Tijuana from Danver went well, no traffic in Los Angeles, smooth border crossing, and no traffic on the way to Pancho Villa! After getting things unpacked and set up, they are ready for the week ahead.