9 Minutes on a Phone Card

It's amazing how much you can pack into a phone conversation with 9 minutes left on a phone card! Terry was at the grocery store and called.

Today was the last day of VBS at Monte Sion. And the 37 children there had a wonderful day. 7 children came into the Kingdom today! Accepting Christ for the first time. The other 30 stayed seated, because most of them had accepted Jesus as their Saviour the last time the team was there. What a beautiful end to the week.

Later today the team went to the Floating Gardens and had a GREAT time Terry said. Pastor Jaime had made a meal for them to bring along for lunch it was Stuffed Peppers and Terry just oooed and awwwed about it over the phone. He said it was a little spicy but wonderful. (and Terry loves spicy). Terry said the weather has been so great...so funny every afternoon they say "Oh, it must be 2:30, it's raining!" Each afternoon about that time they have about a half an hour rainstorm!

Tomorrow the team will take the whole service, and Pastor Jaime was going to preach, but told Terry then today that maybe he should preach! (here in Edmonton it takes us a good week to prepare for a sermon!). So, Terry will be working on that tonight!

Some of our students will also be sharing testimonies about what God has been showing them this week, Terry said Matt and Christie will be sharing and at least one other person too. I'm so proud of them and I know it will mean a lot in their own life to articulate that to the Mexicans.

Terry was talking about a conversation with Lauren too how she spoke of her love for this Spanish culture and said "I could live here, that's why I'm going where I'm going". Just three days after Lauren returns from Mexico she will be off to Bible School in a Spanish country. Please be in prayer for Lauren as these days draw to a close and she continues her preparation for what God has for her next.

I heard a little more about the building project. The church is building a second story on top of the house beside the church. Their intention is to build 5 classrooms in order to be able to house a regular school for the community. This gives me such hope and encouragement hearing this. Pastor Jaime has many dreams for the impact of Monte Sion in this community. One of our greatest hopes in a mission team is that we can be an encouragment to the local church we serve. An encouragment in people, in prayer, in care, and very practically too.

When it didn't work out for the team to go to the hospital, Terry asked if they could help with some of the construction. There is one man building on this project and they only build as they have money. Pastor Jaime said yes they could help! So the team helped toss bricks up to the 2nd story, mix cement, move garbage, and build a wall of one of the classrooms. Terry was looking at an invoice on the bricks and realized how we could help them with the project by contributing to the supplies for more of the building. A very good use of our resources and a very practical encouragement for the church too.

Terry again said what a great leadership team he has and how grateful he is for their work alongside of him.

...well then our 9 minutes ran out!

Pray for the church service at Monte Sion tomorrow...for the students sharing and that Terry can hear from God what He desires to be shared with the people there.