30 Day Recap (Mexico 2012)

The past 30 days have been very full and busy. So far our team has gone to the Tepehuanes twice, participated in a 3-day youth retreat with the youth group from Mazatlan, I have given music lessons at a high school, I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday at the Women's Drug Rehab Center in Escuinapa, we are also involved in a village called Rincon which is a poverty stricken village just outside Escuinapa, we are really involved with the kids there in Rincon, every Thursday we do a service project for the ecology department of Escuinapa, we usually pick up trash along the highways or clean out riverbeds. So as you can see we have been very busy serving here in Escuinapa as well as in Mazatlan. The Lord has been moving greatly among the people here in Mexico, the main difference from American and Mexican believers and nonbelievers alike is their faith. Here in Mexico when you pray for someone's healing, they actually get healed. Since I've been here in Mexico 4 people have received the Lord, most if not an entire youth group was filled with the Holy Spirit and released in their spiritual language, demons were cast out of a possessed man, and a woman's hand was healed from being swollen. I am so thankful to have this opportunity to take part in what God is doing here in Mexico. One of my favorite experiences here in Mexico has been going to the city plaza on Sunday nights. At the plazuela, as it is called here, I meet new people, practice my Spanish, and play my guitar while hanging out with the team and nationals. I can't believe that my trip is already 1/3 over, it's like just started, its like finishing the Fellowship of the Ring and realizing that there's only two more! God is good, I'm learning so much about the culture and God is teaching me new ways to live in this different culture that I can bring back with me to the United States. I am so blessed to be living with Alfonzo, Erika, and Alfonsito Martinez, they have been such an encouragement to me and my spiritual parents since I've been here. Thanks for praying for me! God Bless You.