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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares
the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call
upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your
heart..."
Jeremiah
29:11-13
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Mexico
was amazing, humbling, powerful, exhausting ... We have
experienced such a wide range of emotions and strengthened
and made new friendships. God was with us. He kept us safe
and protected us from the heat. I saw him through the stories
people shared at our campfires, through my own families'
experiences, and through the smiles and faces of the Mexican
families and children we came to serve.
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Building
a house is hard work. As I shoveled dirt for sifting or
mixed cement or stucco, I kept thinking about Jesus washing
the feet of his disciples - a job usually reserved for the
lowliest of servants. If Jesus had been building a house
with us, I think he would have been doing the jobs nobody
else wanted to do. Suddenly shoveling dirt wasn't so bad.
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"Ah,
Sovereign Lord," I said. "I do not know how to
speak; I am only a chid"
But
the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.'
You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I
command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you
and will rescue you," declares the Lord." Jeremiah
1:7-8
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"A
relationship with God is not something added on after we
complete our basic growth, it is the essential core of that
growth. Take that core out, and there is no humanity at
all but only a husk, the appearance but not the substance
of the human."
Eugene
Peterson, Run With The Horses
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"The
life of faith is very physical. Being a Christian is very
much a matter of the flesh-of space and time things. It
means being thrown on the potters wheel and shaped, our
entire selves, into something useful and beautiful. And
when we are not useful or beautiful we are reshaped. Painful,
but worth it."
Eugene
Peterson, Run With The Horses
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Mexico
was an incredible experience. Mike has always said, "Mexico
is not about the building but about the relationships".
Now, we understood what he meant. We left Mexico different
from when we had arrived. God's loving hand has changed
our hearts and he has given us memories and friendships
we will treasure forever. Would we go again? Yes!!! Where
God leads us - we will follow.
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We
praise God for you. Your prayers and financial support laid
the foundation for this trip. We hope you will join us next
year as we again travel to Mexico to help build hope.
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~Thank
you to Sandy Ianetta for her comments about her Mexico experience.~
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