Tuesday Mexico update
Happy Canada Day! We started our day today by singing the Canadian National Anthem at our chapel time … very cool! With about 80% of the 168 people here this week from Canada, you can just imagine how loud that anthem was this morning!
Well, I’m emailing at 10:30pm local time here in Ensenada … it’s been a very busy day, and I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and write an update. Here’s today’s updates from each of the 4 teams:
1. Building Team #1 (led by Daryl Hewko)
a. Highlights … the team is really working well, and is getting along great! There are absolutely NO bad attitudes in this entire group! PTL!
b. Answers to Prayer: those who had taken on too much sun on Monday, were just fine today! Thanks for praying for them!
c. Prayer Request: the team hasn’t had great opportunity yet to interact well with the family that will be receiving the new house … please pray that God would break down whatever barriers are there for them on Wednesday.
2. Building Team #2 (led by Dallas Wooden)
a. Highlights … another phenomenal day on this jobsite … we’ve finished shingling, putting on all the outside trim, painting the outside completely, and boarded, taped and mudded the entire interior. As one of the staff people here said when they saw the progress, “I never seen a house with shingles on it on Tuesday before!” This team is also working very well together – very awesome!
b. Answers to Prayer: what a GREAT day of getting to know Maria and her girls … this answer to prayer was HUGE! Today felt like family … and when one of our girls (Jayde Shoff) wasn’t able to come first thing in the morning due to feeling a bit sick, the 2 girls were obviously disappointed … but when Jayde joined us at 10:30, feeling much better – BIG HUGS from 2 very excited little girls! And we were able to begin communicating with Maria better, which was awesome.
c. Wednesday’s focus … sanding & painting the interior, raking and cleaning up the yard, and building a new bed in the new house for Maria.
3. VBS Team (led by Charity Vetsch)
a. Highlights … wow! God brought more new kids today (up to 35, with 6 of the first day attenders not back today!). Team is having TONS of fun, and God is blessing the work here.
b. Answers to Prayer: everyone’s health and strength were good today – God carried us through with flying colors!
c. Prayer Request: for continued health and energy levels for our team, and for the practical impact of handing out toothbrushes on Wednesday!
4. Mercy Team (led by Tracy Frey)
a. Highlights … the team is doing awesome, and has already accomplished more than Pastor Tony had hoped we would do all week, as well as some extra stuff he’s found for us already!
b. Answers to Prayer: good strength today … and some of the youth came and worked with us for a while today! PTL!
c. Prayer Request: for good understanding and communication with Pastor Tony … sometimes we think we are doing what he has explained, and then he either changes his mind, or explains it a different way, so we have to be VERY flexible and gracious … but it seems to be going well so far!
An update on Jocelyn … the girl who we had to take to the hospital on our first night (in Los Angeles) … she was diagnosed with TMJ (lock-jaw), and so between anti-inflamatory medication and hot presses, she has been mostly able to keep the pain to a minimum, and has been at the ministry site both days so far! And really cool is the fact that she “bumped into” a lady dentist here at YUGO today (here with another team), who was able to confirm the diagnosis and calm her concerns about the situation! God is too good!
One last comment … because of the financial support of so many of you, we’ve already been able to do some of those “extras” that we were hoping to do … things like purchasing some extra materials for the local church that we are ministering at (VBS & Mercy teams), building beds for the new houses (both teams), and even replacing some of the worn-out tools and supplies for YUGO. And last night we were told that because we submitted our finances on time to YUGO, there was a $20/person “refund” that was ours to do with as we pleased … so tonight we had the privilege of surprising a local staff member here at the base by telling her and her husband that we were transferring this refund to her support account instead! What an amazing gift that was for her, and God has blessed us so much to be able to be the instruments of it here! Thanks to each of you for your part in this too!
Thanks again for praying for us! Continue to pray for Amy Fehr’s brother, who had a car accident back in Grande Prairie last night … and for Amy, who is trusting God in this but is understandably struggling with being so far away during this time. God is faithful, and He will carry her (and us) through all that is in store during our time here!
Well, I’m emailing at 10:30pm local time here in Ensenada … it’s been a very busy day, and I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and write an update. Here’s today’s updates from each of the 4 teams:
1. Building Team #1 (led by Daryl Hewko)
a. Highlights … the team is really working well, and is getting along great! There are absolutely NO bad attitudes in this entire group! PTL!
b. Answers to Prayer: those who had taken on too much sun on Monday, were just fine today! Thanks for praying for them!
c. Prayer Request: the team hasn’t had great opportunity yet to interact well with the family that will be receiving the new house … please pray that God would break down whatever barriers are there for them on Wednesday.
2. Building Team #2 (led by Dallas Wooden)
a. Highlights … another phenomenal day on this jobsite … we’ve finished shingling, putting on all the outside trim, painting the outside completely, and boarded, taped and mudded the entire interior. As one of the staff people here said when they saw the progress, “I never seen a house with shingles on it on Tuesday before!” This team is also working very well together – very awesome!
b. Answers to Prayer: what a GREAT day of getting to know Maria and her girls … this answer to prayer was HUGE! Today felt like family … and when one of our girls (Jayde Shoff) wasn’t able to come first thing in the morning due to feeling a bit sick, the 2 girls were obviously disappointed … but when Jayde joined us at 10:30, feeling much better – BIG HUGS from 2 very excited little girls! And we were able to begin communicating with Maria better, which was awesome.
c. Wednesday’s focus … sanding & painting the interior, raking and cleaning up the yard, and building a new bed in the new house for Maria.
3. VBS Team (led by Charity Vetsch)
a. Highlights … wow! God brought more new kids today (up to 35, with 6 of the first day attenders not back today!). Team is having TONS of fun, and God is blessing the work here.
b. Answers to Prayer: everyone’s health and strength were good today – God carried us through with flying colors!
c. Prayer Request: for continued health and energy levels for our team, and for the practical impact of handing out toothbrushes on Wednesday!
4. Mercy Team (led by Tracy Frey)
a. Highlights … the team is doing awesome, and has already accomplished more than Pastor Tony had hoped we would do all week, as well as some extra stuff he’s found for us already!
b. Answers to Prayer: good strength today … and some of the youth came and worked with us for a while today! PTL!
c. Prayer Request: for good understanding and communication with Pastor Tony … sometimes we think we are doing what he has explained, and then he either changes his mind, or explains it a different way, so we have to be VERY flexible and gracious … but it seems to be going well so far!
An update on Jocelyn … the girl who we had to take to the hospital on our first night (in Los Angeles) … she was diagnosed with TMJ (lock-jaw), and so between anti-inflamatory medication and hot presses, she has been mostly able to keep the pain to a minimum, and has been at the ministry site both days so far! And really cool is the fact that she “bumped into” a lady dentist here at YUGO today (here with another team), who was able to confirm the diagnosis and calm her concerns about the situation! God is too good!
One last comment … because of the financial support of so many of you, we’ve already been able to do some of those “extras” that we were hoping to do … things like purchasing some extra materials for the local church that we are ministering at (VBS & Mercy teams), building beds for the new houses (both teams), and even replacing some of the worn-out tools and supplies for YUGO. And last night we were told that because we submitted our finances on time to YUGO, there was a $20/person “refund” that was ours to do with as we pleased … so tonight we had the privilege of surprising a local staff member here at the base by telling her and her husband that we were transferring this refund to her support account instead! What an amazing gift that was for her, and God has blessed us so much to be able to be the instruments of it here! Thanks to each of you for your part in this too!
Thanks again for praying for us! Continue to pray for Amy Fehr’s brother, who had a car accident back in Grande Prairie last night … and for Amy, who is trusting God in this but is understandably struggling with being so far away during this time. God is faithful, and He will carry her (and us) through all that is in store during our time here!
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