Here is the second part about Cancun! What an amazing time!
Below is a picture of Craig and Sherri acting in a play for the kids at the government children's home that we worked at. This was by far my favorite day of the trip (see the posts on Jaime and Virginia to see why!). The play told the story of Jesus' lowly birth then about His calling here on earth. In this picture Jesus has triumphed over the evil in the world. Because we are not able to directly share the gospel at the government children's home we focused in on the point that even though Jesus was born in a lowly place, God had amazing and wonderful plans for Him. God also has wonderful plans for each child in that home despite their background or family situation and Jesus is here to help each child accomplish what is is God has called him to do and to defeat the lies of the enemy in the process. It was a powerful message.
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| Jesus conquers evil! |
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| Priscila explaining to the kids that God has a purpose for their lives. |
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| Christmas Parties! |
During our time in Cancun we helped the ladies from the group host Christmas parties at each children's home. The kids loved it! They were able to decorate a tree, make ornaments to hang on it, frost cookies, and receive a personalized gift. What a blessing for these kids. At Casa Hogar Esperanza the men grilled out arrachera (a Monterrey favorite) for the kids while us ladies participated in an on-the-spot ladies conference. The director of this home has battled cancer for several years. In our group were 4 cancer survivors who shared their testimonies with the director to encourage her. What a powerful time of giving God the glory He deserves for healing our diseases... believe me there was hardly a dry eye.
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| Mauricio and Matt (Cancun B2B staff) grilling out with a boy from Casa Hogar Esperanza. |
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| Pretty scene from Casa Hogar San Jose |
The day after spending time at Casa Hogar Esperanza we all set out for Casa Hogar San Jose. This children's home is Catholic run and has all girls except for one little boy named Jorge. At this home the ladies in the group prepared a "room makeover" for the kids. Below is a picture of the girl's dorm before and the next picture is after the makeover. I wish you could have been with us when we showed the girls their new room! They were literally jumping with excitement outside the door then ran in and began jumping on their beds! So fun! Later another caretaker came in who had not been their for the unveiling of the room. The girls made him close his eyes and led him into the room just as we had done for them... precious. We had a Christmas party for the San Jose kids has well and gave each one a present.
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| Girls' dorm before the make over |
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| Me and Diane in the girls room after the makeover!! Que bonita!!! Each girl had a pillow with her name embroidered on it. |
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| The twins excitedly snuggling on their new blankets. |
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| A friend and I putting together hew new toy at San Jose. |
After our party at San Jose we headed with the ladies to the pregnancy counseling center where we working on painting the rooms that will soon be offices.
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| Fellow B2B staff helping to paint a room. |
What a great week! Thanks to all of you for your prayers and blessings. The Lord did amazing things and I know that I will never be the same! Keep reading for more specific stories of what God did in one week in Cancun :)
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| Okay, I had to add just one picture of the beach! Us staff ladies got a few hours at the beach before our flight back to Monterrey. This picture is deceiving because really the sun was hardly out and it was pretty cold... but still beautiful! Here I am greatly enjoying the Lord's creation :) |
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