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| Meme with her children (and spouses) and grandchildren at Santa Lucia. |
What a great day it was about a week ago, when Cathy Huffer and I took some of our Rio friends out for the day! Meme has been serving faithfully at the Rio soup kitchen for several years. She cooks, cleans, sings, preaches... does whatever she needs to to serve the Lord and love the people. About a year ago another woman from the area, Anita, began faithfully volunteering her time at the soup kitchen each week. Anita has been a huge blessing to Meme and to us! She arrives early every Saturday to help with the cooking which takes quite a load off of Meme's shoulders.
We wanted to thank these ladies for their faithful service, so Cathy and I organized a trip for their families to a local park for a picnic and boat ride. Santa Lucia is right in the downtown part of Monterrey. It is a beautiful river with parks and swing sets beside it. It is similar to the San Antonio river walk and passes right through the center of the city. Meme is forty-something and has lived most of her life in Monterrey. This would be her first time ever to Santa Lucia.
So two Sundays ago we loaded up two suburbans with fried chicken, tortillas, and 16 people and headed out for the day!
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| Anita and her children. |
The kids and adults loved the play sets in the park, the fountains, and boat ride. It was fun for me to see them enjoying themselves so much. .
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| Mariana playing on the swing set. |
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| All of us before the boat ride! |
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| Five fascinated girls on the boat. |
We are truly thankful for the service these families give into their own community! It is hard work each week but both Anita and Meme faithfully show up to serve at the soup kitchen. It was a pleasure to bless these families with just a tiny taste of our gratitude, but we all know that the best reward will be when they hear their Heavenly Father say, "Well done good and faithful servants!"
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