Friday, July 30, 2010

A Long Week

Hello. Sorry this blog post is so overdue. The last week has gone by so fast! Rebekah, Rachel from Pennsylvania, and our mentor's family made it safely back to the US last week. Simone, Beka, and Rebecca made it back from a successful camping trip around midnight on Saturday. The two boys who have been living at Sobre el Puente ending up staying in Guanajuato for an extra week after the others left, to continue doing activities at the camp; they should be back in Acapulco in the next few days. This is a great opportunity for them to continue to grow, and it shows how much they have already grown, that the Sobre el Puente staff now trusts them this much.
One of our teammates, Rebecca, has especially bonded with the kids and staff at Sobre el Puente. In fact, although she was scheduled to return to the US this past Monday, God provided a way for her to stay in Acapulco for three extra weeks to work more with Sobre el Puente. She will be moving out of Casa Hogar to live at the house of the Sobre el Puente director. I believe this is the first time Sobre el Puente has ever had its own intern. Praise God for providing this exciting oportunity for Rebecca, and pray that God will use her in these next three weeks.
Monday morning was a sad time for Rachel, Annie, and April. We rose early, packed our bags, and by 5:00 that afternoon, we were on the ground in Atlanta, Georgia. The three days that we spent at MTW Debrief were awesome. We reunited with MTW staff members as well as interns from sites all over the world, many of whom we had met at Pre-field Training; it was great to catch up with them and hear stories from their summers. During the days at MTW, we worshiped together, reflected on the summer, wrapped up loose ends in our financial paperwork, and listened to several lectures on adjusting to life back at home and sharing our stories in an effective way. We look forward to sharing some of our stories with you as we meet with you personally or in our churches.
Thank you for your support of all of us, through prayer, financial support, and encouragement. Praise God for a successful journey for the half of our team that is back home now. Please continue to pray for Rebecca, Simone, Amanda, Beka, and everyone else who continues to work in Acapulco.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Traveling tomorrow

This is just a quick reminder that eight of our team members will be flying back to the US tomorrow: Rebekah, Rachel from Pennsylvania, and our mentor and his family, Doug, Julie, Ruth, Cal, Drew, and Anna. Please pray for safe and smooth travels for all of them. Praise God that Rachel finally has her passport! And pray for them as they transition back into life in the US, reuniting with family, starting new jobs, picking up old jobs, returning to school, and processing through everything they have learned this summer.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

You can be involved in Acapulco

So, if you have been reading our blog for the past several weeks, you are obviously interested in what is happening in Acapulco, and maybe you would like to stay involved in the future. If so, I am going to share a few ways in which you can do that:

1. Pray- the most important thing you can do. If you are already praying for us and work going on here in Acapulco, thank you! Unfortunately, after Simone and Amanda go home in a couple of weeks, there will probably not be any more updates to this blog, but you may occasionally find updates on the Casa Hogar website. Also, there plenty of prayer requests for Acapulco that remain fairly constant:
• Pray for the city, that God will soften the people's hearts and make them open to the gospel. Pray for the church, that God will grow them not only in size but especially in their passion for Christ, that they can be a light to the people around them. Pray that the church would remain true to God's Word and God's purposes, as they are surrounded by many of the same worldly influences that face the church in the United States.
• Pray for the kids at Casa Hogar, that they would grow strong spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Pray that God would give them an understanding of His deep love for them. Pray that He would heal their emotional scars and would allow to grow into healthy, Godly adults.
• Pray that God would provide for Casa Hogar financially, that they can continue to serve these children.
• Pray for the staff at Casa Hogar and Sobre el Puente, that God will encourage them in their work, showing them fruit for their labors and giving them strength to persevere and trust Him when the work becomes discouraging.
• Pray for the kids Sobre el Puente and all of the street kids of Acapulco. For those who are Christians, praise God and pray that He will continue to grow them in their faith, give them strength to resist the temptations of their old lives, and give them the means to get off the streets. For those who are not Christians, pray that God would work in their lives through their circumstances and through the witness of the people at Sobre el Puente.

2. Another way that you can be involved in Acapulco is by supporting Casa Hogar financially. Through their child sponsorship program, Promise Project, you can send $30 or more a month to offset the cost of caring for a child. Not only will you be helping Casa Hogar financially, but you will also be able to pray for and encourage one particular child. Sponsors are extremely important for Casa Hogar! They help pay for food, clothing, and a quality education, from elementary school through university or trade school. For more information, go to the Casa Hogar website and click on the Promise Project link.

3. Finally, you may feel that God is calling you to actually go to Acapulco. If so, here are two opportunities, and there may be others that I am not aware of.
• You can come work at Casa Hogar for anywhere from one week to several months. You can come by yourself or with a large team from your church. You don't have to know Spanish!!! The majority of the people on the teams that have come this summer didn't know Spanish, and they got along with the kids just find. The kids actually know more English that they let on, and you would be surprised how much you can communicate with nothing but body language.
• If you are interested in teaching, you can come teach at New Horizons Christian School here in Acapulco. This is the PreK-6 school that many of the Casa Hogar kids attend, and they are always happy to have Americans come and teach for several months or longer. Once again, you don't even have to know Spanish to teach here! Laura, an intern who left a week after we arrived in June, had been here during the spring semester, working at Casa Hogar and teaching at New Horizons. She knew only a tiny bit of Spanish when she arrived, but she made a great English teacher!
If you are interested in these or other opportunities, pray carefully about God's will and contact MTW. They can help you plan a trip to Acapulco or to a variety of other places. MTW has missionaries all over the world (at Pre-field Training, we met people going to Wales, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Ethiopia, Thailand, Peru, and even an immigrant community near Atlanta, Georgia), so if you are interested in missions in any region of the world, they can help you get there.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for your involvement already this summer, through your prayers and support of all of us interns. We have all had a wonderful summer so far, and some of us still have a few more weeks to go! Your support and prayers have been an essential part of everything we have been involved in.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Another Camping Trip!

Hola! We have almost reached the end of a great week. The big team that was here this week has been wonderful; it is great to see them interacting with kids who they have built relationships with over the years. We know the kids will be sad to see them go tomorrow, but we also look forward to the arrival of another team tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow (Saturday), Beka, Simone, and Rebecca will be embarking on another camping trip with Sobre el Puente. They will be gone for an entire week, returning next Saturday. The camp they are going to this time is in the state of Guanajuato, north of Mexico City. This is a new camp that MTW missionaries are helping to build, and hopefully they will meet a couple of the missionaries who were in Acapulco with us the first week we were here, who are now in Guanajuato. This will be an exciting week for them, as they get to spend lots of time with the kids they have been getting to know all summer. Pray for a good week of fellowship and growth for the kids who are going, and pray for health, safety, and fun for everyone there.
Finally, be praying for eight Americans who will be leaving us next Thursday: our mentor, Doug, and his wife, Julie, and their four kids; intern Rebekah; and Rachel, the girl from Pennsylvania who has been here waiting for a new passport. It will be a bittersweet day for them, as they leave everyone here at Casa Hogar and head back to their homes and families. Praise God that things are almost worked out with Rachel's passport, and she should receive it in the next few days.
Thank you all for your prayers! We look forward to seeing many of you in a few weeks!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Great stuff is still happening!

Buenas noches! I am sitting here a few minutes before bedtime, watching Rebekah play cards with a couple of the boys. A large team arrived yesterday- 26 people! The kids are having a good time with them, and we made lots of progress this morning, clearing tree branches out of the construction area. A small team of guys continued work on demolishing a gate from the outside street into the construction area, and it looks like that will be done soon, so that they can bring in trucks to haul off all the rocks. We have teams now through the rest of the summer. Thank God for all of these willing workers, and please pray for the team's work here this week. Pray that they would stay healthy and be safe, especially during construction; that they can minister effectively to the children; and everything goes smoothly as they leave at the end of the week and another team prepares to come.
We have one update on Pedro, one of the boys from Sobre el Puente who we have written about before. He was living at Sobre el Puente briefly, but left after having a fight with one of the other boys. April and Rebecca saw him Saturday when they were out in town. They didn't get to talk to him for long because he was with a bunch of his friends, but they told him that they had missed him at Sobre el Puente, and that they hoped he would come back. Please pray that God will continue to work on his heart and remind him that he is loved and welcome at Sobre el Puente.
Finally, pray for us as we enter our last two weeks here at Casa Hogar. It has been a wonderful summer so far, and we know that God will continue to do amazing things in the next two weeks. It is amazing how quickly six weeks have gone by! Pray that we will persevere to the end and be content at the end of the summer, knowing the work we have done will be fruitful according to the Lord's plan. Once again, thank you for all of your prayers!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Sobre el Puente Update/ Introducing Rachel

Hola! This is Rachel. For the past three days, I have been going to Sobre el Puente, and I want to give you a quick update on how things are going there. It has been good to get to spend time with a few of the kids I got to know back at the beginning of June. Many of the kids that were there a few weeks ago haven't been coming, but in several cases that is good news because kids have gone back to live with their parents. The two boys who are still living in the house are doing great, but there is still no word on Pedro, who I wrote about last week. Andres came today, and he seems to be doing okay, but he still doesn't want to live in the house. There are several kids coming now that I didn't meet before.

I have a special prayer request for all of the pregnant girls who are living on the streets in Acapulco. Two of the girls who have been coming to Sobre el Puente this week are pregnant. One of them, who I will call Alejandra, has been coming with her one-year-old son and is pregnant with her second child. She is nineteen and works washing windshields for money at the stoplights on the highway. Fortunately, she has been living at a friend's apartment since the baby was born, but she still doesn’t have a lot of money to buy food, and she doesn't know a lot about how to care for a child. Please pray for health and safety for Alejandra, her son, and the baby growing inside her, as well as for the other pregnant girl who has been coming to Sobre el Puente and all the young mothers in Acapulco. Pray that these young women would come to Christ and be able to raise their children in godly homes, and pray for the wonderful ladies who work at Sobre el Puente, that they can give love and guidance to the young mothers who come to them. God really can work in these young women's lives, as shown by the life of another young woman who came to visit Sobre el Puente Tuesday afternoon. This young woman was coming to Sobre el Puente when I worked there back in June, and, she was in a situation similar to Alejandra's except with her one-year-old son living in a children's home here in Acapulco. However, I was trilled to hear her talk about Christ as her savior. After going camping with us, she went back to live with her parents. When she stopped by on Tuesday to say hi and pick up some shoes she had left there, she brought her son with her. Praise God for working in her life, and pray that He will do the same in these other girls' lives.

Now changing the subject, I would like to introduce you to Rachel from Pennsylvania, who unexpectedly joined our group here at Casa Hogar. Rachel came with a team from her church two and a half weeks ago and expected to leave after one week, but God had other plans. She lost her bag with her passport on the way from the airport to Casa Hogar, and, due to complications with paperwork, was unable to get a new one before her team left. Her mother and brother stayed behind with her for one week, but they left this past Saturday, hoping that her mother could better manage the paperwork situation from within the US. So, Rachel is now scheduled to fly back to the US two weeks from now, and in the meantime, she gets to hang out with us! We are all happy to have her here working with us, and we know that God will do special things with her in the next two weeks. However, she is several years younger that most of us, and she definitely did not plan on this happening, so it is difficult for her to be away from her family in a foreign country for so long. Please pray that God will give her peace and strength; pray that He will use her time here for His purpose; and pray that the passport situation will finally get worked out in the next two weeks.
Thank you for your prayers and support of everyone living and working here in Acapulco!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Two weeks without teams

so this is the second week without teams here at casa. It has been busy that is for sure. Last week the interns who were at casa worked with and did activities with the older kids, while the younger kids were having their last week of school. There were planned lessons and activities. I think the kids most enjoyed our week long soccer tournament. It was awesome just everyone gather together on the cancha and playing soccer. The winning team was rewarded with a dinner out. ANd second and third place recieved small prizes as well. Last week we had special people arrive who are great for the kids and are gifted in talking with children. These two wemon are very gifted counselors and I think it would be great if we could all be praying for the time in fellowship and devotion that these two women are going to be spending with the kids this week. This week begins their devotionals everynight and talking with the kids. The past two nights have been successful and the kids seem very attentive and focused on their talks with the women. It has been great to be here watching God work through visitors and loving these kids. Also this week, the interns in casa have been concentrating more on working with the younger kids, since they are finished with school. Every morning its a different bible lesson and craft followed by game time and lunch. Devotions have been every night after dinner. With our time hear drawing closer to the end all of us have been sentimental to say the least. But we are continuing to pray for perseverence and commitment to loving and ministering to and learning from these kids for the remainder of our time here. Though our hearts are heavy, we continue to go through each day with a God's peace and a strength we didnt realize we had. This week has also been at time for all of us to think and reflect on things that have been happening and Gods work changing things and hearts this summer.
For those who have been going to sobre el puente, the ministry has been going well. Although some kids espcially need prayers, I praise God that so many more children have been coming to eat, worship and learn with the staff and interns at sobre el puente. Please pray for the both the ministries of sobre el puente and casa hogar and that God would be at work and changing hearts and providing for us all. and that we would have the faith and trust in his goodness and grace.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Special Prayer Requests

Greetings! We have had another good week here at Casa Hogar. We all enjoyed working with the team, who left Saturday morning. For the next two weeks, we will be without teams, and as the school year comes to a close, we will have extra time to spend with the kids. The teenagers are already out of school, so we will be doing special activities with them this week. The younger kids finish school on Friday, so next week we will do special activities with them. Please pray that these weeks with the kids will be productive in deepening our relationships with them and building them up in their faith.

We also have special prayer requests for two young men at Sobre el Puente who have especially been on our hearts in the past several days. I can't use their real names for their safety and privacy, so I will call them Pedro and Andres.

As you may have read in our previous posts, Sobre el Puente ministers to street children with a drop-in center that offers them food, showers, and educational and spiritual training during the day. Sometimes, kids who have been coming to the day program for a while are given the opportunity stay and live at in the house there, if they follow the rules and don't do drugs. Pedro went camping with us three weeks ago, and after spending a week at camp, he and two other guys accepted the offer to live at Sobre el Puente. We were trilled when we heard about this, especially when they came to church that Sunday along with the Sobre el Puente staff. Last Monday night, however, Pedro had a conflict with one of the other boys over their personal space, and the other boy, who was bigger than Pedro, ended up physically attacking him. One of the staff members intervened, broke up the fight, and talked to them about how fighting is not the way to deal with conflicts. They prayed about it together, and it looked like everything was going to be fine; however, the next morning, Pedro was gone, and he hasn't been back to Sobre el Puente since. This is distressing for everyone who had hoped that this would be his opportunity to get off the streets and clean up his life. However, we know that God has a plan for his life, which may or may not involve him being at Sobre el Puente. Please pray that if it is in God's plan, He will give him courage to return to Sobre el Puente, and that either way, God would work protect him and work in his life wherever he is.

We also want to ask you to pray for Andres. During the camping trip, we kept noticing that he sometimes had trouble breathing, as if he had asthma. Last week, there was a doctor on the team that came to work at Casa Hogar, and on Thursday, when part of the team went to do activities Sobre el Puente in the morning, the doctor went along to do check-ups on the kids there. His diagnosis for Andres was not good. Years of abuse, life on the streets, and drug use have left him with a weak heart, weak lungs, and generally weak body. The doctor said that if Andres continues to live on the streets and do drugs, one day he will simply not wake up. He has been given the opportunity to live at Sobre el Puente, but he has not accepted. Please pray that God will work in his life, spiritually, physically, and mentally.

Working here in Acapulco continues to show us both the heartbreaking power of sin and the marvelous power of God. Praise God for His wisdom, love, and power even when we don't understand His plans. Pray that God will be glorified in these young men's lives and all throughout Acapulco.

Monday, June 21, 2010

sobre el puente and casa hogar

Hola amigos!
This is Samone updating. Hope you all are doing well. This is my first update since arriving a week and a half ago. its been a flurry of spanish and reconnections since arriving and it has been wonderful and sometimes an emotionally overwhelming experience. Therefore it has been good to be here with the kids and the other interns as well.
sorry its been a while. I am going to update you all on this past week! so this past week, Rebecca, Abril and I (Samone) went to Sobre el puente. For those of you who don´t know, this is the street child ministry. It was strange yet a blessing being back. Many of children I knew from last year are no longer there (each for different reasons). Some of them are off the new and better places. These are things we need to pray for the children, that they would continue on these paths God has set for them, and that they would continue to grow in the lord and strive to live for him. And this is something we all need to pray for. Its so encouraging to see how they started off going to sobre el puente, and now many of them have jobs and are studying and acquiring the skills they need to provide for themselves, and to live better lives. It was encouraging to see some of the kids from last year and how great, and healthy they look and how much they are improving. Proving to me once again how God is at work and he really is answering prayers for these kids. So this past week has been wonderful. We arrive by bus everyday at 9 30 in the morning. from then we do a craft and the have breakfast with the kids. Then its time for singing and praising God with drums, a tambourine and our voices. there are mostly new kids there this year and praise God three of them have such a desire for improvement they are living in the building where we minister. Together we all eat, talk, worship, pray and are just in constant fellowship together. it was hard at first getting to know the kids, espceially for me and my lack of spanish, but God has really helped me by giving me patience this week. Sorry this post was kind of short. I dont get on the computer much! But I will be back with an update shortly on our time with the team! adios

Work is good!

Last week, five of us stayed at Casa Hogar all day, helping in the kitchen and laundry in the mornings, while Rebecca, Simone, and April went to Sobre el Puente. Rebekah, Rachel, and Amanda had a great time working in the kitchen, helping to prepare the meals for the kids. Rebekah has become a good friend of the two kitchen ladies, thanks to her eagerness to help and learn about Mexican cooking. Annie worked in the laundry all week. It is amazing how many dirty clothes 50 kids can generate! Every afternoon, there would be another batch of freshly washed clothes to hang up on the clotheslines all around Casa Hogar.
Another team arrived on Saturday, so now we are back to helping the team with construction and with activities for the kids. Beka, Rachel, and Amanda enjoyed pick-axing and shoveling away all morning. As slow as the work seems when you are chipping away at a bed of rock with a pick ax, it was cool to see how much dirt had been moved at the end of the morning. It was also encouraging when one of the girls from the team told us that the girl's dorm/dining room building, which is so nice now, was nonexistent the first time she came four years ago. It is good to be reminded that, even if we are just moving rocks now, our work combined with the work of many other workers, with the God's blessing, will result in a beautiful new boy's dorm in a few years.

Our work site



The new girl´s dorm/dining room











Praise God for giving us another week of productive work and safety. Thank God for the team that has come this week, and pray that God will give them health, safety, joy, wisdom, and successful ministry with the kids here.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

We're all here!

Another week has flown by! Beka, Amanda, and Simone have all arrived safely in Acapulco, so all eight of us are now together. We had our first Acapulco rain on Friday morning, amidst the excitement of the first World Cup match, Mexico vs. South Africa. We actually didn't get to watch the match due to a power outage, but the kids all watched it at school, with painted faces and all! The final score was 1:1, and we are all looking forward to the next Mexico match this upcoming Thursday.
Rebecca and Rachel returned from camping on Thursday. We had a great time, and were trilled to see God working in several of the kid's lives. During the devotion Tuesday night, several of the kids prayed aloud, and it was amazing to hear the evidence of their faith in their voices and prayers.
Yesterday morning we took 11 little boys to the beach and had tons of fun! We went to a closer, less crowded beach with smaller waves, so the kids were able to play and swim without any problems. The older boys (about 10 years old) enjoyed swimming and throwing water balls with some of the interns, while the younger boys splashed in the water near the shore, looked for pieces of coral, and dug a big hole in the sand.
Last night some of the interns went out to dinner with the only college-aged girl here at Casa Hogar for some older-girl time. This young lady has been a great help to us here. She has been helping us learn some Spanish, and we have been helping her learn some English.

Praise God for the good relationships we are building with the children! Please continue to pray for the children's well being, especially spiritually and emotionally. Many of the children have some family outside of the orphanage that they miss. Pray that God will comfort them and that they will come to understand God's love for them. Also, please pray for the financial needs of Casa Hogar. A decline in the Mexican economy over the past several years and the rise of education costs puts a constant strain on the orphanage's finances. If you would like to help financially with this ministry, you might be interested in the child sponsorship program, the Promise Project. As a sponsor, you can help with the cost of operating the orphanage while praying for and encouraging one specific child. Thank you for all the prayers and support you have given us thus far. You are a great encouragement for us working in Acapulco.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Sobre el Puente

Hello everyone, Rachel here! I don't have a lot of time this morning, but I wanted to give you a quick update on what we have been doing. In addition to hanging out with the kids from Casa Hogar in the afternoons, Rebecca and I have had the blessing of going to work at Sobre el Puente, the street child ministry sponsored by the church here in Acapulco. They offer food, clothing, showers, counseling, encouragement, and love to street children, generally between the ages of 12 and 20. Along with the hunger and health risks that come with living on the streets, these teens struggle with drugs, pregnancy, and lack of education, which makes it difficult to find jobs. Some have been living on the street since they were young children. However, in the midst of this bleak picture, I thank God for the compassion and service of the people who work at Sobre el Puente. This ministry gives hope to these kids' lives. Several of the kids are professing Christians, filled with the knowledge of Christ's love for them.
In addition to getting to work at Sobre el Puente, Rebecca and I were surprised on Friday by an invitation to go camping with them this week. After discussing it with our leader here at Casa Hogar, we accepted, and we will be leaving later this morning. We are going to an area about 2 hours drive from Acapulco, and we will stay until Thursday, camping, fishing, and doing other activities with the kids. This is an amazing, unexpected opportunity to interact with these kids and share the love of Christ with them!
In conclusion, here are some prayer requests: please pray for the street kids of Acapulco. God knows the plan that he has for each of them, so pray that he will work in their lives to bring them to Himself. Pray that God would protect His children from harm, give them strength to resist the pull of drugs and sex, and bless those who are trying to find employment so that they can get off the streets. Also, please pray for strength and encouragement for the people would work at Sobre el Puente. Their work is hard, and there is the potential for them to become discouraged, so pray that they can see God's hand in their work. Finally, pray for the camping trip this week. Pray for health and safety for everyone going, and pray that Rebecca and I would be able to use this week for God's glory, encouraging the staff and building relationships with the kids. Also, pray that we will be able to communicate effectively with our Spanish skills; street Spanish is very different from the classroom Spanish we know!
Thanks for all of your prayers and support; so long for now!

Monday, May 31, 2010

Pato Pato Ganzo (Duck Duck Goose)

Right now, the five of us (Rebecca, Rebekah, Rachel, Annie, and April) are sitting in the covered courtyard at Casa Hogar reminiscing about the past three days. We met last Monday in Atlanta, and arrived in Acapulco on Friday after a few days of training in North Carolina. We are thankful for safe travel despite the craziness that is the airport of Mexico City. The kids were waiting for us at the gate to welcome us in. Our first night was a whirlwind of names and Spanish.
Saturday, the English teacher intern showed us around the city and told us which buses to take. We had our first authentic Mexican meal and experienced Walmart, Mexican style!
Sunday, we enjoyed worshiping in Spanish and English at Jesus de Nazaret Iglesia (Church) along with everyone from Casa Hogar and the first short-term team of the summer.
Today, while the kids were at school, Rebekah, Annie, and April helped the team with construction at Casa Hogar, tearing down more of the old building in preparation for a new boy's dormitory. Meanwhile, Rebecca and Rachel went to Sobre el Puente, the street children's ministry here in Acapulco, to help them organize from the recent move to a new building. Thank you all for your prayers and support, and thank God for giving us this opportunity to work with the church here in Acapulco. Please continue to pray for us as we strive to break the language barrier and build relationships with the people here.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Leaving Soon!

Thank you all for your patience! We will be leaving soon for training on Monday morning. We arrive in Acapulco on Friday! Please pray that we will learn a lot in our training and have safe travels. It won't be long before you'll be hearing all about our times in Mexico!

Here are some great ways to pray for us:
1. Please pray that we would have pure motives in our ministry. To spend a summer in ministry is a privilege, but it is really easy to think of it as “our” work when it is HIS work. This is not about whether or not we can be “successful” missionaries; it is about obediently following His call. Pray that He will remind us of that constantly.

2. Please ask that God would use all of us interns to reach the children as well as to make an impact in the lives of the short term teams that come to visit. Ask the Lord to guide us by His Spirit as we jump into a new culture and try to minister. We're out of our league, but we're not alone!

3. Ask the Lord to make us all humble! We are interns because we need to learn how to do mission work! Please pray that we don’t think we are capable of doing this on our own. At the same time, please pray for confidence despite the many mistakes we are bound to make.

4. Please pray for our safety in travel and over the summer.

5. Please pray for our health! Mexico, I am sure, will bring on a whole new set of germs to fight off. Please ask for health so we can be putting our full energy into ministry.

6. Pray that He will be glorified!!!!

Thank you all!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Check back with us shortly!

Welcome to the Casa Hogar 2010 summer interns' blog. Thanks for visiting, but we don't have any news for you quite yet. Look for blog activity starting around the end of May! ¡Hasta entonces! -- Until then!