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.

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!

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!