The only word that could explain today would be "WOW". The day started off with a mexician breakfast. This was toast, beans, eggs, and sausage. We had a short bible study, and we got on our way to the city. We met up with the Man in charge of samaritan's purse. He gave us a brief udpate on his goals, his current projects, etc. Him and his amazing wife are an amazing couple that truly make this world a better place! On the drive to the School/community center we ran into the mexician army. They asked us all to step out of the vehicle as they searched our vans. This was somewhat intimidating when they all had automatic rifles. But after they looked through the vehicles they sent us on our way with smiles.
We then arrived at our destination as to where we were going to hand out the shoe boxes. The kids first got some breakfast, and a clown show. No words can describe the feeling of meeting these kids. For the majority of us there was a language barrier but through shaking hands, joking around, etc it was an amazing site to see all the smiles.
While half the men were handing out cereal, the other half went outside to greet the adults. 2 men gave testimonies and we prayed with the people. To see them smile at the word of God was a blessing on it's own. If this trip was over after this day I believe many of us would say that it was a success. While walking around shaking hands with these people you could feel there thick skinned hands. These are people that truly deserve our highest respect.
We handed out some clothing to them which they were very thankful. We then proceeded to actually hand out the shoe boxes. As you can see from the picture above the kids were so excited. This was the moment that us guys had been waiting for. To see a child that has next to nothing, and to recieve a gift like this was a feeling that is undescribable. It was as if it was christmas but yet they got a simple box of what we would consider almost nothing.God is moving in this village and it was a blessing to see!
We then went on to eating a meal that they had provided for us. It was pig skin, potatoes, beans, and rice. For some of this it was very different to what we had ever eaten. From here we went back to the city where we were able to walk around and purchase some things if we wished. Then something amazing happened! We went to the worlds best taco restaurant. There was several kinds of meat with several types of spices. This meat was cut off of a rotating piece of meat. I believe we all left overfull!
The drive home was almost complete when we were pulled over by the police. After we stated we were working at Pan De Vida we were told to get on our way. We then returned to Pan De Vida, mingled, recieved the last piece of luggage, and now we call it a day.
Tomorrow we have church, and we will get to see the Pan De Vida children for the first time.
Continue to pray for us as we carry on here. We have an amazing shield protecting us, and we pray it continues. God is an amazing God and we are all witnessing his amazing power and grace. Thanks
