no.93 130801 Thank you for the completion of the house and the ministry in Bella Vista

The house we built for the family in Cerro del Cuatro, Mexico.

Yesterday was a long day as we began with the construction work in the morning, and had another schedule in the evening. We went to pastor Rolando's church for their Wednesday worship. I'll update the details later!

I woke up to the thunder this morning. It was raining really hard and I was afraid that we may not be able to finish the house today. Thankfully, when we were about to leave the rain stopped. Another concern we had was the road condition. As I have mentioned, the house is up on a high hill and the road is not paved. It seemed like that area didn't get much rain. However, we didn't want to take our chance so we parked the van somewhere safer than where we normally park and decided to make our way to the site.

We had to rush a little bit because we were behind schedule. The back and the side interior walls, and some of the front exterior walls needed to be up. Afterwards, we plastered the gap between the drywall panels and covered the drills. And voila! The house was done. After tidying up, we called the family over to the house and did a small dedication ceremony. I got so emotional seeing the mother of the family tear up as she received the key to the house. Although it was difficult and tiring construction work, it was definitely worth our time and sweat. I felt so thankful to be a part of this team to build the house, although this house is literally only a box. The sad part is that although it's only a box, it's probably the nicest house in that neighbourhood. It was an amazing experience. To see how God used us to do such a wonderful work. 

With Mariana in Bella Vista. I bought a bracelet from her and she gave me another one as a gift.

 

The next destination was a place called 'Bella Vista'. All the information I got was that we will be doing the praises and the skits. I didn't know if it was gonna be at a church or somewhere else. I really didn't know what to expect. I didn't even prepare my testimony to share, but I ended up sharing it. It took us a little less than an hour to get to Bella Vista. We arrived at someone's house for dinner, and I found out that was the place where we will be for the rest of the evening. After some authentic Mexican dinner, we started off the worship with praises, testimonies and then a message by the pastor Peter, who is the leader of this mission trip. Then we had a time of prayers. I've been forgetting the fact that church isn't the only place to worship God. Whether we're at the church, one's house or even out in the field, it doesn't matter where you're at as long as you have the heart to worship. Another thing I found encouraging was the people who came late. There wasn't enough seats so they were sitting outside the door, trying to listen to the message. It was amazing to see that. I really enjoyed the ministry at Bella Vista. I wish I could go back while we're here but apparently we are not. I really hope to see them again, especially the little kids that I met today.

I'm so grateful for today. I feel blessed to be on this mission trip and just excited to see how God will work through these people I've met today.