no.97 130805 Thank you for the beautiful night

With children of Guadalajara church. I miss you all.

(Published on August 12th)

Day 8.

We had a busy morning as we went back to Cerro del Cuatro (the top of the hill where we did the construction) to do a ministry for the seniors of the neighbourhood. At first, I felt weird being surrounded by so many seniors because I'm only used to working with the children. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to do a ministry with the seniors because our team had only prepared for the children's VBS and nothing for the seniors.

The place we gathered was pretty much at an outdoor setting. There were two brick walls on either side, topped off with some plastic banners. The back of the 'room' was a small hill made out of soil and rocks. It looked dangerous. The format of the worship was the same as any other ministries we've done so far. Started off by introducing the team, praise time, a testimony and a message. After Peter's message, we helped distributing breakfast for the seniors. Rolando's church provides food for the people in Cerro del Cuatro every week, alternating between seniors and young mothers. They also assist the people with vegetables and used clothing, as these people live on top of the hill and can't go down to do a grocery shopping. They are also too poor to support themselves. After the ministry was done, we drove up a little to visit the construction site again. Although we didn't get to see the family again, it sure was a nice to see the house for the last time. It was a bittersweet moment.

That was the end of our ministry in Guadalajara. All we have left were the two day ministry in Manzanillo and we are done in Mexico. We went back to the Korean church to quickly pack our stuff for the next destination. Manzanillo is a beach resort area, which is about four hours away from Guadalajara. It is known as the busiest port in Mexico where all the cargos come in from Asia.

After grabbing burgers to go from Burger King, we started our journey to get to Manzanillo. The scenery on the way was so beautiful. It was different compared to boring low lands after lands in Ontario. As we got closer to our destination, I could spot more palm trees. Where we got off was at someone's house, I'm not sure where we were exactly. We just stayed there until Pastor Perla came and we drove for another 15 minutes to some residential area to do a ministry. We walked from door to door and invited families to join us for our evening ministry.

The mango farm was our shelter for the night. After dinner, we all jumped in to the outdoor pool to cool off. I was hesitant to go at first because we couldn't use the shower, but it was a good decision to make because all the stickiness went away after swimming. I finally got to see Mexico's beautiful night sky that night. I saw the Milky Way and two shooting stars! I tried to spot the constellations but I could only see a few... Although it wasn't an open space as the mango trees were covering my view, I loved lying down on the bench and looking at the stars. It was an awesome date with God for sure. What a perfect way to end the long day!