my FAVE day(:
so we had the same amazing team :) after all the morning activities we headed off to our build site. when we were unloading the truck I remember going up to talk to the lady we were building for. She introduced me to her 3 sons and daughter.
ok, something cool, i speak fluent spanish.. so it made the trip really unique for me because i actually got to interact with the families we built for!
anyway, she was telling me her story about how she got divorced 5 yrs ago and how her husband moved to AZ. i remember meeting her 14 yr old daughter and noticing she didn't smile one bit, at anything. you could see this sorrow in her eyes. it was really sad. i later realized it was from everything going on. This lady's older son was not going to be able to go to high school. his education ended after junior high because the mom didn't have money to pay for his stuff. this broke my heart. he had to stay home doing NOTHING all yr. :( there was a lot of stuff going on within their family, and it was cool because i got to talk to this lady about it all and just love on her and give her words of encouragement.
so then she asked me, "WHY are u guys doing this? WHY are u building us a house, for FREE? WHY?" and i got SO excited. it was just an open door for the gospel.. and that's exactly the direction i went. i shared God's love with her and everything, and i'm confident that it wasn't me doing.. cause i just went on and on and on.. i know God was doing all the work.. and i was glad to be a part of it!! She told me she used to go to church but she was scared of some of the stuff they said. she also told me her kids used to love church. she promised me she'd start going she said she believe in God and she needed Him.
This was my absolute favorite part of the whole week. just sharing Christ to someone always brings u this amazing joy.
later that day we heard testimonies from some of the staff at mexico caravan ministries. it was cool to hear what God was doing in some of their lives. then we had a group devo and quiet time then bed!
i'll add more to this blog later when i actually have my journal. its upstairs. im too lazy to go get it haha.
k byeee! :]
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