One Week Away

My team and I are about to pack up our things, load up the van, and head out to Guadalajara one week from today. We have been praying and meeting all week about what we will be doing and who we are going to work with and we are excited about what is ahead. One of our ministries is going to be blessing the kids who are abandoned on the streets to fend for themselves. These would be the kids who jump on your car to wash the windshield while you are at a stop light in Mexico. We are going to ask them how much they make in a day and pay them more than what they would earn and give them the day off. With this time we will take them out to do normal kid things like going to a park, zoo, or just out for some ice cream. We will break out into two teams and do this three days out of the week and follow up with the same kids every other week. When I went to visit Guadalajara over a month ago I noticed men who would wash parked cars along the street in hopes that the owner would come back soon and whether they requested for it to be washed or not would pay a little. I want to spend the day getting to know these men and their stories. I want to see how they see and experience what they experience and share Christ’s love with them. I wish to pay them their salary at the beginning of the day and work alongside of them without charging the people and telling them the work has been done out of love. My conviction is that I do not want to give money and tell them that Jesus loves them but to get to know them and show a faith that does more walking, caring, and loving than just talking. My team has the same heart beat and that is why we do not have many dramas lined up or tracks to hand out but instead we have our hearts ready to love in action and do more investing. I trust that God is going to do something amazing out of this and that these ideas and ministries are going to lead to even more opportunities and communities to reach out to. We are also hooking up with a couple of churches during that time and will be working with their youth programs. After our month of Guadalajara is up we will travel way down south to Chiapas where God has shown us some incredible vision and opportunity. I will give you the run down on that trip on a later date. Please pray for protection, unity, and further vision as we move forward.