Mexico

Here is another post that I took off of my photography blog. This one was from January.

I have been absolutely blessed to go to Mexico with my church. We went again yesterday and took toys down to the kids. It was an amazing trip! God is so good! We left early in the morning and drove down to Tecate. When we got there, we went to the River Invasion. They had opened up the church for us and were there waiting for us and worshiping God. We went in and joined them, and a few of our people spoke (I'm not sure what they said, because I still can't speak much spanish) and several of the people in the River accepted Jesus. We also got a chance to pray with the people. It was such a neat experience for me, because I don't speak spanish fluently, or even close to it, but I was still able to pray with the people and even though they couldn't understand me, God still touched their hearts... and mine too!




After that, we talked with some of the people and passed out the first batch of toys. The kids were so excited! It's amazing how a simple toy can bring an instant smile to a child's face. It was cloudy, but we were incredibly thankful that there was no rain.... yet :)

Somehow I managed to lock the key to the car inside the car. In Mexico. Where we have no cell phone service. And no spare key. I'm brilliant :) But everyone was very good natured about it and we managed to find someone who was able to break into the car. It took quite a while, which I suppose is a good thing for Pastor Moises who owns the car... not easy to break into :) And then we were on our way again.



Oh and another thing about being in Mexico... we can get cell phone service, but it is roaming and costs about $2 a minute. On that note, Javier (my co-youth pastor) still tried to call Pastor Moises to find the code to unlock his car... unfortunately, Moises didn't know it. Bummer.


I was waiting VERY impatiently...

And she finally this lady got it open! Everyone started clapping :)


Next, we headed to a whole new place. I'm not sure where it was, but it was next to some train tracks. We walked around and talked to the people and gave out more toys. We had more than enough toys (which was a huge blessing, because we were worried we wouldn't have enough).

The trip was incredible. I am continually blessed by these experiences. It reminds me of how much God has given me... how much He continually blesses me. And it absolutely humbles me to see these people where they're at. I serve an AWESOME God! :) Here are some pictures I took of the kids getting their toys and some other neat things. Enjoy!

Side Note... many of the above pictures were taken by one of my teens (who also happens to be one of my favorite people ever), Javvy. He is an aspiring photographer and had my camera for most of the trip (which is why I'm actually IN some of the pictures for a change)... and he did a great job taking pictures. Thanks Javvy! :)




This picture was actually taken by Javvy but I just thought it was hilarious... so I wanted to throw it in here:








I'll leave you with one of my favorites that Javvy took of me that day (I might have to start taking him on my shoots with me to help!):