It's Tuesday and All Is Well
For those family members keeping up, Brendan lost his first tooth last night. It was loose during the day, and he asked Dana to pull it. Out it came. The Tooth Fairy (who apparently has been adjusting for inflation) brought Brendan two dollars and fifty pesos. He has been so excited.
I can’t tell you what a blessing it has been having him on the trip. Even though it is difficult for Dana to be Brendan’s mom and the youth group’s mom, having them both here energizes me. Knowing that Brendan is getting to grow up going on mission trips and going to camp is one of the true benefits of being in youth ministry. He learns so much from our teens. Last night he told the entire group how he saw Jesus in the way they worked. Today he spent his time passing out sandwiches to those waiting at the clinic during lunch. He has been through so much, seeing him minister to other at the age of six - I couldn’t be more proud.
Today the outreach team went to Antonio’s neighborhood (more on Antonio later). By 10:30 we ran out of flyers. That’s right – we have officially passed out more than eight thousand flyers. That is a medical mission record. Since we still had an hour to kill, we hiked up a mountain. The view from the top was worth the effort. Also, Scott sang the Lion Kind song from the top of a cliff. That kid is not right.
After lunch we went to the Market place again. Since we didn’t have any flyers left we just let the kids shop for a little while. We are going to have to hit it hard for the next couple of days, so it was nice to have a little break.
One of my favorite things about this trip is seeing Mexico through the eyes of the kids who have never been with us. Aaron Ross has just been delightful. He is so outgoing, and he has been a real leader. So has Casey Galligan. He is in a zone. He is so eager to get the mission flyers in the hands of those who need one, he might be scaring some of the locals. Imagine seeing tall, buff, Casey running at you yelling what can only be called “broken” Spanish. They don’t know whether to take the flyer, or run. Also, he is the only kid in mission trip history to box out someone else, in order to be the one to hand that person the flyer. Wow.
The clinic saw 122 patients today. It is amazing to see our outreach efforts paying off.
I can’t tell you what a blessing it has been having him on the trip. Even though it is difficult for Dana to be Brendan’s mom and the youth group’s mom, having them both here energizes me. Knowing that Brendan is getting to grow up going on mission trips and going to camp is one of the true benefits of being in youth ministry. He learns so much from our teens. Last night he told the entire group how he saw Jesus in the way they worked. Today he spent his time passing out sandwiches to those waiting at the clinic during lunch. He has been through so much, seeing him minister to other at the age of six - I couldn’t be more proud.
Today the outreach team went to Antonio’s neighborhood (more on Antonio later). By 10:30 we ran out of flyers. That’s right – we have officially passed out more than eight thousand flyers. That is a medical mission record. Since we still had an hour to kill, we hiked up a mountain. The view from the top was worth the effort. Also, Scott sang the Lion Kind song from the top of a cliff. That kid is not right.
After lunch we went to the Market place again. Since we didn’t have any flyers left we just let the kids shop for a little while. We are going to have to hit it hard for the next couple of days, so it was nice to have a little break.
One of my favorite things about this trip is seeing Mexico through the eyes of the kids who have never been with us. Aaron Ross has just been delightful. He is so outgoing, and he has been a real leader. So has Casey Galligan. He is in a zone. He is so eager to get the mission flyers in the hands of those who need one, he might be scaring some of the locals. Imagine seeing tall, buff, Casey running at you yelling what can only be called “broken” Spanish. They don’t know whether to take the flyer, or run. Also, he is the only kid in mission trip history to box out someone else, in order to be the one to hand that person the flyer. Wow.
The clinic saw 122 patients today. It is amazing to see our outreach efforts paying off.
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