Set-up Day
Hola from Mexico.
Today was our first working day here in Guaymas, unfortunately it started out more as a waiting day. The supplies we needed to get started were late to arrive. In Mexico things run slower than a Church or Christ in West Virginia if you can believe that. By the time we were supposed to leave for the beach the supplies arrived. So instead of going to the beach, we went to work. I was proud of the teens, they didn’t complain at all. I even heard one of them say, “we didn’t come here to go to the beach we came here to work.” There are times in my youth ministry life when I have wanted to strangle one of the kids. Today was NOT one of those days. I was so proud of how they worked. As a matter of fact, if their parents knew how hard they worked, they would never get away with being as lazy as they are for the rest of the summer.
Today the clinic crew set up the individual examination rooms, worked on printing labels for the pharmacy, and separated pills. The outreach team made examination tables, stamped fliers with the church address, made very large signs to advertise the clinic and the gospel meeting, and cleaned up the compound. Even though we got a late start a lot was accomplished and we came home pretty worn out.
Tonight for supper our group literally destroyed fourteen pizzas, it’s like they never even existed. We ordered it from Dominos, so much for eating Mexican food.
Getting to be around the group from Memphis again has truly been a blessing. Their heart for God shows through everything they do. It’s hard to believe that we wouldn’t even know them had it not been for a forest fire four years ago (if you don’t know the story it’s very long and I’m too tired to go into it).
Thanks for all the prayers. If you want to send any messages or personal thoughts, just hit “comments” and I will pass them on.
Ttfn - george
Today was our first working day here in Guaymas, unfortunately it started out more as a waiting day. The supplies we needed to get started were late to arrive. In Mexico things run slower than a Church or Christ in West Virginia if you can believe that. By the time we were supposed to leave for the beach the supplies arrived. So instead of going to the beach, we went to work. I was proud of the teens, they didn’t complain at all. I even heard one of them say, “we didn’t come here to go to the beach we came here to work.” There are times in my youth ministry life when I have wanted to strangle one of the kids. Today was NOT one of those days. I was so proud of how they worked. As a matter of fact, if their parents knew how hard they worked, they would never get away with being as lazy as they are for the rest of the summer.
Today the clinic crew set up the individual examination rooms, worked on printing labels for the pharmacy, and separated pills. The outreach team made examination tables, stamped fliers with the church address, made very large signs to advertise the clinic and the gospel meeting, and cleaned up the compound. Even though we got a late start a lot was accomplished and we came home pretty worn out.
Tonight for supper our group literally destroyed fourteen pizzas, it’s like they never even existed. We ordered it from Dominos, so much for eating Mexican food.
Getting to be around the group from Memphis again has truly been a blessing. Their heart for God shows through everything they do. It’s hard to believe that we wouldn’t even know them had it not been for a forest fire four years ago (if you don’t know the story it’s very long and I’m too tired to go into it).
Thanks for all the prayers. If you want to send any messages or personal thoughts, just hit “comments” and I will pass them on.
Ttfn - george
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