Day One and Two

Hello everyone! Our first day, the day of travel was a long one and not without some complications. There were border lineups and one of the flights was delayed. The Esaus who drove the van and trailer down hit some major traffic before San Diego and were also delayed but everyone arrived in good spirits. We headed to the border, praying along the way, and met up with some resistance from the Mexican customs officers who searched our trailers and suitcases. They feared that we were bringing the toys into Mexico to sell them and threatened to turn us back but after an hour or so (with the passengers in the vans praying hard) they decided to let us go through to Mexico. Thank you, Jesus! We arrived at Door of Faith Orphanage after 11 and didn’t get unpacked and settled until well after midnight. Everyone was so great, offering to help others and get camp ready. This is such a generous and kind team of servant-hearted people!

Today we headed to Casa de Luz where some of the team did crafts, held babies, led sports and games and taught a dance class! It has been a fun day. Several people are also at the work site today and have already accomplished a lot in a short time! We also wrote cards and decorated boxes for the food and gift hampers that we will be delivering next week and a group went out around Casa de Luz to pray for people, hand out small gifts and candies to children and hand out invitations to the City-wide outreach event and church services. A few members of the team also went out and bought all of our groceries for the next nine days, which is a huge task with a team of over 50 people! It’s been a productive and fun day!

Tonight we have invited a few of the Casa de Luz Moms to have dinner with us and share their stories with our team. We will also pray for them tonight. It is a privilege to get to know these special moms and hear about what God is doing in their lives and in the lives of their children. What an amazing and faithful God we serve!

Thank you for covering us in prayer. Some team members are coming down with sore throats and colds so please pray for healing and strength and good health for everyone. We continue to pray for the people that we will be meeting and talking to this week and ask that Jesus would make Himself known to them in a real and meaningful way and that His name would be made famous here in Primo Tapia!