Day Seven

Some of our team began the day early again by going to Tijuana to serve people breakfast and love people. They enjoyed their time there.

Others spent the day at Casa de Luz playing with the children, doing crafts, holding babies and playing hockey, soccer and games. We got to see the children rehearse their songs for the church service tomorrow. It is so heart-warming to see these children singing their hearts out and worshipping Jesus who has become so real and meaningful to them.

A team of nine went to Tijuana to purchase the food for the food hampers that we will be delivering on Friday. It was a huge but fun job. We filled about 20 grocery carts full of food. The hampers will also include candy bags, soccer balls, frisbees and other fun gifts. We will deliver 75 hampers to families in need with translators from La Hermosa Church.

The construction team continues to work hard! The exterior walls of the third floor are up, and electrical is done on the first and second floor. Our goal is to get the building to lockup stage by the end of this week and we hope to send small construction teams (plumbers, electricians, drywallers, etc.) down over the next several months to get the building completed by July 1 (AVC Young Adults trip). If you are interested in coming down in the next few months contact Gary Stephens or Lia Neufeld.

This afternoon a few of us went out into the neighbourhood and prayed for the area, spoke with people, handed out gifts to children and invited people to our city-wide outreach event which takes place on Saturday.

Thanks for praying for us! We are all doing well and are enjoying our time here!