e to work with us here in Mexico. We worked in three little pueblos outside Mexico City. It was such an awesome week! We had nightly “revivals” where the Hispanic pastor at Brainerd, Carlos, preached each night. We had VBS nights for over 250 kids total throughout the week and did Bible Stories, crafts, games, songs, snacks, and movies. We did “gospel saturation” during the day and gave out gospels to the people in the community. 
We went to the homeless ministry and fed over 400 homeless men and women. We saw several come to Christ and made several good contacts in the community for the churches to follow up with. We were loved on by the people and walked away feeling like we were the ones who received the greatest blessing of the week.There were also some firsts for groups we experienced personally with this church this week . . .
- Hiked through the woods in the dark to get to the church we would be working at
- Spent the first night of our stay in the dark when the power went out
- Held VBS one night in a home that you had to hike through the woods to get to. The home had no running water – the toilet was flushed with a bucket and the shower was a garbage can filled with water
- Trekked up and down MOUNTAINS to deliver gospels door to door
- Crammed 16 people into our 8 passenger van to go to lunch one day
- Were prepared and ate all kinds of wonderful Mexican food until we couldn’t eat any more
- Stayed an entire week under the generosity of a Mexican lady in her home
- Learned to “praise dance.”
- Watched Veggie Tales and Hermie movies over and over again in Spanish
- I held a one week old baby at the Homeless shelter
- And the list goes on . . . .
We had a wonderful wonderful week and we cannot thank Brainerd Baptist Church enough for sending this group down to work with us or the group enough for coming! We love you BBC!
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