Friday 2/13

Post by Sherry -
What an incredible experience. Yesterday a team of us were able to go to the BIC Church in Reynosa, we were overwhelmed by just being in the area. The roads getting there were dirt roads full of lots of pot holes. The church is one small room right now. They are in the process of building a dining area, kitchen and bathrooms (right now they have an outhouse - yuk!!!) - and will eventually build up and make a Sunday School Room and apartments for the needy. (Wow - to see those we see in need still desiring to help those they see in need). We were able to start putting the pews which were donated back together - the pews were sitting on cinder blocks when we got there and we were putting the legs back on. We also painted the rails on the outdoor windows. The children from the community started coming around and Trenton started giving out Matchbox cars to the boys - we thought there were just a few boys - but once the cars were given out - the word spread and we had a lot of boys at the church steps - we finally ran out of cars and had to say - no more. None of the kids spoke English so it was a challenge to find out about there lives. We were able to communicate with the broken Spanish that we did know to find out a bit of one of the families. A mom - living with 4 children - with no father - their 16 year old son is a mechanic who brings in a bit of money for the family. The kids are not in school because they can't afford it. It was really sad. We also gave out a few Spanish books that we brought to the girls and then had many girls around. We attempted singing a song we had been practicing in Spanish and the kids joined in and were doing the motions with us. We were exhausted by the end of the day - but the memories that are being formed and the lives that are being touched is absolutely incredible. It's so neat to experience this as a family.