The world is filled with the wonders of God. You don’t have to travel far in order to see them, but when you do travel to far away places, you discover wonders that you never thought you would see in your wildest imagination. When you see them it simply fills you with awe...

We pulled right up to the church in the village and began to prepare for the children’s program. We had around fifty children of all ages show up, and quite a few adults, who were curious to see what we were doing. The kids were so much fun to work with in this village...

Today was a day of celebration and we had church service at Gabi and Grace’s church: Iglesia Biblica Bautista Emanuel. I was excited to experience a church service in Chiapas, Mexico. We arrived to pretty much a full house. We sang a few hymns in Spanish and...

Have you ever sensed a spiritual darkness around you to the point that you could physically feel it? Today we went to a little town just outside San Cristobal called San Juan Chamula. The town where the Chamulan people live. They are very hostile to Christians. In fact...

Hola to our friends in the United States and beyond. We had some restful sleep in beds (wonderful inventions!), and then we began our second day in San Cristobal. The assignments were given out, and the work projects began!

Hola, from San Cristobal, Mexico! This morning we left the Zoque jungle early, and had to bid goodbye to the people who so kindly opened up their houses to us. Over the past four days we’ve gotten to know them quite well, and it was sad to leave them. We spent most of the day...

After breakfast we loaded up and headed to our first destination: a small village up in the mountains. When we first arrived, we sang praise songs to attract the children. They were very hesitant at first. We started out with only a handful of kids, but the numbers soon swelled to around 50. They really got into the crafts, and laughed at the skit about truthfulness. At this particular village...

Buenas Dias!!! Today was another full day of fun with the children and a lot of first-time experiences, like drinking coconut juice straight from the coconut...One thing I noticed was that the elderly people interacted with us a bit more. An elderly lady wanted to participate in the clothespin craft. I was happy that she wanted to join in. It was such a nice change to see that she was open and wasn’t afraid to approach us...

I had the opportunity to interpret for the team. We did two kids' programs in two different villages. In San Pedro we had 25 kids. I was awesome to see the team interacting with them. In the other village...

The thing about everything being new is that you almost can’t rely on any of your past experiences to help you through any challenges or difficulties. All at once you're completely dependent on God, and His grace and faithfulness, which He supplies abundantly to those who trust Him for it. Trust is what we did. First by getting out of the car. Second introducing ourselves. Third… by playing soccer.

Well, OK, one advance corp member arrived. Steven flew ahead of the team to help with trans and prep. Here's his account of the day...