To finish out the blog I hope to be able to put other peoples thoughts up.
And also any few pictures you would like to share.
If you would like to share something with others, just email me and I will post it.
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I am so blessed to have had the chance to work with these wonderful people the past weeks.
I hope that you are all forever impacted.
I miss you all.
Have a great week
I had this song in my head during the flight home.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Bittersweet
We are ready and packed to leave Hermosillo in a few minutes. We will load into vans and head to the airport to catch our flight to Phoenix AZ and then a 4 hour layover and then to PDX we shall go. Hopefully none of our bags are too heavy.
The Grasmans are here to see us off.
Yesterday was a good day where the entire team went to a school on the outskirts of Hermosillo. The medical team saw about 90 patients and the painters painted the buildings. We were able to play with the children and have a great time. I love the joy that I see in children especially when we just get to play with them. We played with jump ropes and parachutes and soccer.
The serving ended in the early afternoon where we came back to the hotel and had a chanse to relax. Some went to the beach in Kino while others lounged around the pool or in thier room. We went to the town in the evening.
I will post some more when we are back in the states.
It is time to load up and head out.
Keep us in your prayers we greatly appreciate them.
Dios de bendiga.
The Grasmans are here to see us off.
Yesterday was a good day where the entire team went to a school on the outskirts of Hermosillo. The medical team saw about 90 patients and the painters painted the buildings. We were able to play with the children and have a great time. I love the joy that I see in children especially when we just get to play with them. We played with jump ropes and parachutes and soccer.
The serving ended in the early afternoon where we came back to the hotel and had a chanse to relax. Some went to the beach in Kino while others lounged around the pool or in thier room. We went to the town in the evening.
I will post some more when we are back in the states.
It is time to load up and head out.
Keep us in your prayers we greatly appreciate them.
Dios de bendiga.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sharing the love of Jesus
A group of handymen went to Amistad Christiana church to work on some projects and others went with a group that did some street evangelism and some did some painting at a home for handicapped men.
The street evangelism was a blessed time.
We aquired several tracks from Antioquia church after folding them and took the bus into town. On the bus we were to talk to whoever and give them what we had.
It was a great chanse for me to practice the little spanish I know and learn some and also more importantly to spread the love of Jesus with everyone we encountered.
We went over to the University of Sonora and also a bilingual school.
I began a conversation with one of the students in Spanish and it ended in English.
We walked around the town and after some lunch was back at the church early afternoon.
In the afternoon the childrens team went to the orpanage again and got to talk with the children about Jesus and the life and hope that he gives. It was a different experience than Tuesday. It was a good time. Also Pastor Bill came Wednesday morning and has been around with the different events. He was at the orpanage today where the Mayors wife came and thanked us.
This evening a youth meeting with Antioquia was planned and this time we did mostly what was planned. We played a few icebreaker games and then I (Charvel) shared my testamony with the kids. I told them about my heart for Jesus and that without Him I am nothing. I also shared about trusting Jesus through the thick and thin and that He is real and working and that His plan is perfect no matter what we may think.
Another girl from the youth group shared her testamony as well before Rob spoke.
His message was about Jaris. He was the man who came to Jesus asking for Him to heal his daughter who was sick and how Jesus did not hold anything against Jaris and went and healed his daughter. (Mark 5) Rob also spoke about scars on our lives from our past and that no matter what Jesus loves us so much.
We had the chanse to just talk with the youth. I sat a table with several girls where only one spoke English. She translated for me and I got to know who they are. I showed them the wordless book braclet and asked if they wanted one. They said yes so I let them make them and I told them about the colors and what they ment. It was a joy just to be able to get to know them and who they are.
*God is working here. Other areas that I haven´t written about are the medical team
the womens meetings and the construction and possibly other teams..
Thank you for the prayers. :)
The street evangelism was a blessed time.
We aquired several tracks from Antioquia church after folding them and took the bus into town. On the bus we were to talk to whoever and give them what we had.
It was a great chanse for me to practice the little spanish I know and learn some and also more importantly to spread the love of Jesus with everyone we encountered.
We went over to the University of Sonora and also a bilingual school.
I began a conversation with one of the students in Spanish and it ended in English.
We walked around the town and after some lunch was back at the church early afternoon.
In the afternoon the childrens team went to the orpanage again and got to talk with the children about Jesus and the life and hope that he gives. It was a different experience than Tuesday. It was a good time. Also Pastor Bill came Wednesday morning and has been around with the different events. He was at the orpanage today where the Mayors wife came and thanked us.
This evening a youth meeting with Antioquia was planned and this time we did mostly what was planned. We played a few icebreaker games and then I (Charvel) shared my testamony with the kids. I told them about my heart for Jesus and that without Him I am nothing. I also shared about trusting Jesus through the thick and thin and that He is real and working and that His plan is perfect no matter what we may think.
Another girl from the youth group shared her testamony as well before Rob spoke.
His message was about Jaris. He was the man who came to Jesus asking for Him to heal his daughter who was sick and how Jesus did not hold anything against Jaris and went and healed his daughter. (Mark 5) Rob also spoke about scars on our lives from our past and that no matter what Jesus loves us so much.
We had the chanse to just talk with the youth. I sat a table with several girls where only one spoke English. She translated for me and I got to know who they are. I showed them the wordless book braclet and asked if they wanted one. They said yes so I let them make them and I told them about the colors and what they ment. It was a joy just to be able to get to know them and who they are.
*God is working here. Other areas that I haven´t written about are the medical team
the womens meetings and the construction and possibly other teams..
Thank you for the prayers. :)
A day in Plan de Ayala
Medical team and childrens team went out to Plan de Ayala Wednesday morning.
Shortly after ariviing there we began painting the walls within Templo Calvario. After a couple coats of paint most of the painters went over to the school and painted a couple of rooms and some did some repairs. We had a good lunch of tacos provided by Leti (not sure on the spelling).
I (Charvel) was able to walk from the school to the taco place and then to church. It was a nice walk and it gives like a different perspective. I am not sure how to put the feelings I have into words but I greatly enjoyed serving in Plan de Ayala.
Most of the team went back to Hermosillo but the childrens team stayed in Plan de Ayala a bit longer.
A youth meeting was planned in Miguel Alemand later that evening which is not very far from Plan.
¨We stoped and had an ice cream break before the meeting and we went over the plan of how the games would go and what Rob would talk about.
We get to the church and well... it is not a youth meeting but a church service where Rob was to speak to the adults and and the rest of us had the children.
With the kids we played some games like duck duck goose... or well Baharo (bird), Baharo (bird), Groose and got to get to know them a little.
I love how our plans are so not God´s plans.
God is doing something great.
*I am not sure what others have to say or were doing more than just looking at the schedule.
It has been hard to connect with all to hear what God is doing but he is definitely working. Thank you for your prayers!
Shortly after ariviing there we began painting the walls within Templo Calvario. After a couple coats of paint most of the painters went over to the school and painted a couple of rooms and some did some repairs. We had a good lunch of tacos provided by Leti (not sure on the spelling).
I (Charvel) was able to walk from the school to the taco place and then to church. It was a nice walk and it gives like a different perspective. I am not sure how to put the feelings I have into words but I greatly enjoyed serving in Plan de Ayala.
Most of the team went back to Hermosillo but the childrens team stayed in Plan de Ayala a bit longer.
A youth meeting was planned in Miguel Alemand later that evening which is not very far from Plan.
¨We stoped and had an ice cream break before the meeting and we went over the plan of how the games would go and what Rob would talk about.
We get to the church and well... it is not a youth meeting but a church service where Rob was to speak to the adults and and the rest of us had the children.
With the kids we played some games like duck duck goose... or well Baharo (bird), Baharo (bird), Groose and got to get to know them a little.
I love how our plans are so not God´s plans.
God is doing something great.
*I am not sure what others have to say or were doing more than just looking at the schedule.
It has been hard to connect with all to hear what God is doing but he is definitely working. Thank you for your prayers!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Hola Amigos!
Thank you for your prayers.
Yesterday morning a team went and painted a church, Amor Fraternal.
They painted the inside and out of the building. The outside was a difficult task since the walls of the buliding were so course. The inside went quicky and looked pretty good when we were finished.
Another team went to Visitation `Altares Invasion and the medical team went to the Trique community.
In the afternoon, a group of women went to the women´s prison and then to a women´s coffee in the evening.
The children´s team went to a childrens home, Cruz Galvez in the afternoon. These children are at the home, the orphanage, for several reasons. Some are there because the parents cannot afford school and do not care about the education for their children. Most of them do not have parents. They come and stay there all week and on the weekends would stay at a friends or some other family members home.
It was a great time where it brought joy and tears to the team members. We had about sixty children where we had the chanse to introduce ourselves and share the gospel with them through a skit Sari and another girl put on and also through the wordless book bracelets. We had the children make the bracelets themselves.
It was impacting emotionally and spiritually. It is hard to imagine that the love that we and a few others are showing them is probably the only love they are receiving. I hope these kids were impacted as much as we were impacted and I hope to see them again in eternity.
Today in the morning most of us are headed out to Plan de Ayala to paint the high school and have the medical team there. Another group will stay in Hermosillo for adult care home feeding and visitation with Amistad Cristiana (Duane Grasman`s church).
This afternoon and evening has planned an adule care home, Maria Luz Valenzuela, where we will be cleaning and serveing.
Also there will be a youth meeting in Miguel Aleman, womens coffee at Amor Fraternal and a marrieds ministry in Plan de Ayala.
(- I am going to try to get some team members to write some things on note cards that I will be able to share with you.)
Keep us in your prayers,
Thank you from all of us!
"Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo acerca de vosotros, dice Jehová, pensamientos de paz, y no de mal, para daros el fin que esperáis."
Jeremías 29:11
A prayer I have had in my heart: Lord, Give me your eyes for just one second, give me your eyes so I can see everything that I have been missing, give me your love for humanity, give me your heart for the broken hearted, give me your eyes so I can see those who are lost, broken hearted, searching... ( . . . todo para la gloria de Dios. All for the glory of God. 1 Cor 10:31)
Thank you for your prayers.
Yesterday morning a team went and painted a church, Amor Fraternal.
They painted the inside and out of the building. The outside was a difficult task since the walls of the buliding were so course. The inside went quicky and looked pretty good when we were finished.
Another team went to Visitation `Altares Invasion and the medical team went to the Trique community.
In the afternoon, a group of women went to the women´s prison and then to a women´s coffee in the evening.
The children´s team went to a childrens home, Cruz Galvez in the afternoon. These children are at the home, the orphanage, for several reasons. Some are there because the parents cannot afford school and do not care about the education for their children. Most of them do not have parents. They come and stay there all week and on the weekends would stay at a friends or some other family members home.
It was a great time where it brought joy and tears to the team members. We had about sixty children where we had the chanse to introduce ourselves and share the gospel with them through a skit Sari and another girl put on and also through the wordless book bracelets. We had the children make the bracelets themselves.
It was impacting emotionally and spiritually. It is hard to imagine that the love that we and a few others are showing them is probably the only love they are receiving. I hope these kids were impacted as much as we were impacted and I hope to see them again in eternity.
Today in the morning most of us are headed out to Plan de Ayala to paint the high school and have the medical team there. Another group will stay in Hermosillo for adult care home feeding and visitation with Amistad Cristiana (Duane Grasman`s church).
This afternoon and evening has planned an adule care home, Maria Luz Valenzuela, where we will be cleaning and serveing.
Also there will be a youth meeting in Miguel Aleman, womens coffee at Amor Fraternal and a marrieds ministry in Plan de Ayala.
(- I am going to try to get some team members to write some things on note cards that I will be able to share with you.)
Keep us in your prayers,
Thank you from all of us!
"Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo acerca de vosotros, dice Jehová, pensamientos de paz, y no de mal, para daros el fin que esperáis."
Jeremías 29:11
A prayer I have had in my heart: Lord, Give me your eyes for just one second, give me your eyes so I can see everything that I have been missing, give me your love for humanity, give me your heart for the broken hearted, give me your eyes so I can see those who are lost, broken hearted, searching... ( . . . todo para la gloria de Dios. All for the glory of God. 1 Cor 10:31)
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