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Getting to Poza Rica,
Mexico is all in a day's work… |
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| Filling out forms at O'Hare
Airport |
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| Stopping for lunch at Taco Inn - Mexico City. |
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Loading up the bus. |
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Riding in comfort. |
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| Countryside on the way to Poza Rica. |
Arriving safe
and sound in Poza Rica. |
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Making
new friends in Poza Rica… |
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| El Sinaí Methodist
Church in downtown Poza Rica. |
Juan Carlos, Blanca,
Pastor Samuel, Ramon. |
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| Alicia surrounded by
new friends. |
Rachel |
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| Erik |
Jessica |
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| Chela and Efrosina
prepare a delicious meal. |
Juan Carlos gives
Eric a helping hand. |
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| Pastor Samuel and
his wife, Blanca. |
No more beard or
mustache, Miriam clowns around. |
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| Playing Marrano - a
game with spoons. |
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| Sharing the Word
of God... |
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| Alicia interprets a
service led by Pastor Samuel. |
Bonnie clowns around
while sending a serious message about God's love. |
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| Alicia reads The
Good Shepard to the children at the Quebradora colony. |
Children pose with
the sheep they made during Bible School. |
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Each
Breath I Take
When I am quiet and still and listen for you, God,
I hope to hear you in the words I speak, in the actions I do.
I desire that you be a part of each breath I take.
--Nancy Manning
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| The sheep are also
fun to play with. |
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| The Youth Group
sends a powerful message through pantomime. |
Rachel and Erik show
how sports can be some
people's hero. |
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| Pastor Samuel leads
a farewell service while Alicia translates. |
Church members sing
a beautiful song for us. |
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Repairing
eight families' homes and a mission church...
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| Loading up the truck
with supplies and workers. |
The first job is to
make two ladders. |
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Miguel, the
homeowner, watches as the roof
takes shape. |
The group works
together to add a roof. |
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| Estella works on a
roof. |
Bonnie and Diane saw
a beam. |
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Cynthia and Gerson
prop up the roof as someone
above pounds in nails. |
Diane and Tamara
rest for a moment. |
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| Harold and Eric
catch a few winks as they wait for supplies. |
Alicia works at one
of the sites. |
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| Harold and Israel
replace a roof. |
Chela and friends
make a delicious lunch for the workers. |
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Let
us not be satisfied with just giving money;
money is not enough, for money one can get.
The poor need our hands to serve them,
they need our hearts to love them.
The religion of Christ is love,
the spreading of love.
--Mother Theresa
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