Mexico City Mission Trip Day 3

We had a great day today. We worshipped with the English speaking congregation this morning. It was a packed house this morning. The guy who led worship was a rookie. It was his first time to lead worship anywhere. He did a great job! You could not tell he had never done it before. He is truly blessed by God. We were especially blessed because two families we had worked with before came from out of town to be with us in worship. From Ocoyoacoc the Trejo family came to be with us. Gloria woke up early and brought dozens of tamales with her. Add to that the understanding they had to ride a bus to get here, and you realize what kind of people they are. We really love them and formed a bond with them while we were working in their city. We used their house as the teaching point for VBS.

Sacrovir, Claudia and the two boys, Sacro Jr. and Benjamin came from Lerma. We started a church with their help in that city several years back. How blessed we were to spend some time with these two families.

After church, we had lunch with the team of workers from Capital City Church. The assignments were given out and everyone got busy preparing the rooms and the worship center. Looks like it going to be a great VBS.

This evening I had the privilege of preaching to a group of West Africans. They are a group from Nigeria that in Mexico City. They had been meeting all of the city and asked Lynn if they could use Capital City facilities for their worship gatherings. They also asked Lynn to preach for them. He has been doing so for the last year or so. I love worshipping with them. They are the epitome of worship that is expressive but not excessive. By the time you get to the preaching time, they are so in tune with what is going on that they help preach. I would start a verse and they would complete it with me. It was a true blessing. If nothing else good happens (although I expect it will), my week here will be a success.

We met as a group a few minutes ago and talked about being intentional in our expectations this week. We have been doing this so long that we are in danger of having limited expectations. We have such a good group here this week that I know they will look for the Lord to do great things. Only a few have been before, so that helps. The expectations of the new missionaries are always an energizing factor on any trip.

Pray that the Lord will have His way this week; with the VBS, the work at the orphanage, and in our hearts.