The Mexico Trip Testimony
Before I start off with my version of the Mexico Mission Trip, Iwould like to thank all the Youth Pastors that were involved in planning this Mission Trip.
The Mexico Mission Trip training was hard enough. I woke up unusually early on Saturday mornings and went to Siloam Church to get prepared. Finally, six weeks past and we started our trip. We got to church on Monday morning very early, loaded everything and drove down to Siloam Church. There we met up with the other three churches and from there it was a slow ride until we got to the Mission Center in Mexicali. When we first got there, I was so surprised. One step out of the Church van and you could feel the heat, even during the nighttime.
The bathrooms weren't part of the main building and were separated. It was getting late, and we setup our bed contraptions and went to sleep. Not knowing what activities the following day contained.
We got up, got dressed and went to the dining room where we were served breakfast. Then our trip got more intense. We drove to a church in which we were supposed to help reconstruct so it could be attended to. For the first day, we had to do ceiling work in a room and tiling. Alex, Ben, and I volunteered to do the ceiling work. We worked in a small room and it was hot in there then it was outside of the room. We did about half hours work only to find out that we weren't following the directions. All that hard work, wasted.
The day after, we moved onto finishing the inside of the church. Spackling holes in the walls, and then painting. It was tough, the long paint sticks required a lot of stamina and you had to bend your back so you could reach from afar.
We didn't only do construction work at Mexico/cali. We did evangelize, and attempt to bring the local kids and adults to vbs and praise at the church. We also did this throughout the week. The guys held sports activities at the local park while the girls held arts 'n crafts inside the church and after we would clean up and go back to the Mission Center. Throughout the trip, I referred the Mission Center as my home because there I was able to relax and sleep.
The week past quicker then I had imagined it would, and in a few days we were already saying our good byes. We finished the church and did vbs and we went back to the Mission Center. That night some of us didn't sleep. I'm not sure if it was that we couldn't stand leaving
Mexico/cali or if it was that it felt good to carry out God's Will or it was the fact that we are very privileged compared to the children and families of Mexico. My experiences there will never be forgotten, as that week in Mexico, was one of the most memorable weeks in my entire lifetime.