Day 3. Worship, Tacos and Sun Burn.

Today started early. We woke, ate breakfast and boarded the bus  for El Golfo at 7am.  The whole gang  from Iglesia Ismaschias  church came along. Much of the trip was spent  laughing and singing worship songs in Spanish. We recognized “Here I am to worship” and “Celebrate Jesus Celebrate” and a rather wild version of “Lord we lift your name on high”. The trip to El Golfo was joyful and a glimpse of things to come.

The baptisms are about to begin

One we arrive at the beach we had a worship gathering. Pastor Enrique spoke of worship. In particular he shared how worship is a sacrificial act. However, once we make the choice to worship in song God meets us there. Often the times we experience Jesus most vividly is during worship.  Following the message we all headed down to the water for baptisms. Six people were baptized, one being from our group – Natasha Ray.  Let me tell you that the people who were baptized really wanted to be – the water was freezing. After the baptisms they lined up and we all gave them hugs and congratulated them.

Amanda and Lenuta with the ice cream man

It looks beautiful but it was cold!

Getting ready to eat!

On the right is pork being cooked. The bowl is filled with cabbage and cilantro

We probably would have just hung out down at the freezing water if Pastor Enrique hadn’t yelled “Tacos!”. This motivated everyone to get lunch. A local taco vendor from San Luis had traveled with us to the beach to cook lunch for us. What a great feast! We had fresh tacos, quesadillas and all the fixins  on the beach under a cloudless day. It was truly spectacular.

Waiting in line to get our tacos several of us had some great conversations with a few of our Mexican brothers and sisters. John got to visit with a family he met 3 years ago when he helped build their home. The father, Miguel, is a fun loving man who smiles big and laughs often. He and his wife Blanca are so grateful for the home they live in. A few others got to hear a pretty amazing story about a family who was living in the states in Washington and got deported back to Mexico. Perhaps that is a story we can blog a little later in the week.

While the water was cold, the sun was hot. As a result aloe is now our new best friend. Now one  on our team got sun poisoning, but many of us have red necks, foreheads and feet.

Real hot sauce

All in all it was a very good day of rest and relaxation. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. Now our team is feeling rested and will be ready for more construction tomorrow. The work will consist of framing walls and putting most of the roof on.   It will be an important day and will determine how close to completing our project we will get. Please keep lifting us up to Jesus.  We love you all.

John with Miguel, Blanca and their son George

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