Valle de Chalco

Taking advantage of the free babysitting service (mum) Andrew, Oscar and I were able to make the long journey to Valle de Chalco to visit the Mex-i-Kids breakfast club. This is the main road leading to the church where it takes place. One wonders as we put the suspension to the test, why a man is throwing water across the road in just one part...and why the driver of the van in front reached out to give him some money...
There seem to be just a few houses around but in this dusty area we play games around the stones and bricks that litter the road. One kid was watching from a little distance and the charismatic lady who has the church in her home called to him from a distance. He waved over but didn't come. The lady told us his dad must be home this weekend. He beats him when he attends! Whether his Dad was there or not we don't know but the little boy eventually came with his 2 sisters. There were about 30 kids in all. A lot were missing due to sickness and a special activity on at the school.

One lady was there with a little boy of almost one year old. She told me it was her first time to attend. They had been asking her to come for ages but she is a single mum and works every day in the market. That morning she was to late to make it to the market on time. I encouraged her to attend the Sunday evening service and explained that God says He will honour those that honour Him. I'm not sure of her name but she was chatting to other people too and I really hope that she was able to make it along today and that God will touch her heart.
After the games we went through the little entrance to the patio where the church meets under this little tent. The 'sheds' on the left are the homes of the extended family.
Andrew teaching a couple of new songs.
These are such lovely kids.
And we are impressed by the organisation and energy of the team that work there. It takes them 90 mins on Metro and buses to get there and they do that each Saturday and Sunday. It was nice to offer them a ride and to chat a little. The pastor's wife was telling me that she used to help on a radio broadcast. They had a wide listening circle including people in the prisons. One lady heard about the church through the radio and started to attend. She asked them to start a church in her home...which is now the little church in Valle de Chalco and has been running for 5 years.