Are the weeks getting shorter?

This has flown by. On Tuesday Andrew and I were both feeling off. I know, never ending story. I think I was served a cup of tea made with tap water (!) and Andrew was suffering for having cleaned the guys toilets at La Raza... Anyway, we're both feeling better again. It only took me a day or so which is good as we had MOPS on Thursday.

As it turns out there were only 3 people besides the leadership team so we decided to postpone my talk until we restart in September. It seems that the school holidays have a profound effect on attendance and so we are responding accordingly. Over the next month we will be working on converting a disused area of the church into a play area for the little kids at church. It will be useful for MOPS principally but also for Mex-i-Kids and Sunday School. Thanks to a generous gift from the UK we should be able to totally transform this space.
The church has agreed to do the building work ie. raise the walls, put down a floor and some sort of roof and we will be able to do the rest. As you can see there are three classrooms that have doors leading to the play area. Our prayer is that it will serve to help the teachers and enhance the kids' experience of church. When the kids are happy their mums will be more eager to attend and I think this will be a big attraction. Diana who directs the work with the kids at MOPS does a great job with limited resources. She is so committed to making sure these kids are hearing the gospel and having a great time. Please pray that there would be more in the church able and willing to help her. Sometimes it's only her and one or two others and up to 30 young kids!

It was an interesting week at La Raza as well. On Tuesday Paty suddenly had a terrible headache as she walked in to do her session with the street kids. She asked if they had been making a pact with Saint Death. One of the boys ran out of the room and was sick, the others were crying as Paty in no uncertain terms told them that God was not to be messed with. We were reminded once again that we do not wrestle with flesh and blood and that we need to be on our knees completely depending on God's power. Please pray for the MEFI team, for their protection, health and stamina in this frontline and difficult ministry.

There were very few out at the service on Thursday evening as well. Sadly the Haitian group didn't show up though they had stopped by the centre earlier in the week.

On Wednesday we will be heading down to Acapulco for the youth camp. We appreciate your prayers as we finish preparing for the workshops we will be giving. Then we would love you to pray for a safe journey and for the kids as they travel and adjust to a different (no) routine and place. We probably won't have access to internet until we get back so there will be no posts next week.