Mexico Missions Trip

MC and Molli are on the trip in Mexico, 2013. Wednesday we spent our workday at Casa Hogar Douglas. This children's home was close-by, which allowed us to spend more work hours helping with improvements on the property as well as playing with the children. We worked on some serious concrete mixing and laying before lunchtime. We were able to share a meal of chicken mole with the children and familiarize ourselves with their faces before games, dancing and music in the afternoon. Thursday we returned to the same children's home. We will spent the morning 'deep cleaning' for them. for a field trip from their caregivers. In the afternoon we hiked an hour in 100+ degree weather up a mountain with over 65 children to a mountain waterfall and swimming hole. It was great fun and we are sure the caregivers will have no problems getting children to sleep. Our flight leaves Monterrey about 1:00, then we will have not quite 2 hours to navigate our group through customs before our flight to Cleveland. Here are a few more pictures from the last few days. Thank you for praying us through. It has been a life changing trip for each team participant.

Memory Verse

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2 Chronicles 16:9a
The eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a LINK

Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and all your soul. Deuteronomy 4:29

Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the Lord this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the lord and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4

2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. 2 Corinthians 2:14

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

Phil 4:13
I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength. Phil 4:13

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7

2 Corinthians 4:17-18
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

Ephesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21

Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Ephesians 5:23

Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25

1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. 1 Peter 3:7

Malachi 2:16
I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel, and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as his garment, says the Lord Almighty. Malachi 2:16

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Hebrews 13:4

Deut 6:6-7
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deut 6:6-7

Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes that I may say the wonderful things in your law. Psalm 119:18

Psalm 119:27
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders. Psalm 119:27

Psalms 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalms 119:105

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men. Colossians 3:23

Joshua 1:8-9
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:8-9

Micah 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8

Hebrews 1-:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 1-:24-25

Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understand, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

Great Quote from Roosevelt

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

Bono is a Christian who Loves Jesus

He was on Focus on the Family. Here is the video:

Interview