2014 Mexico Mission - Day 1 & Day 2 > 선교 일지

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Hello Church!

Greetings from Cuernavaca Mexico!

Day 1 - Oakland Airport to Mexico City to Cuernavaca

Despite the tough red-eye flight, we have arrived safely to our final destination - Iglesia Presbiteriana Emanuel de Cuernavaca (Cuernavaca Emmanuel Presbyterian Church). Praise the Lord! 

This is senior pastor Richardo and his lovely wife, Rebecca. We were welcomed so graciously by them and the church body.

Upon arrival, we had lunch and brief orientation before splitting up into 6 different host families.

The day 1 agenda that they had prepared for us was delicious local tacos for dinner and much needed rest from the travel. We are so thankful that God brought us here safely and we are looking forward to His plans unveiling in bringing us here to Cuernavaca to this specific church.

Day 2 - Our First Full Day

All of our six teams arrived back at church by 8AM local time (6AM California time). Though it was early morning back at home, there was sense of freshness and restfulness in our team's faces. We were quickly joined together by the local youth kids. Thus started our retreat together, where two different cultures came together under the Spirit of Christ, eager to learn from one another, fellowship in truth, and serve God's kingdom together. 

This is our pastor Richardo and the translator Naomi (Missionary Abe and Elaine's daughter).

Main Session

One of the small groups minus couple people.

Small Group Blue

Small Group Red

Small group preparing for skit presentation.

Missionaries Abe and Elaine + Manny, our youngest member.

Breaking ice with some games.

In the afternoons, we have ministry & outreach outings everyday. Today, we went to a local park to attract some other kids through various games of sports (volleyball, kickball, soccer) and to invite them to the retreat being held at the church. Rain did not hold us back too long before we ran out to the fields to play sports. 

Few Prayer Requests

1) We had few of our members not feeling well before departure and during out travel to Cuernavaca. Praise to God they are all doing well now. However, with rain the temperature has definitely dropped a bit. Please continue to pray for our health that no one will get sick and miss out on anything.

2) Please pray for us that we would know God's heart and His purpose in bringing us to Cuernavaca. We want to be sensitive to what He is doing here and we want to bless and encourage the believers here in the Lord. May we bring glory to Him as we submit to His leadership and direction over our team.

3) Before departure, we were constantly praying for unity of our team. Now that we are here, our prayers are changing to unity of believers, for the two church bodies to experience unity in the Spirit and enjoy fellowship in Christ. One of the biggest challenge is language barrier. Please pray that we will experience fellowship that goes beyond culture and language barriers.

Thank you for your love and prayers!!

NCBC Mexico Team