Piedras Negras Mexico Day 3
By William Shaw:
Day THREE
Sunday turned out to be a fun yet very busy day with three different services that we were scheduled to minister in. For Sunday school the men and the ladies on the team got divided up. While the ladies gave gifts to the children in the different Sunday school classes, the guys hung out in the service. Jim preached on God’s relation to us as a Father, and our relation to Him as children that have been adopted into Him through Christ. It was a dynamite message through which the Holy Spirit started some fires in the cold, shivering crowd.
At about 2 P.M. we went and visited another mission. This mission was one that the pastor’s wife, Reyna had/has been leading. We were there to minister to the children and we had to do some improvising since Jim wasn’t able to go and because the electricity cut out on us. Bob ended up learning Jim’s part of the acting/teaching and did it almost verbatim, word for word. It was a bit awkward doing human videos without music but in the end it was actually kind of funny. During Sin Seat, Shannon started laughing so hard that she almost couldn’t finish the drama. It was a lot of fun, and about twenty children came out to hear and see the gospel as we presented it.
For the final service the biggest crowd we had seen thus far decided to brave the cold and join us in fellowship. No sooner had the service begun did they start having problems with the sound equipment. The mixer ended up mixing its last electrical wave and died. Most of worship had to be done acapella style until we were able to set up the sound equipment that we had brought down with us. It turned out to be a good thing that we had brought our own sound equipment, due to the amount of people present and the structure of the service. Our team got to sing some songs, perform a drama, and preach the Word. For the altar call many people came up to receive prayer for healing and we did see several miracles—praise God.
Funny Moments
Perhaps one of the funniest moments of the trip was when several “members” of the team stepped in dog poopoo. What made it so funny was that when a certain gentleman stepped in his second pile of poop, everybody else started laughing, and two of the people that thought it was so funny didn’t think so anymore when they realized that they had also stepped on the forbidden turd.
Hard Times
Aside from the cold the trip wasn’t too rough. Probably, the person who suffered the most was Mr. Jim since he had to share a bed with William. The trip made it very clear that when William sleeps, he does not practice certain fruits of the Spirit. As a result Jim had to spend many a nights being woken up because all his covers had been taken from him or because he was slowly getting pushed off the bed.
Good Times
Without a shadow of a doubt, the food was amazing. Mrs. Reyna (Pastor’s wife) and a few other ladies did such an amazing job feeding the team. Very acutely, Bob confessed, that it was really hard to suffer for Jesus when the food was so good. Amen to good food.
The End
The mission was a great way to end the AMMO class. We are so thankful to everybody that participated in helping us prepare for the trip, and also, for everybody that gave both of their prayers and finances for us to go. We look forward to future trips in Piedras Negras and to really see God do great things there.
Day THREE
Sunday turned out to be a fun yet very busy day with three different services that we were scheduled to minister in. For Sunday school the men and the ladies on the team got divided up. While the ladies gave gifts to the children in the different Sunday school classes, the guys hung out in the service. Jim preached on God’s relation to us as a Father, and our relation to Him as children that have been adopted into Him through Christ. It was a dynamite message through which the Holy Spirit started some fires in the cold, shivering crowd.
At about 2 P.M. we went and visited another mission. This mission was one that the pastor’s wife, Reyna had/has been leading. We were there to minister to the children and we had to do some improvising since Jim wasn’t able to go and because the electricity cut out on us. Bob ended up learning Jim’s part of the acting/teaching and did it almost verbatim, word for word. It was a bit awkward doing human videos without music but in the end it was actually kind of funny. During Sin Seat, Shannon started laughing so hard that she almost couldn’t finish the drama. It was a lot of fun, and about twenty children came out to hear and see the gospel as we presented it.
For the final service the biggest crowd we had seen thus far decided to brave the cold and join us in fellowship. No sooner had the service begun did they start having problems with the sound equipment. The mixer ended up mixing its last electrical wave and died. Most of worship had to be done acapella style until we were able to set up the sound equipment that we had brought down with us. It turned out to be a good thing that we had brought our own sound equipment, due to the amount of people present and the structure of the service. Our team got to sing some songs, perform a drama, and preach the Word. For the altar call many people came up to receive prayer for healing and we did see several miracles—praise God.
Funny Moments
Perhaps one of the funniest moments of the trip was when several “members” of the team stepped in dog poopoo. What made it so funny was that when a certain gentleman stepped in his second pile of poop, everybody else started laughing, and two of the people that thought it was so funny didn’t think so anymore when they realized that they had also stepped on the forbidden turd.
Hard Times
Aside from the cold the trip wasn’t too rough. Probably, the person who suffered the most was Mr. Jim since he had to share a bed with William. The trip made it very clear that when William sleeps, he does not practice certain fruits of the Spirit. As a result Jim had to spend many a nights being woken up because all his covers had been taken from him or because he was slowly getting pushed off the bed.
Good Times
Without a shadow of a doubt, the food was amazing. Mrs. Reyna (Pastor’s wife) and a few other ladies did such an amazing job feeding the team. Very acutely, Bob confessed, that it was really hard to suffer for Jesus when the food was so good. Amen to good food.
The End
The mission was a great way to end the AMMO class. We are so thankful to everybody that participated in helping us prepare for the trip, and also, for everybody that gave both of their prayers and finances for us to go. We look forward to future trips in Piedras Negras and to really see God do great things there.
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