It is difficult to communicate how amazing our last two weeks were at the Tijuana Outreach Center. Having 45 Mexicans with us the first week and 12 staying for a second week made for a whole new dynamic with our evangelistic outreach program. It was so great seeing them realize that God could use them in the same way that He has been using Americans and Canadians in the past in their own communities. Imagine the powerful effect on two teenage girls when they heard from the pastor's wife how good their lessons were for the women who came to the Bible study! Even the adult leaders on the teams were excited to be leading people to faith in Christ.It was fun watching as Pastor MartÃn Castro assigned young people to their teams. They didn't get to stay with their old friends. They had to make new ones in the context of serving God. It was such a blessing watching them pile into their vans to go out and then singing at the top of their lungs several hours later as they returned to our center.
One of the young girls had just become a Christian the week before she came. Because her family life has been so terrible, she found that life in the family of Christ was a real miracle. She said, "I didn't know that people could spend so much time together without yelling at each other." She really did not want to go back home. We even spoke to her pastor about getting permission to stay a couple more weeks with our summer interns. Please pray with us that we'll be able to learn all we can from this year's experience to be able to do it again next year with even better results. Praise God for a wonderful summer of evangelism and discovering how God wants to use all of His children to reach out to those in need.
