"Whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice" Zechariah 4:10a. We may not have had the biggest summer ever, but we saw some great things happen, and we got to know some great people. God did a great thing this summer through our staff in Tijuana. We only had 13 teams but still the Gospel was presented to almost 4,000 people, and 127 children, youth and adults prayed to receive Christ. Plus, we introduced our team ministry to almost 50 Mexican youth and their leaders. A number of them will get to share their testimonies with the pastors who will gather at the Tijuana Outreach Center on September 28. Wouldn't you like to come and hear them?
We are especially grateful to our summer interns who worked so hard to make the summer ministry happen. We want to say thank you to Kat, Mo, Kylie, Frank, Jordan and Bryce for spending 6 - 10 weeks with us learning and serving. They also did some shopping. Even with our small numbers it was still a challenge. It is fun, and a little embarrasing, to show up at the cash register with enough carts to block the isle. Someone always says, "Are you guys really that hungry?" Or, "Are you having a party or something?" Maybe we should answer, "When we are all done with this there's going to be a party in heaven."
We thank God for all of our staff at TJOC - the Kongs, Canotes, Houses, Rod, Laura, MartÃn and Chuck. You all helped us turn a corner this summer, and we all can rejoice in what God did through you.
