First off, on behalf of my team, I would like to thank all of you who have given so generously to our team and constantly remembering us in your prayers! We are all very excited as we get our hearts prepared to serve in Mexico. I will be doing my best to give you guys the latest updates of our journey through this blog!
Let me start off with some updates!
-We've successfully recruited 14 members including the 2 leaders (Gina and myself)! We had 2 extra applicants for the team which we reluctantly turned away.
Leader and Co-leader: Travis and Gina
Drivers and backup drivers: James, Ryan, Jonathan, Yasha
Translator: Hector
-Last Tuesday (23October) was our first team meeting where we got together to introduce ourselves as well as start planning for some of the things we will be doing in the weeks ahead! We bought each member a small notebook for them to be able to write down their prayer requests, what they are thankful for and how God has been working in their lives. This will help us not only get to know one another better as we share our lives with one another but also to really just take time to reflect on how God has been present in our lives.
-Yesterday (1, November), we were invited to serve at a friend's church for a Halloween event. It was a great opportunity for us to start serving together as a team. The members of the church are predominantly Mexicans which also gives some of our members a feel of what it will be like when we are down in Mexico. We were really blessed by such opportunity.
Top Row from left: Ryan, Sam, Vivian, Lisa
Bottom Row from left: Jonathan, Travis, Gina
These were the lovely people from the team whom I got the chance to serve with! I look forward to telling you guys more about each member on the team! I will be working on hopefully providing a brief introduction of each member on the team! I will also be working on getting more pictures :)!
Once again, we are very excited to be able to share our journey with all of you! Please continue to pray for us!
For those who are still interested to give, you can do so at http://mexicooutreach.com/give and give to team Emmanuel! the deadline to do so is 9th of November!
For those who are still interested to give, you can do so at http://mexicooutreach.com/give and give to team Emmanuel! the deadline to do so is 9th of November!
Sincerely,
Team Emmanuel
Team Emmanuel
