City of Children Mission Trip

What a great week we had at the City of Children. I want to thank all our teens and adult staff because without them and their efforts the mission trip to the City of Children would not be the same. Our oral report will be given next Sunday, August 26 at 6 PM.

If you have never gone on a mission trip let me give you an idea of what our week looked like at a glance. We all gathered Friday morning at our church building at 3:45 AM. Len Causey, Byrdie Hawley and Tressa Tucker transported our group to the Richmond airport for our flight out at 6:40 AM. After arriving in San Diego we were shuttled over to the Holiday Inn for a nights stay.

On Saturday we boarded the bus and headed to the local In-n-Out Burger for lunch. I wish we had one of those in VA! Good fast food with an efficient work crew, what a great concept! Anyway, after lunch we headed for the border and crossed without any problems. We arrived at the City of Children around 2 PM because of the quick lunch and border crossing.

After unloading luggage we went to play with the children. It is so much fun to see and play with them again since our last visit.

On Sunday we enjoyed church in Spanish and realized once again that God’s Family is composed of many people from many cultures and languages. Following morning worship we had a tour of the facilities and lunch prepared by the women at the City of Children.

On Monday through Wednesday our groups were divided into three teams to cover the three areas of service (home construction or visitation in Maneadero, painting Mexican staff quarters and picnic areas at the orphanage, and dorm cleaning and playing with pre school children). While concrete was in the dreams of our group, painting was joyfully done instead…oh well, maybe next year!

Thursday morning we went to La Bufadora for some shopping. The familiar call “give me a chance to rip you off” was heard as we walked the gauntlet of vendors down to the blowhole. Ashleigh Blackwell and I enjoyed a fish taco but no one else seemed interested in one at 10:30 in the morning. I don’t get it!!!

Our week went by quickly as we closed out our time at the orphanage with a devotional at the amphitheater and the tucking in of our Lil Amigo’s. On Friday we started our long trip back home and arrived back at the church building around 3 AM.

Thanks again for all the support you provide so that we may serve our great God through this mission effort.