Thursday, Nov. 27

"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." (Mark 10:14-15)

Thursday was a low-key kind of day. Armando spent part of the day with his grandmother, his mom (also visiting) and other relatives and they had a Mexican food Thanksgiving. The Acambaro church has services on Thursdays and Sundays so they attended church in the evening.

They handed out care boxes to the kids and many were almost afraid to take them, but once they opened up the boxes, they all had big smiles on their faces! Kids here (as well as a big part of Mexico) are not used to getting gifts, so I'm sure it was quite exciting for them. Thank you to those who made all the care boxes...they were received with great delight! There are actually many kids in this church who attend without their parents...a couple of the members would sometimes go around town and ask parents they know if they can take their kids to church.

They had great church attendance today and had some non-believers as well, including Armando's mom and to his surprise, she was actually singing along during worship! The message happened to be on salvation...how fitting!! Armando was able to talk to a few people: one guy has never gone to church before and he plans to keep going; another person left church before, but has now come back...so, hopefully the message made a lasting impact!

Friday will be their last day in Acambaro and they plan to leave early Saturday morning and get to the border at night to sleep before heading back to McKinney. There are some important conversations he feels he needs to have with a couple of people before they leave, so if you have a moment, please be in prayer for that...that the holy spirit would guide those conversations. I may or may not have an update tomorrow, but for sure, I will update you on their travel and safe return...