Shock seeped from their eyes as we walked into the hidden retirement home in an small colonia. Maybe a little disgust or pity, even apathy. But as this group of teenagers mopped the floors, wiped noses, cleaned away cat urine, and held wrinkled hands, I saw something different begin to burn: compassion. A few hours later, at a last minute opportunity to help out, these kids gave $195 to the retirement home in less than 5 minutes. Even more encouraging were the stories they told in the van on the way back to the YWAM base. Lives changed. Mission Adventures is officially over for this summer, but the effect it had on hundreds of lives is just beginning.
Like the base, I am entering a new season. After a lot of prayer and thought, I have decided to stay at the Tijuana base instead of moving to Ensenada this fall as originally planned. My passion is to bring hope, freedom, and empowerment to young people's hearts and to those in poverty through truth and relationship-based discipleship and through meeting basic physical needs. Currently, I am staffing the DTS in Tijuana, discipling and forming relationships with the students, being the kitchen liaison, and doing some of the administrative work. I'm excited to see God get real with people this fall, and to go on outreach with the team in December!
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