The Lord is at work in Palenque, Mexico! Despite the fact that we arrived with zero ministry contacts, and no one here can speak English. Some people don’t even speak Spanish just the local Mayan dialect. Also, I have gotten two strikes trying to make ministry contacts. I thought that it would be great to work with a children’s home, but there are none around, strike one. Then I found out there was a school within walking distance, so I thought maybe we could help those students out somehow, or do projects for the school grounds, but the children are out for the summer and they did not need any help, strike two. I thank God he doesn’t want his children to ever strike out, see Jer. 29:11. So God connected us with a pastor named Noe and he connected six of us with a village church near Palenque who needed some help and encouragement. So we just spent 3 days and 2 nights hanging out with children and villagers, and doing some door-to-door and church services. It was awesome to communicate the love of Jesus without using a lot of words, and being surrounded by free-range pigs and turkeys was a nice change.
Besides the village ministry we have gotten the visit a men’s drug rehab center and a prison. Mark and myself have also been led to volunteer at the local university/community college teaching English. Please pray for seeds to be planted there, and hopefully even some fruit to blossom. Thanks you guys for reading my blogs!
In Him
Jeff
Little girl at the village that was with us the whole time!
