Jerez Mexico, Mission Trip 2003

In August of 2003, a mission team of 8 of us flew down to Jerez, Mexico, for a mission trip. We were there for nearly two weeks and in that time God answered SO many prayers and did miracles literally everyday! It was an awesome time of ministry, growth and blessing. Here are a few pictures from the trip. (thanks to Kristina Rohner)

These are the missionaries that we worked with down there. Dan and Debbie Giles on the left, and Todd and Barbara Schierkolk with their three girls - Rachel, Megan and Kirstie. It was SO fun getting to know them. We learned so much from them and they were such a blessing to us! We miss 'em!

Here are some pictures of some of the ways we were able to serve while we were down there. We cleaned the church from top to bottom and had fun doing it. Then one night we moved in the new pastor. The moving truck arrived at midnight and that's when we moved him in. It was stealthy... = )

This was after the biggest VBS we had down there. We prayed for 45 and God brought 65 kids plus parents! We were able to sing, do skits, tell stories, give out treats and bracelets and do crafts and face-painting. This was the face-painting crew - Kristina, Christen, Lacey, and Kim. That was a fun night! (actually, they all were)

Is this the guys bathroom? "M" stands for "Man", right? Guess again, Henry. The nice little red bucket is for flushing. Just go ahead and dip out a nice bucket-full from the blue one and dump it into the throne and all your problems will be washed away.

"I'll show you, you stupid cactus!!" -- Don't try this at home... = ). (right)

Below we have our famous beetle on the wall of the hotel. Kristina sacrificially gave him one of her potato chips. Poor cute little thing. = ) yum!

And the picture at right is a torrential

rain storm that we had after church.

The street became a river...and it was

lots of fun! (Kristina and Christen in

the river...road...thing...)

This was a group picture after the fun in the rain. This was the night that would would spend a lot of time in the rain. There was a flat tire on the way home in a rain storm and the spare tire and the pump were also no good. But God was watchin' out for us, and He did the whole trip! Thanks for your prayers!

Speaking of birthday...(we'll move on in a sec...) The missionaries planned a surprise birthday party the night we arrived. It was mexican style! Complete with a band, pinata, food and games. It was quite unforgettable.