Allyson with a little mexican girl.
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Last Friday Allyson boarded a bus with 47 other students and 12 adult sponsors on our youth group's annual Mexico mission trip. They spent the next 24 hours on the road until they reached to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The next day they drove to El Paso. On Monday morning at about 5am they crossed the border without a hitch. This was a praise because we had been told that the Mexican border agents were not allowing buses to cross the border. There was a back up plan - rent vans for $2500 which would have been a waste of the Lord's money and the loss of a half day of work on the site. Praise God for his intervention!
Tonight the group returned at 6:15pm and headed to the worship center for testimonies, slides, etc. It was neat to hear teens talk about how lucky they were to have so much after seeing such poverty. Many of our kids live in expensive houses with almost no inconveniences, except when their cell phone battery runs down. They have nice cars to drive and spare money to go to movies, buy shoes etc. In Mexico, many live in shacks and have almost nothing. What a stark contrast.
It's good to have Ally back with us. She is still sharing experiences with us and I'm sure the impact on her life has been great.
Special thanks goes to our cool youth pastor and all the adult sponsors who gave up a week of their lives to make a difference in our kid's lives. Muchas gracias!
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