Alive and well! (...mostly)

Well, the journey did come to an end, with four solid tires and no more blowouts or other setbacks. We arrived in San Carlos Thursday evening at about 10:00pm tired but glad to have arrived.

The weekend was great and fairly full with meetings between my dad and I, a local missionary who is from BC and a pastor from a local Spanish church in Empalme (just past Guaymas). My dad came out with the purpose of meeting with this pastor who has expressed a lot of interest in running day camp style summer camps in their church, fashioning them after Children's Camps International's successful models (the ministry that my dad is a part of - check them out at www.childrenscampsinternational.com) This pastor, Pastor Ulysses, oversees two other congregations (non-denominational) and has a passion not only for outreach in his community but for children.

The meetings were exciting, seeing the possibilities of ministry out here unfold. God has already been doing a lot of work in this area particularly through an organization called Parters in Christ, bringing a real sense of unity among the churches and pastors in the Guaymas/Empalme area. A couple of weeks ago the churches held some meetings together with Transformation Ministries (of the US) and saw many people make commitments through that weekend. Pastor Ulysses alone is going to have 30 people baptized into his church as a result of those meetings. But the question on many people's minds has been, what now? What can these churches do now to continue in unity, with a common purpose and that's were the possibility of running children's camps has captivated Pastor Ulysses.

This picture is of the meeting that we had with leadership of pastor Ulysses' church and the two other congregations he oversees where the idea of running day camps this summer is being presented. It will be exciting to see how this all unfolds!

For myself, I'm doing alright - I've been sick with a throat/head cold over the past couple of days and am still waiting to see the light. It has been hard adjusting to life back here but good at the same time. It's good to see people that I haven't seen for a while but at the same time I'm missing family and friends back at home. Your prayers are appreciated!