Mid-April Stuff

A few things to note:

April 16-20 we had a visitor stay with us. Rob was a long lost friend who reconnected with Chad over facebook and decided to visit us here in La Mision. It was really great getting to know Rob and spend some time with him. And for all of you out there who ever want to visit, there is an open invitation!

Yesterday (Sunday), we celebrated Becca’s birthday at a beautiful house by the ocean. Becca is a volunteer at Door of Faith Orphanage. This was a wonderful time to spend with our community and friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacume Sunday 4-18

Yesterday, Sunday April 18, 2010 Siloe Clinic (the clinic I help with in La Mision) joined up with Cal-State Fullerton’s Students without Borders once again to serve patients in Jacume. We saw 35 patients in 4 hours. Our team was Lauren, me (Erin), our nurse Miriam, Sarah (PA-C) and we were blessed with a volunteer from Tacoma, Washington, Varina. 

 

Easter in La Mision

This is a scene from the Good Friday service. Although it is dark, you can see how they reenacted the death of Jesus Christ. They had Roman soldiers telling their side of the story, and the family and friends of Jesus crying. It was very powerful.

It is not a happy picture. Jesus took on our sins and submitted to death on a Cross so that we could be free from the punishment of our sins.

And because of this sacrifice for us, there is reason to celebrate. On Sunday morning, at 5am, the church gathered once again to celebrate how Jesus rose from the grave, conquering death, and giving us life. Here in La Mision, we worshipped with special music and a sermon, and then we headed to a park for baptisms.

The pool is located in our valley. It is filled every day with natural hot spring water. Here (above) we see our friend, Moni, becoming baptized. Moni came on our mission trip to Sinaloa and found Jesus, and also my friend, Helio. Helio and Moni are now engaged to be married. This is great news! I am very happy to see Helio so happy and so in love.

 

Helio and Moni                   

 

After the baptisms, people jumped in the pool and many people cooked some amazing food. People like to go to the hamburger and hot dog line, I chose to stick where Elizabeth was cooking. She made some of her usual good food of carne asada and even bbq’d fish. Mmmmm.

 

Erin with Laura and Mayra

Chad and Diana

Erin is laughing here with sisters, Berenice and Miriam 

After we were full, tired, sunburnt, and fully Easterized, Erin and I left for home. We were greeted quickly with a huge earthquake that lasted a long time. Apparently, all the people in the pool had a good time while the earthquake shook…

Working on the Back Yard

 

Here is a picture of the group from Washington standing in front of the house that they built the foundation for last year.

This year, they worked on the back yard of the church and in making the wall around it. They also ran VBS for the kids, led a worship service, and fed the community hamburgers and hot dogs at a party after the service. It was such a blessing to have them here.