Before the Camps

The Culiacan Project ministers to the people who are working in the camps picking vegetables.  Because of this our teams do not go out to the camps until 3:30 in the afternoon when the people begin returning home from work.  Before we go out our team of 45 (this week) has an entire camp and ministry to maintain and each of us has specific jobs during the day.  You might clean the bathrooms, prepare the meals or prepare the materials for each night.  My job, while here at Camp Esperanza, is to school Deborah and Josue (the children of the Directors, Chucho and Diana Loyo). 

Dale has been hard at work as well.  Each morning he spends time helping his team prepare for the night's work.  That includes organizing equipment, burning CDs and washing the vans.  He is also on the team that prepares lunch each day.  I'm sure he's learning a lot of new words that are going to come in handy in the kitchen (get ready Valerie).

It is a privilege to be used by the Lord in all things... the big and the small.  Thank you Lord for using us!

Culiacan Project Begins

Tonight was our first night out in the camps.  There are three teams this week.  Our team has 13 people and tonight we went to a fairly small camp (just a few hundred people).  I was on a diagnosing team with Lydia and Adrian (above) and our job was to go room to room finding out where each family is from and what language they speak.  We then gave them a CD of Bible stories in their language.  Because there were not a lot of people living in this camp we were able to spend more time with each person... and several on our route prayed to receive Christ.  God is awesome always!

 

 

My heart broke while in this particular camp.  When we first arrived many of the parents were not home from work and I couldn't believe the number of young children (under the age of 8) that were caring (all day) for several siblings, younger than themselves.  As we were making our rounds we walked up to a hammock that appeared to have a crying baby wrapped up under a blanket.  I looked around and there was no one in sight so I unwrapped the baby and consoled him.  I sat by the hammock for about 15 minutes feeding him his bottle and rocking him... and all the while no one came to check on him.  Soon after, a little girl came with a baby and a two year old.  This little girl (aged 8) was caring for the baby above, another baby and a two year old.  We had a team playing with the kids and the girl had been off wanting to be involved, yet here she was... torn between caring for her siblings and being a child.  I cried.  It broke my heart to think of the desperation these parents have to be at to leave your children behind to fend for themselves.  Pray for these children, their protection and their salvation.  They need a hope that only the Lord can provide! And kiss your kids and those who care for them, because you have no idea how good we've got it!

Culiacan Project 2013

 

I'm (Stacy) off for two weeks to the 2013 Culiacan Project (Jan. 27-Feb.10)!  I am asking for prayer warriors to keep our team and the entire project in your prayers.  For four weeks, every night (Mon-Fri), teams go into migrant work camps sharing the message of salvation with hundreds of people from all over Mexico.  We give out recordings of Bible stories in over 120 languages (yes, Mexico has about 300 languages/dialects) and hundreds of people are saved.  It is like no other mission experience I've ever had and I am beyond humbled and privileged to be a part.  Over the next two weeks I will update my blog so that you might share in my experience.   Sign-up to receive updates on the right of my blog page.

 

Please Pray:

For our spiritual and physical safety

Open hearts and saved lives

For my family who has a busy schedule while I'm away

 

"The Lord will keep you from all harm.  He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forever more." Psalm 121:7-8