During our time here in Mexico, we have been studying what it means to be a person of influence. One of our theme verses comes out of the sermon on the mount where Jesus teaches us that we should be a city on a hill and a light that illuminates everything around us. With all of this running through my head, we have simultaneously been serving at Los Ninos Del Capitan (an incredible day and education facility) and Centro de Fe (a local church). Both of these ministries have made a conscious decision to locate themselves in the middle of the barrios (a spanish word meaning district or neighborhood but it is really a term meaning ghetto or slums). When you stand at these ministries sites, all you can see is rows of homes that looks to be about the size of a large garden shed. Thousands of people fill these homes and in the midst of them, Los Ninos Del Capitan and Centro de Fe are true the sort of influence in that community. They are a city on a hill and a light in those communities.

Today we continued a lot of painting work at both locations. We were also able to spend some time in more relational ministry with the children at Los Ninos, and our students loved that (Robert Didier even did a small magic show that the children loved). The team is doing great and you should all be very proud of them. We will be back at both sites tomorrow. We hope to finish painting the sanctuary and at Los Ninos, the students will be facilitating craft time as a part of the teachers curriculum. We continue to covet your prayers and look forward to sharing more with you.