Trip to Mazatlan
by Dr. Luke
For Matthew's birthday this year, I
surprised him with a plane ticket to Mazatlan. I brought him with me
on a construction mission. We went down to help my dear friend,
Phil, manage several projects on the YWAM campus there. We met with
23 Amish guys and girls that traveled down on a bus for 3 days to
join us. These guys are such good and hard workers, and it always
amazes me how much they get done in such little time. When we got to
the campus, you could just feel the presence of the Lord there. The
Spirit moves through these staff and students as they move through
the city sharing life, truth, hope, and the joy that they have been
given from above. They have a huge worship session upstairs in the
worship center that we helped to construct with the Amish last year.
What a blessing that was to be a part of! I felt bad at times for
Matthew...perhaps he thought we were taking a vacation to the beach!
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| Matthew 'catching some waves' |
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| Getting his hands dirty |
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| Hard at work busting up bricks |
We were there to work, and work we did! The group helped to finish
out two bunk rooms, making space for almost 100 more missionary
students per year. We built an extension outdoors for the dining
area, painted almost every hallway there was, upgraded the
firewall/network system, built a Home of Hope for an amazing mom of
11 children, opened up and finished a garage for parking 3 more vans,
we also completed numerous other projects within several other dorm
rooms (cabinets, plumbing, electric, etc). Much of my work was
behind the scenes electrical and plumbing work to let the other guys
put up drywall and paint. Matthew learned so much and was able to
work hard and play hard with the guys and girls there. Every time I
looked at him, he had a smile on his face. The Lord blessed the
experience that he had and I am so thankful for it.
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| Building the outdoor dining extension Day 1 |
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| Building the outdoor dining extension Day 2 |
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| Building the outdoor dining extension Day 3 |
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At the end of the trip, we all got the
opportunity to hike up to the lighthouse. The view up there was
amazing! It was so refreshing to once again be out of my 'comfort
zone' and serving the Lord with all I have. Matthew and I were
sitting with one of the Amish men that was learning the guitar. We
were talking about how to learn and he wanted me to play a little for
him. He had a book of worship and praise songs that he was learning
from and we just started playing and singing. After the first few
songs, I looked back and we had over 30 kids that had gathered around
for the 'spontaneous' worship time. I love it so much when the
Spirit shows up. God can do so very much with so very little, and it
is always an honor to be His 'boots on the ground.'
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| After electrical work, sheetrock, and paint |
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| Our big plumbing 'puzzle' |
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| After tiling the bathroom |
“Thank You Lord for the opportunity
to serve You with my family. Thank You for the safe travel, and for
the wonderful fellowship. I love getting to take part in all You are
doing there. We had such a blessed time there and we are honored to
be Your people and that You are our God.”
-As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.-
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| Our view from the Lighthouse |
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