God at Work in Mexico-4

The second half of our trip focused on the Pima Indians. The Pima Indians have been hostile in the past towards Christians and currently there are no known Pima Christians. So after a brief chat and prayer time on Thursday morning we headed to a remote Pima village. While in the town Madera, for lunch, we noticed a brake line leaking on one of the trucks. Praise the Lord we were in the largest town for miles so we could fix it before heading into very remote country. Because of this delay we didn’t get to the Pima village until late that night.

Awaking the next morning to an overcast and rainy sky we ventured out into the village. The Pimas are a tribe who are virtually unreached and even though there are no Pima Christians, Pastor Tomas is building a church in the middle of the village. How cool is that? The foundation of the church is done, so Kika (pictured in front of the church foundation below) and I took some measurements for the materials needed for the plumbing in the bathrooms. “Plumbing” in Mexico is a bit different than plumbing in the United States. But this church will be considered “nice” because it will have running water and flushable toilets.

Pastor Tomas' vision is to build a relationship with the Pima, reach out and share the gospel of Jesus Christ. We were able to help build this relationship with them through the Operation Christmas Child program. We took shoeboxes for all the kids. It was like a mad Christmas giveaway. The kids were quite excited and grateful for that one shoebox; understandably so because of the extreme poverty of the Pima. It seemed like most of the village turned out for the shoe boxes. What we think of as a small deal, was like a holiday to this village. Watching the kids receive and open the boxes is a memory I won’t soon forget--because relationships are being formed.

Seeing the hand of God at work is amazing...