Chicago Hope Academy (Daniel Cameron)

Today we welcomed our team from Chicago Hope Academy! And we met with them at In-N-Out to have lunch, that's where the adventure started :)

We pray that God would strengthen our spirits and minds because, even though we are far from home and out of our comfort zone, we know He has everything under control! 

Today we went on a prayer walk around the community where we are serving this week. We also had some time to invite kids from the community to our VBS at El Buen Pastor. People received our invitations and we expect great things from God this week! 

We had such an amazing time getting to know the community we are here to serve. We worshiped together, we prayed together, we even got to eat and play together after Sunday service!! Thank God for this place and these people!

Today, after breakfast, we took some time to make sandwiches for the Hospital Ministry. We made 60+ sandwiches! It was a good start for the day. 

“If you spend youselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the need of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”  

Isaiah 58:10

Today we got to have time with Pastor Omar Perez Ochoa and hear his testimony about how he became a Pastor and the history of the church he's pastoring. We got to know how Pastor Omar's mother used to pastor the church where Pastor Omar is pastoring today, and how Pastor Omar's father pastored Mt Sinai where we are lodging today. How everything comes in a full circle. We know God keeps his promises for us. Amen!

After finishing our first day of ministry we headed to Ensenada's waterfront. We had a cool time getting to know this part of the city and trying esquites (street corn) and fresh fruit…..then we went and got coffee from Starbucks.

Such a blessing to get to have this time together in fellowship! 

This morning, we continued making sandwiches for the Hospital Ministry. This time we made around 150 sandwiches! We always enjoy doing this together every morning while singing and listening to music. 

…And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up… James 5:15

We are so thankful we get to talk to the people from Ensenada outside of the hospital, give them something to eat and drink and to pray over them!

Today, we went to La Bufadora, aka the blowhole. It was so fun seeing this natural geyser and walking around buying souvenirs. We thank God for an amazing week and we pray He will continue to lead us in whatever we do. 

Today we got our lunch at taqueria El Regreso, which literally translates to “the way back”, and that’s funny because our time in Ensenada is almost over (that’s low-key super sad, but we’re hoping this team comes back next year)! The quesatacos were fire though!