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Our reward for our efforts came in the form of the grateful smiles of the adults and children who watched us work at their miision and the comraderie of a team of people from Stillwater who united in His service.
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| Tijuana
Christian Mission
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| Where is Christ among all
this suffering? Well, we found his handprints in the concrete we
poured, his brushstrokes on the walls we painted and his smile on the children
we befriended. We are the hands and feet of Jesus.
Our reward for our efforts came in the form of the grateful smiles of the adults and children who watched us work at their miision and the comraderie of a team of people from Stillwater who united in His service. |
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| Everything looks better with a fresh coat of paint! We sanded and painted countless walls and bunkbeds. We took down wallpaper border in some rooms and put it up in ours. No 9 to 5 job here! | |||||||||||
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| Our most important job was to touch the lives of the children who live at the mission. Our group provided an arsenal of sidewalk chalk, coloring books, jump ropes, bubbles, balloons, hula hoops and crafts. However, the most important gift we gave them was the gift of our time. | |||||||||||
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| Young Noah (at right) supervises the installation of the new tile for the steps that leads into his dorm. | |||||||||||
| Our group also built a storage shed. All materials were purchased locally thus helping to stimulate the Mexican economy. | |||||||||||