So today we learned in our devotional time from Tyler Reimer, that we tend to be like “birds trapped in a cage” and even when given an open way out we tend to stay caged. He explained that when we are given the way out of our sin through Jesus, we still tend to be scared about change or are content with the sinful life we are living and choose to be caged within our sin. If we follow Jesus though, He will lead us out of darkness and outside of our cage into freedom. We also h

Today was packed with different events and travels. Our team went to a park in Kanasin, which is a small town right outside of Merida. There we did our program and played a variety of games at a CampQuest outreach event. (Can we add something here about the impact) From there our day continued to the house of Miguel, the national CampQuest director and his wife, Alicia. It was very kind of him to open his home up for us. We shared a delicious lunch together, and got to hear h

Today has been an exciting day of cultural experience and ministry. Joanne led us around the Mayan ruins nearby, and we swam in a cenote. Later, we performed our puppet show, memory verse, and Drime at a CampQuest event. CampQuest is a C-Quest evangelistic children’s program, based out of Progreso. It was a challenge to communicate with my very limited Spanish, as most of the children there didn’t speak any English. It changed my perspective on people who don’t know English i

Today was day one of our groups official time spent in Progresso, Mexico! We started out with a thorough explanation regarding the schedule for our week, as well as a cultural orientation to remind us of the important do’s and don’ts in Mexican culture, brought to us by our amazing C-quest leader Joanne Edwards. While we had plenty of work laid out for us, we took a day trip into downtown Progresso to get a full cultural experience. A scavenger hunt was set up for our groups