ensenada

went to ensenada this past memorial day weekend. mosaic has a relationship with a network of churches there, so we send teams down there twice a year. this time around, it was a smaller group, with just construction work and children's ministry teams.

one of my devotions during that trip was in luke 17. this passage struck me as timely:

"Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'? Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'? Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.' "

the whole time we were there, people were so incredibly grateful. on our last day, a few of us ended up wandering over to the pier, where there was something going on for ensenada's 125th anniversary celebration. the theme was, "ensenada de todos," and there were food booths representing a variety of cultures, from asian to european, etc. at one booth, a native man approached susan h and asked her about our group. turns out, he and his family go to one of the churches in ensenada that we partner with, and they ended up giving us a bunch of tamales (soo good!) for free. he explained that he was thankful for our hearts for ensenada.

while we were having dinner and service at the church our last night, a few men stood outside the whole time, just watching our vans...all this because last year, the vans were broken into while the team was inside the church. then, there were so many people who supported our group, both here and there in ensenada, who gave up time and energy to help us out and make sure we were provided for.

we are unworthy slaves. we have done only that which we ought to have done...

here's our group in front of the school we painted...