We had Tom and his family over for breakfast. Mike and Amber made eggs, bacon, sausage and pancakes. It was a great meal. We had some worship time and then Tim had a sermonette. He shared some verses from 2 Timothy 4 and urged us to pour out our heart now and when we get back. Tom told us that we are their favorite mission team so far. This was very encouraging to hear. We had a lot of flyers to hang that day, plus we had to say our goodbyes.
John and I took Jason and Chris to do some more mudding. John and I flyered together. We ended up jogging that day to try to finish. We didn’t get quite done before lunch though. Our team met the Nelson family at Las Fuentes for our last meal. It was a lot of fun being with the kids. Keziah sat next to me and we played hang man and drew pictures. Keziah said a great prayer before our meal. She prayed for our trip home. I played with Jireh for a little bit after the meal. I’m really going to miss him and the rest of the family.
From right on far side of table: Pastor Steve, Jaza and his wife Kathleen. This is during our last meal at Las Fuentes.
After the meal Angela and I talked to some guys at Las Fuentes about our trip. We talked about Christ. I couldn’t really understand what they were saying though. We gave them a flyer hoping they might come to the Rio. We left and realized all the vehicles had left. We were stranded. I called John and he came and picked us up. We went to the Texas store. It was a fun store with everything Texas-themed. I got a few souvenirs. We took a group picture out back and then took one with the kids. We had to say our goodbyes. It was tough but I had feeling we will see them again.
Our group with the Nelson kids.
We had a few hundred flyers left. Jason and I found an apartment complex and polished off our stack pretty quickly. Then we headed to the mission house. We picked up the house and got packed. We left town around 6:30pm. As we left the area the sun set over the mountains. We quietly pondered our time in El Paso as the sun burned over the mountains. We left the mountains behind and a little piece of our hearts in El Paso. I know we will return though.
We stopped at Sonic on the way home. It didn’t quite live up to the hype for me. (I’m sorry Tami.)
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