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We had International Night at our homeschool meeting on Monday night.  We had studied Mexico for a couple of weeks and so it worked out that we would do Mexico for International Night.  We made a display board and brought some of the crafts the kids did.  We were not prepared to give an oral presentation - although apparently they had announced that we were supposed to.  I was just going to get up and say that we had studied Mexico, but weren't prepared to give an oral presentation and leave it at that.  C.11.B. wanted to talk - LOL - just like his Mama!!

We got up and briefly said a few words.  I said that C.11.B. was going to talk and I would fill in where he left off.  He covered lots of things that we learned and I added in afterward.  It was great!  I made salsa - my specialty - and it went over very well.

I typed up information about our trip to Mexico in 2003.  I'll copy it below.

Here are some pictures of the evening:







About our mission trip:

Mission Work in Mexico

 

        In January 2003, Christine had the opportunity to travel to Mexico on a short-term Mission trip.  She participated in bringing gifts to the children of an orphanage in Matamoras, for Christmas.  They celebrate Christmas on January 6^th.  The children loved the gifts because they rarely get any new clothes or toys.  We also passed out Angel Dolls while we were there.  The Angel Dolls tell the story of Jesus and His sacrifice and Resurrection.  We worked on painting some of the new homes they were building in the orphanage.  They have 1 set of parents for each home of 12-15 children.

 

        In June 2003, Big P, Christine, and C.11.B. had the opportunity to go back to Matamoros, Mexico and the orphanage on another short-term mission trip.  This time we brought a big water filter for the orphanage, because many people get sick from the water.  The men and boys worked on putting a roof on a church there.  The women and girls worked inside the church for a week doing Vacation Bible School.  They sang lots of songs and did crafts with the kids.  Not many of us knew Spanish, but we all were able to understand each other pretty well.  The “Dump” was also on our list of mission work.  There are many people that live in the dump.  After a section of the dump is filled with land waste, they cover it with a layer of dirt, and then sell the property off in pieces for less than $20.  The people move there and build houses, which are more like lean-tos, with materials they find around the dump.  It smells really bad, but they don’t seem to mind and are glad to have a place to live.  We passed out toys and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches there.  The people were glad to see us.  God used us that week to do His work and we were so glad to be a part of it.