God+You+Me are Pieces of the Puzzle, working together, to share the Good News with others!

Matt. 28:19&20~"Go, make disciples of ALL the nations ~ teach them to obey all the commands I have given..."


Our response to His command can be only one of 3: to Go, to Send Others, or to Disobey. (John Piper)

In the spring of 2010, I spent 7 weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico, as a volunteer teacher at a school for children of missionaries. God opened the door for me to return for the 2010-2011 school year.

If you click on posts from January - March of 2010, you'll see posts on the lessons I'm learning on patience & vision.

Posts from April 2010 - June of 2011, are about daily life in Oaxaca,
including pictures of the food, the people, & the most memorable moments of my experience.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Ten Memorable Moments in Oaxaca, Mexico (From Days 4, 5, & 6)

On past missions trips, our team would meet together at the end of each day to regroup & decompress, with what we called "Highs and Lows" ~ this was a chance to share what God had taught us that day, what really made us smile, OR what made us cry, or was bothering us.
I decided that I'm going to share with you my HIGHS & just keep the "lows" to myself (only to be shared with God & with those who ask).


So, these posts of HIGHS are for:
* those who want the "short" version, instead of reading each day's diary page I've posted.
* those who are interested in the HIGH points of my trip so far
* those who just want a quick glimpse of what it is like being a volunteer missionary here in Oaxaca, Mexico


HIGHS of Days 4, 5, & 6:
* I was blessed to be invited to join a Ladies’ Bible Study in the book of Colossians. They were just getting ready to begin the book, so it was perfect timing!


* Learning a Spiritual lesson while sitting outside the hospital room of a missionary man who is terminally ill


* Discovering a FREE museum about stamps from around the world with Julie


* My Canon PowerShot D10 miraculously turned back on after it would only display an irreparable error message the day before!


* The accomplishment of finishing the immigration application process that I’ve been working on for several weeks (This includes: Rosa FINDING me, after I was “lost” in the huge immigration building / Julie being available and willing to bring my passport & tourist visa down to the immigration office / And meeting Debbie, a single missionary.)


* Debbie bought me a churro, my very FIRST authentic Mexican churro!


* Joining a weekly prayer meeting with SIL missionaries


* Bonding with the students of the third and fourth grade class a bit during two days of observation at OCS


* Hearing a bit about the backgrounds and ministries of both the missionary family who is giving me a ride home from school & the Kindergarten teacher


* Finally feeling like a teacher again, as I spent the evening finding online resources and preparing a visual presentation for the third/fourth grade class about the Iceland volcano

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