VCH held an incredible Mexico mission trip to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico from June 9th through the 16th! A team from Our Finest Hour Church from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, led by Taylor Zirkle joined us as well as a team from Perryton, Texas from the Four Square Church, led by Pastor Cano and VCH Board Member, CJ Skipper, joined us to make a team of 52 excited young people. We also were blessed to have two summer interns, Miles Skipper and Andrew Purvis, along with our grandchildren Clara and Jadon. The teams kicked off an amazing children’s program with 175 children and 75 adults. The children were given the opportunity to dream big about their future and the VCH teams were such an encouragement to them.
All week, these teams were sharing the Good News Gospel, winning souls, and ministering to the children, youth and adults as well as holding school assemblies to promote good values, morals, and ethics through dramas and illustrations by saying, “No” to the bad things and “yes” to the good things.
These were the hottest days this summer in Mexico! Temperatures were 108° to 112°. We were literally cooking on all burners and remembering that HELL is HOTTER!!! “FUEGO – HOLY GUACAMOLE!”
Altogether, these dynamic teams ministered to 8,377 boys, girls, youth and adults and saw 1,281 salvation decisions for Christ! Praise the Lord! There were many awesome testimonies of salvation and healings!
The team also painted the new warehouse where all of our ministry literature will be stored. We split up into three teams and went to parks, plazas and school each day. We gave out 6,600 lbs of beans and rice. The teams ministered in 32 schools all over Nuevo Laredo.
On the afternoon of June 15th we received the news of a tornado that hit Perryton, Texas! The news was devastating and the team with us from Perryton decided to head home that night. Some of the team members had their homes destroyed by the tornado!
Please continue to pray for these members and the city as they are still recovering and working on their homes and businesses.
Miles Skipper from Perryton was with us from June 2nd to the 30th. Andrew Purvis, from Dallas served with us June 2-16. What an amazing difference they made as they poured out their lives for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Each one of them left a part of themselves in each person they ministered to. We were so blessed to have had them with us!