We have friends!!!

A lot has happened since our last update! On Wednesday of last week, we went to Tec de Monterrey and Tec de Pachuca. There weren´t many students on the Monterrey campus, and we found out that it was a very cold campus toward religion (But we found out later that some of the directors are actually Christians). We met with about 6 students as well on the Pachuca campus and were able to share with them. All but one wanted to receive Christ that night! We wanted to follow up with them today (a week later) but none showed up. I pray that God is still working on their hearts.



Thursday the boys met with Francisco, a student we met on Tuesday last week. They went through a GTV with him and did some follow-up, they had a great time talking with him. Later that night we watched the soccer game and ordered Pizza Hut pizza...it was awesome!



Friday was my (Michelle) birthday! We are supposed to do service projects about once a week, but had a hard time scheduling one in Guanajuato. We emailed YWAM (Youth With a Mission) here in Pachuca to see if they had any ideas for us. Ricardo, the director, invited us over for lunch on Friday. We arrived to eat KFC and some homemade Mexican food. There we also met Javier and Luis Daniel. Ricardo shared with us his vision for Pachuca and Javier and Daniel shared with us their vision for the students on their campuses.

Saturday we went to Real de Monte, the highest town in Mexico. We ate pastes, Pachuca´s famous dish, much like a Runza, but you can choose from several different fillings.

Sunday Javier invited us to his church of about 3000 members. We enjoyed the worship so much! Afterwards we met the pastor, youth pastor, and Main (another student and friend of Javier) and got several contacts for the future. All of the Christians that we´ve met here in Pachuca have amazing visions for reaching their city with the Gospel. We have been meeting with them and sharing our ideas with them, praying with them, and building relationships.

We have spent most of this week hanging out with Main and Javier, investing in them, discipling them, and sharing with them techniques that they can use to share the Lord with their fellow students. They are amazing students, only 18 and 19 years old, but have so much faith and so much passion for the Lord. Please be praying for them to know exactly what to do in the fall when they go back to their campus and how they will be able to reach students there.

We are excited to be leaving for Ixtapa next Monday to debrief with our whole team and think about what has happened the past 6 weeks. We are also looking forward to our return to Nebraska!