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We've been building 3 homes this week. We will be done with two of them today. Right now on our lunch break, some of our students are heading back to the center to get ready for VBS while others start working on the 2nd half of the day in construction. We have made so many friends while working and I know that I will truly miss many of these people. I know in my heart, I will spend eternity getting to know them and have hope in our God and his promise of life everlasting. Tonight however, I have a sense that many students will feel that the trip is over. This is not the case. Our trip is not over yet.

A week before the trip, I mentioned the idea of seeing the van (see first post). The van metaphor still holds true. When hiking around the final bend, the van becomes visible. The moment the van becomes visible, you know the trip is over. My challenge to the students is to delay "seeing the van" until as late as possible. There will still be plenty of time to connect with our friends from Mexico tonight, time to connect with each other in San Diego, and time to talk and discuss how Christ has moved in our lives on this trip during the plane ride home. It is important to press on and rely on the strength of our Lord for the rest of our trip in order to listen to the still small voice of God speaking to us on this trip. If we check out too early and see the van, our American way of thinking may side-track us from engaging the people and surroundings God has put us in. Delay "seeing the van". Pray that we would stay fully engaged and that our hearts would be quiet enough to hear God speaking to us.

In Him,
Reed