Day 2 – October 23: Sam arrived the night before. We met for
breakfast around 8:30, ate with 3 local pastors, and then our church plant
tour. Our first meeting was at a weekly pastor’s prayer meeting. Although we
arrived late, most every pastor waited for us. The wife of that church’s pastor
fixed us lunch (some sort of fish with rice), and we were off.
We visited 13
different churches that day. It was really encouraging to see the work being
done in Guerrero. We did not venture too far outside of Acapulco as the
majority of the population is located within a few miles of the primary city.
It was nice to meet some new friends. We returned to the hotel worn out a bit
after 10:05PM.
Day 3 – October 24: Our day started with breakfast, then we
got picked up again by the church planting strategy coordinator for the Mexico
Baptist Convention, Calet (he was our host the whole trip). The agenda was to
visit 5 more church plants and continue to decipher how God was leading. Much
like the previous day, it was constant moving from one church to another,
taking time to visit and pray with each planting pastor. The primary difference
was that the churches were further spread out.
The final church we visited was
on top the point of Acapulco. Community members do not consider themselves part
of Acapulco. There were 120 homes in this neighborhood and it was also the
latest target area for a church plant. One widow donated two plots of land to
build a church, and a sponsor church is arranging to purchase two more plots of
land. The hope is to create a retreat center for churches to use to get away
from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
Day 4 – October 25: We woke up early and flew home.
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