We praise God for His favor and His faithfulness, especially over the last few days during our Christmas Outreach event. We met most of our teams from California and New Mexico for breakfast at 6:30 AM Friday and our day was filled with getting the toys across the border (always a story in itself!) and conducting the medical clinic (held in our new store building) and sorting and preparing the toy bags for distribution on Saturday.


Dr. Trinh, Dr. Henry, Julie and Brenda brought their teams of medical personnel and volunteers in and were such a blessing to the people of Kilometer 33 in so many ways. They saw and treated many people in real need of medical attention, and spent the remainder of their time playing with the kids and helping wherever we had a need. We all had a lot of fun, and a lot of people were blessed. Jose and his daughters, Jordan and Sierra, came along and Jose gave a great message to the kids, encouraging them to give back to God, not just receive from Him.

We were blessed with cold, but clear weather, and despite temperatures in the 30s to 40s, we were able to hand out over 325 Christmas bags, 12 backpacks filled with clothes, pajamas, shoes, school supplies and toys, as well as countless stuffed animals. Smiles were abundant, and we thank you all for your involvement and your prayers for this event and for our safety. We fly home this morning, so more details to follow later.