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We had about 200-350 kids each day, and we had to divide them into four groups. When we had what looked close enough to four separate groups, the youth handed out all of the supplies to the kids. There wasn’t much order, but we got through it. Finally, it was time for the children to go home, so Jonathon took the candy out. The girls and I exchanged looks and thought to ourselves, “Oh no.” Within 3 seconds flat, all of the children were shoving, pushing, and crowding around him and yelling for the candy. After 15 minutes, we managed to make three lines, and passed out the candy. By the time we all loaded onto bus, we were fast asleep. The next two days went by in the same manner, with growing pressure and grudges inside of our team. By the middle of the week, our leader had gotten into a fight with another boy and they were not speaking to each other. People were talking behind each other’s backs, and everything was a mess. It wasn’t long until the youth pastor took the entire youth team into a separate room and talked to us about the greatest evilness being in our group. Then, he left to pray for us. Jonathon began to talk, and started to cry. He expressed his hurt feelings and asked for forgiveness to those he had hurt. Afterwards, all of us apologized, and we began to feel like a real team for the first time. We became even closer by staying up all night talking and playing games. I know that we had a stronger team than last year. Last year, we had no trouble, but nobody really connected with the people there. This year, we got to know the kids personally, and I believe Satan was afraid of that. That’s why he put all of these obstacles and burdens on our shoulders to drag us down. Yet, we pulled through and fought back. There were so many incidents in
which my team and I experienced spiritual battles on the mission field. On
certain nights, we held revivals right outside the plaza. Every single night,
as the revival began, these screeching black birds would fly
Mexico Missions Trip was filled with laughter, tears, fun, and praise, and I know that the true purpose of missions is to let them the people know about God, but during this certain trip, I was taught so many life lessons that I could not have learned any other way. I really don’t know if we converted any people to Christianity, or let the children see what Jesus is really like, but I know for sure that we have a place in their hearts. They will remember us for the rest of their lives as the strange people that came and simply smiled at them. Even though we might have not preached or spread the Gospel, a smile was enough to show them God’s love.
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of nowhere and land in the tree right next to the stage. The noise was hideous,
and they would stay there until revival ended. That was only the beginning. In
the middle of praise, the clouds would darken, and it would start to pour. On
the night when the youth were supposed to present the dance, we ran around in
circles singing songs, until the rain suddenly stopped. Some may say it was
mere coincidence, but as we were singing, and as we were dancing later on, I
felt the Holy Spirit. During one night, the youth group was sitting at the very
back, when all of us heard a faint jingling music of an old ice cream truck.
The music abruptly stopped, and a man’s loud laughter was heard. It wasn’t a
regular laugh though; as hard as it might be to believe, the sound was evil.
That is truly the only way to describe it. It sounds like a scene from a horror
movie, but the entire team heard it. The frightening thing was that no one else
seemed to notice the sound… On the last day of revival, when the pastor was
preaching, the translator just ran off the stage in the middle of his sermon.
To our great relief, we found out that she had to go to the restroom. Many may
laugh, but it wasn’t just coincidence that she happened to run off right in the
middle of the message. Even after that, in the middle of his message, we heard
loud satanic music by ACDC being blasted off in a nearby building. These may
sound like little distractions to some people, but what we witnessed were the
forces of good and evil battling one another.