Officially completed our first week in Reynosa!!!

Thank you each for the prayers that you have offered up for us. We all arrived safe and are very happy to be together. It has been a real blessing to me to see the girls play with Felix again.
We have officially completed our first week here in Reynosa. A group from Iowa was here with us. With them we did several work, outreach and food projects. There is tons of work to be done here and sometimes it can be overwhelming. Please pray that we would have guidance in where and how to use our time.
On Saturday we held our first church service complete with songs and activities for the kids. Over eighty kids attended the service. We had not done very much promotion about the event but we had over fifty adults in the service. One man came to the front after the service and asked for prayer that God would save him from the struggles in his life. The next night we again had a service in which our attendance doubled! The best part was after the service four people came up for prayer.
Monday we fed about 350 students lunch at the school. The relationship that has been established here with the school has truly been a blessing and has provided us with a direct connection to many families.
In addition to the large outreaches we have done we have also gone through the neighborhood and distributed rice to families. Through theses outreaches we have really seen how desperate and hurt the people are. It is something we already knew but going house to house really refreshes that knowledge.
The other night I was commenting to a neighbor that I have gotten to know about the cockroaches we have in the house. She gave me some good tips on how to minimize their presence. I was taken back more by how self centered I can be than I was by her great advice. We don’t have a lot of cockroaches but every house and family here does. I still want the cockroaches here to die but it has helped me remember what my neighbors’ houses are like.
Please pray for:
The right words to say when talking with our neighbors.
That Salome would find a job.
Guidance in where and how to use our time.
Health for our family
Cooler temperatures J

Thank you so much for your time and prayers.
Salome, Felix, Adirah and Astrid