El Fin de Semana

Today is July 10th, and it is our fourth and last full day in Juarez. This entire trip was amazing, thank you so much to all of you for supporting us with your prayers and donations to get us here. Today Sue, Bart, Ashley, Miranda, Sean and Adam worked at the construction site of a new Sunday school building for the church Youth Works supports while Eric, Alex, and Lauren went to Kids Club for a day of songs, soccer, and crafts with 40+ children from the community. Afterwards, we passed away our free time by playing cards, soccer, or just hanging out with the other groups here. After dinner, we piled into the bus and headed for one of the mountains that overlooks Juarez and hiked straight to the top, where we could see all of Juarez, El Paso, and some of New Mexico. At Club tonight, the Youth Works staff washed the feet of the adult leaders, who in turn washed the feet of their students. It was an amazing and humbling experience, like most of our stay here. We all have grown to love this community and its people, and leaving tomorrow will be painful, but none of us will ever forget what we have seen and heard here, or the people we've met.

--And now, a word from the Youth......
Alex says, "I want a shower."
Sean says, "Mexican mountains are a blast!"
Miranda says,"I love hiking!"
Ashley says, "My feet feel very, very clean."
Lauren says, "I love that soccer isn't limited by language."
Adam says, "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive!!!"