Mexico's Mother Teresa (part 2)

I looked at some pictures today from another team member that was on our recent Mexico Mission. Mark Mulberry, from Wisconsin, took a lot of pictures at the orphanage we visited. He took this one.

We had worked all morning at the job site and in the afternoon we took all of our teenagers to visit the orphanage while a group of men set roof beams and began sheeting the roof. Since this is potentially dangerous work, particularly if it is windy, we felt like our teenagers would be safer away from the job site. This picture was taken during the time that I spent talking with Sister Josephina, the director of the orphanage. Because I was the only spanish speaking person there that day, I had her all to myself. Read my first post to find out some of the things we talked about. Later, after reflecting on our conversation, it amazed me how much she has accomplished without all of the "things" that we think we need for ministry. She doesn't have an office, computer, high speed internet connection, PDA, latest cell phone, or anything else. As we toured the facilities just after arriving there, she did point out a room that she said would make a great office. I passed that request on to several people that could help make it come to pass. As we were leaving, a funny thing happened. In this picture you can see my rosy cheeks and sunburned arms. A boy of about 6 or 7 saw the bandana around my neck and asked me in spanish if he could have it. Some of our team had given their bandanas away and were tying them on the children's heads. He wanted the same thing. I took it off and carefully tied it on his head. He looked up at me and asked, "are you Santa Claus?". Rosy cheeks, white beard, old man compared to him... I wish I had more to give. We'll work on it. Even a lot of small gifts and useful items would go a long way to blessing these children and their "mother Teresa". I had one other "life changing event" many years ago in Mexico, at an orphanage in Ensenada. This may have been my second Mexico epiphany.