Reflections From Terry

The trip opened my eyes to the works of God and the devil and
how the devil is continually trying to derail Gods works. It also
taught me to trust in God and he will guide you.
Just some examples of how the devil tries to discourage us and
how Gods presence prevails can be found below:
- We almost had to return to the US after gas cans were discovered in
one of our trucks. We got someone from Brownsville to retrieve them and
bring them back to the US.
- One of the team members was almost brought to the jail house before we
left Matamoros. One of the people in that vehicle knew how to solve
that issue and did so without hesitation.
- We were stopped a second time by some locals outside of Tampico for a
traffic violation. That cost us some funds to continue our trip! Our
translators found a way get us out of that predicament so we could
continue.
- When we started working hand in hand with the locals, the Mexican
health Department came in and said we could not interact with them and
quarantined the villagers to their homes because of the Swine Flu scare.
We continued to work on the roof with just the folks from our group.
- A local religious leader tried to impose his will on the villagers and
get us thrown out of the village. The villagers stood up for us and we
were able to stay and continue Gods work.
Through all of these adversities, our group remained faithful
and prayed during each event for Gods help and guidance. As a group, we
pulled together to reach positive outcomes to each and every situation.
I've seen God's work first hand in a calming solution to some difficult
problems. Those solutions came because we never tried to do these
things on our own but rather with prayer and the strength of the groups
opinions and suggestions.
I've been blessed by God many times on this trip. I was
baptized in front of my friends and family in a paradise setting. I
remained calm, with Gods presence, when adversity was present. Not once
during the entire trip did I ever think we could not solve a problem or
present a positive alternative to our adversities.
I feel as though the Devil was hard at work on this years trip.
And as hard as he worked, that's how hard we pulled together, with Gods
help, to solve his puzzles.
Just a parting note. All of these activities were shared with
my wife and she is determined to be present the next time we make our
way to Mexico.
God bless all who supported us and all we left behind.
Till next time.
Terry Waguespack