first stop....Valle de Bravo!

We made it safely from Monterrey to Valle de Bravo which is 2 hours west of Mexico city and 3 hours from Cuernavaca. We are staying with a very anointed veteran missionary couple. They have such a cute and cozy home and have been very welcoming to our whole team. They have done tons of ministry work, and have been working in Mexcio for 30 years now.
The first night we arrived a director of a movie called "Dreams and Visions" was visiting them. It was such a coincidence because the week prior we just had learned about the muslim faith and how God has been working through peoples dreams and receiving Christ through them. Chrisabol Krusen was the director of that film and he was very interesting to listen to and our whole group learned so much from him. What a blessing!
The next day we went to a village where only a few people had accepted Christ. We showed a film about the power of pray in cities and how God can change the hearts of the whole city through prayer. Although hardly anyone showed up, one man accepted Christ, and a young 14 year old girl also. God really put it in my heart that the seeds that we are planting will harvest many.
Tuesday, in the morning we went to see the monarch butterflies that swarm to one part in Mexico. It was absolutely amazing to see! It's something that everyone needs to see because pictures can't capture it! In the evening we did dramas and dances with the kids at a different village similar to the first but they were more accepting of us. Kelly was able to share her testimony with them and we had a pinata for the children.

Today was the most intense so far. We went to the city prison to put on a little christmas program. We served about 200 inmates. At first I was very very scared as a young American blonde haired women but I was surpirsed at how respectful most of them were. It really felt like a movie being in there with the wires on top of the high walls, and the guards with machine guns. We did three programs first the inmates that were sentenced, then those that were waiting trial, and the third were the women. Levi shared his testimony to the men while Kelly shared hers with the women. We were very blessed by all of them, and we will never be the same.
Tonight, we went with a youth group and had a bonfire. We had worhship and Kelly shared a message about having a heart of a worshipper. It was her first time preaching and was not prepared to share but really felt God was working through her. She played one of her songs she had written at the end and one girl was very touched. She came up to her afterwards and just held onto her for several minutes, it was a very sweet moment. We also taught them a drama to share with their church. God was doing a lot tonight. Before outreach Levi felt like we were going to meet a girl named Sarah, and we we did meet a Sarah tonight. It turned out she had a lot of problems and Levi really spoke into her life. Very cool!
I know this was a long blog, but we have been doing so much! This outreach is off to a good start and we hope God keeps leading us to where His spirit is. Keep checking for updates, thank you for all your prayers!!