{"id":3173,"date":"2022-11-11T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missiondiscovery.org\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:24:11","slug":"stories-from-a-mission-group-leader-my-mission-trip-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missiondiscovery.org\/news\/stories-from-a-mission-group-leader-my-mission-trip-to-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"STORIES FROM A MISSION GROUP LEADER: MY MISSION TRIP TO MEXICO"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our short term mission trip to Mexico<\/a> in September 2022 was as always, filled with amazing encounters with God and what he is doing. It is rare for us to experience God\u2018s presence in the midst of our busy schedules and selfish priorities. However, I find that when we have set aside our most important time, electronics, and other distractions as well as begin a sincere focus on God’s word, we experience Him in ways unimaginable.<\/p>\n And yes this is possible. It happens every time we return to Mexico. While our goal is to serve, encourage, love, and help others, the team ends up encountering God<\/a> in ways that change our own lives dramatically.<\/p>\n Sharing those experiences can be difficult to express in words alone. From my experience, though I could tell many stories, of \u201cGod sightings\u201d. I want to share 4. These stood out and will catch your attention just as they did for us.<\/p>\n First was the amazing transformation of our team. After two years of cancellations, re-organizing a mission trip seemed destined to fail. There was little coherency in our group and we did not have a good preparation time<\/a>. Plane tickets were increasingly expensive and the cost of building materials more than tripled. All this, not even to mention, trying to get everyone together on the same page to focus on the trip ahead.<\/p>\n However, even after the first evening together, this team became very transparent and intimate as we shared deep hurts, failures, frustrations, difficulties, and challenges. Krystal Webb had the first evening devotional for the week.<\/p>\nStory #1:\u00a0 Mission Team Transformation<\/h2>\n