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Baño Blessings
7/14/09
The past two weeks have been exhausting, but amazing.
We had 12 people from another group called COMPA (the Mexican version of InterVarsity) join us at our Amextra site. We built some great relationships with them as we went through daily life together in the community center and as we set up booths to celebrate Amextra’s 25th anniversary.
It was also nice to have some extra hands to help with our building projects: a rain-water filter, light posts for the soccer field, and – our pride and joy – a baño seco, which is a no-water, eco-conscious latrine. Unfortunately, we’ve recently had the opportunity to become very familiar with the proper usage of the baño seco.
Guided by a few new friends in the community, several members of our team had just hiked up a mountain and returned to Amextra, tired and filthy. We were greeted with the news that the community center had run out of water. That meant no showers and no toilets.
Luckily, we only had to deal with our own stench for two days. Even so, the whole experience did turn out to be a bit of a blessing in disguise. It gave us a lesson in humility and patience, but it also opened the opportunity to invite our “mountain guides” to church with us, which they really seemed to enjoy.
We pray for more opportunities like this one as we continue walking (or climbing) through our community.
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