Some photos from our journey, enjoy!

Donde es Brenden???????

We'll a small issue, missing a wallet.
In route to the airport Brenden's wallet was left in the transport van. Within minutes of boarding he was still waiting for the van transport to rearrive at the airport with his belongings. Unfortunately it was to late for our flight though.
All worked out in the end. Wallet and Brenden made it home safe.

Last Full Day

Please keep us in your prayers as we end our week here. We were able today to attend 'Good Sheperd Babtista Church', yes a sister church here in Mazatlan. This is the church that brought about the orphanage. While traveling throughout Mexico to find a good location for the orphanage, Ed's car broke down in Mazatlan. He made some calls to some local churches to see if someone could help his situation. When he rang the church of Efram (pastor), the secretary said the doctor was out. Well long story short the pastor is also a doctor, and he had been praying for years for an orphanage to become established for handicap children. Our first trips to Mazatlan included VBS with this church, which is well established and thriving. This morning we arrived just before a phone call from home in which we learned of my moms passing in the night. She went in her sleep without much pain. Efram was a blessing this morning. We appreciate our dear friend. Thank you again for your prayers, this has been an amazing trip, and we look forward to sharing it with you in person. Pray as we travel tomorrow, and as we return to our families. Cathy and Brenden Burge

Survival mode

We survived the storm. We arrived back from our stint in town to update our blog yesterday and we remained without power until 2 am. Its hard to get around in the dark, but we survived. The fireflies were out in the hundreds due to all the rain. We all sat under our covered area and watched as if at a drive in theatre.
This morning we were able to have 1 VBS, which was awesome. 74 kids, 3 pinatas and lots of fun! Ask Kent about his pink shirt!
We have moved into the city for debriefing, watch for some photos....

monsune activities

While the rain was pouring down we were fixing a few things in the house and the kids kept getting in the way being all stuffed inside, so we decided to do some crafts. In the process we had to go back and forth to our dorms, this is less than a block, and we got DRENCHED!!! the kids made bags with stickers and markers and had fun with them, but we were glad when the rain finally let up. Hopefully tomorrow they can use these bags to pick up candy from the piñatas at our VBS. As of now we are without power so pray the repairs will be done quickly. We drove through town and several power lines were down. Most of our projects are finished and everything is going along pretty smoothly.

Day 1

We´ve arrived and hit the ground running. Our in country leader Ed, was hospitalized the day he arrived. He returned to the orphanage today, revitalized from possible food poisoning.
All is well, very calor (hot). It will take a bit to get adjusted to. Work is getting under way in all different areas of the orphanage.

We should be airborne as

you recieve this post, please check back often,

and thank you for praying for us.

20 Hours to rendezvous at airport!

cowabunga

These guys are so cute, gonna hurt to slaughter them.

These are our pinata's for our VBS. Getting them to Mexico unbroken will be a challenge but with God all things are possible.

Spanish Music Class

Our fearless leader Brenden. Thanks to the Burge family for all of their hard work in preparing the team for service in country.

7 DAYS MAKES ONE WEAK!

Well, one week...
We are strong in Him, who gives us strength.
Please be praying for us as we enter the count down to in country serving.

OUR TEAM

Allie & Mark Harris,

Kelly & Kent Myers,

Brenden, Cathy,

Michael and Amanda

Burge

11 DAYS! Welcome to our Blog Site

Learning Together to

Live Like Christ, and

Reaching out In His Name

COUNT DOWN!

15 DAYS until take off!
PLEASE,
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY......

We have two more meetings and a potluck to share with our families and pass out some extra items to pack for the orphanage. Please pray for our time in the word, our health, and for the preparations left to work on.

Recent Weekend of Commissioning

Thanks to all of you who stopped and visited us at the table during the weekend services.
As many of you now know we are the first of 5 teams to go out this summer.
We leave in just 27 days from today.
We are seeking your prayers and your financial support for our team.
Please pray for Ed Barker (who coordinates the teams that come for the orphanage), he recently had knee surgery and is not yet back to 100%.
Our team members are leaving immediate family at home, so please pray for health and safety while families are apart.
Please pray for the VBS' that we are planning and for the children that will attend.
Thank you for being part of our team, we are all living our lives In His Hands

Team and Dates selected

This year the team of 8 will be travelling from Portland Airport June 14th and return June 22nd.
Please keep us in your prayers as we are gathering for trainings, preparing our testimonies, and personal fund letters. Pray that we seek His will everyday, and work on our flexibility.
Thank you again for being a part of the team by praying or financially helping us work in His name.