Texas State students minister in Mexico
Posted: 3/20/08
| Students work to repair the driveway at Matamoros Children’s Home in Matamoros, Mexico. |
Texas State students minister in Mexico
By Josh Morgan
Texas State University
MATAMOROS, Mexico—Each spring break, the border towns of Mexico are flooded with American students searching for a week of freedom.
This year, a group from Texas visited Matamoros to share a different type of freedom.
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A 21-member team from Texas State University stayed at the Matamoros Children’s Home, where they ministered to the 150 children and also took part in maintenance of the home, including extending the driveway.
The team also provided an afternoon children’s outreach for a church and its surrounding neighborhood 45 minutes away from the home.
After prayer walking the area the first day, the group led an afternoon outreach for about 50 children that included worship songs, Bible studies, crafts and games.
The outreach enabled the Texas State students to share their Christian faith with the children.
The children showed the students that joy can abound in each person despite having little, trip participants said, noting people can be sustained by the joy of Christ in their lives.
“It was amazing to experience such a huge language barrier and still see God working in their lives through it all,” said Faith Morgan, Texas State Baptist Student Ministries intern in charge of organizing the children’s ministry.