Stephen is off......to Mexico!

Stephen is with a couple friends -- getting ready to board a plane for Mexico.  They were joining up with a team of youth and parents from our church to serve in an orphanage.  This is the same orphanage that Kirsten went to serve back in 2009.  A team has not been back to the orphanage to serve for three years....and this team that Stephen is on is the first group to go back.  The area had been too violent and deemed 'unsafe' for visitors. 

Stephen was blessed to be able to go....and served on the band in Mexico.  They lead worship on Sunday morning....and then for the children each day of the week.  The youth group put on a "Vacation Bible School" for the orphans....complete with teaching, crafts, games, and music.  It was a good time away for Stephen.  Besides playing in the band, Stephen learned to weld and helped repair a perimeter fence at the orphanage....to keep out what needs to stay out...and to keep in what needs to stay in.