Hello,

My name is Christine or “Christina” as my brothers and sisters called me in Ensenada, Mexico.

I spent three weeks at the Love Mexico Mission Center located in Ensenada with a friend as a mission trip for the summer. Before the trip, I wasn’t sure what to expect: I didn’t know I was going to teach English every day; I didn’t know I was going to teach Spanish to indigenous people; I didn’t know I was going to lead a bible study in Spanish every night; I didn’t know I was going to take out hundreds of nails out of used wooden boards; and most of all, I didn’t know I was going to fall in love with the people in Mexico.

To be honest, I was not prepared to do any of the things that I did in Mexico. Do I speak the language fluently? No way… I took four years of Spanish in high school and that was it. But God called and I obeyed. No experience in teaching, no experience in Spanish, no experience in construction, and I lack so much more…but He still used me. And to be honest, just like any other short-term missions trip, I gained so much more than what I gave.

I admire the Elders and the other missionaries down in Mexico who are serving and loving the people for the Kingdom of God. As I was working with them side by side, I saw the genuine love that they had for the people and it challenged me. This trip definitely has impacted my life deeply and I can’t wait till I go back and see my family in Mexico again. I challenge you, whomever you may be reading this, to go down there and experience the love that the people have for God and for you as well.