Mission: Reynosa – School for The DeafSaturday July 22 Population +1/2 million

Estimated 2000 school age deaf children to reach

1.Atlanta to Houston, Tx (1 ½ hour flight) 2.Houston to McAllen, TX(1/2 hour flight)3.McAllen to Reynosa, Mexico (20 minute drive)

Team of 4 churches from New Jersey, Texas, Alabama, and Georgia.  We primarily worked at the hospital site with some

specialty work at the school and orphanage.  Our team consisted of little ones (age 4) all the way up to a Grandpa. 

Total of 50+ people of various ages and backgroundcoming together to serve the church and to make way for the

Good News to be preached

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Where we stayed from July 21-28

Isaiah 55 Mission

Isaiah 55 Deaf Ministries

•is a grace-based mission that evangelizes the communities of Mexico

•through the education of the deaf – an unreached and often neglected people group.

•A vital part of this mission is ministering to volunteer work teams as they join us in fulfilling the Great Commission.

•Ministry goes far beyond the walls of the classroom, reaching the students’ families as well. Through Mexican Sign Language classes, the parents and siblings will finally be enabled to communicate with their loved ones.

All ages and all kinds of people

Missionaries

Noelton, Kate, and Sadler Beale

Correy Moore

John Clow Erin Knobloch

Erwin Lopez

The Summer Staff

Trip to Orphanage

4 Areas of Work Monday thru Friday:

VBS

Site 1 – the school for the deaf

Site 2 – the “hospital” site & the “box” across the street

La Casa Verde (Green House)

Vacation Bible School

Site One – School for the Deaf

Correy Moore

Site Two - Hospital

Motel where we Stayed

Keeping up with laundry needs

Resting after a day of electrical work

Washing & Sanitizing dishes

Lots of Rest after a day in the service of the Lord

What were my impressions of this short-term mission trip?

Lots of families from 5 PCA Churches from all around the country –young children and all ages up grandparent-aged adults

Orderliness and provision given to all that came – wholesome food and drink, comfortable sleeping arrangement, Praise and preaching service at the end of each day, all necessary tools / supplies to do the jobs were readily available to optimize effectiveness in the one week we were there

What we did in the physical was making way for the spiritual and what we did in the physical was only possible by what had been already been done in the spirit through prayer, ect.

We are making way for the first of many neighborhood schools for the deaf in the Reynosa area – we helped pioneer the work. First school class began last September 4th, 2006

All activities were preceded with prayer (the prayer circle) and at the sites we had prayer-chair time (every ½ hour someone was praying from our own groups for safety, ect)

“Come, every one that is thirsty, come to the waters; he that has no money,come, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price" Isaiah 55:1

For more information visit the website

www.isaiah55.org