When I first arrived in Mexico in January 06 I wondered if I had really heard God’s voice telling me to come here. The place was so dirty and ugly. I peered through the bars out the window of my room and I saw what looked like a small mountain, actually it was the city dump. There was little grass and lots of dirt. It seemed everything was broken and trash was everywhere. The air was heavy with the smell of burning trash, sewage and animal waste. I sat on my bed and asked God if I really had to stay here.

My heart has changed since that first day in Mexico. The place is still ugly, dull, and smelly but I have realized God had a bigger plan. The reason God brought me here was not to admire the land but the people both Mexican and American. The people I have come in contact with are not perfect but they are willing to let God use them. When you come across people open to God you find that they have a special beauty within them. The beauty I found shining through people in Mexico was unexpected and stirring. I have been challenged to begin to try and seek out the beauty in everyone. God has taught me that even in the place I thought I could never see beauty there was beauty all around me.