Mike's Mexico report: building houses in Tijuana
Mike (speaker-2) reports on his week in Tijuana with the same house-building ministry Aiden interned with. He went because Aiden, changed by his own six months there, kept urging him. Teams build simple 12-by-12 plywood houses for families who supply the land and pour the concrete. His takeaways: he is desensitized to poverty but this trip pulled him out of his comforts, gave him time for scripture and prayer, and refreshed his sense that missions needs doers and senders. He contrasts intentional missionary work with unreached people groups against low-intentionality evangelism back home, and closes by saying being around people who love Jesus reminded him God is active even when he feels in a valley.
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