Mexico (MNN) ― It's the second annual mission trip for Christian Resources International. CRI's John Lowry is with the team in Guaymas, (WHY-mas) Mexico. They're supporting missionary partners there in literature distribution, and evangelism. "We have the opportunity to put pastor libraries into the hands of all of the graduating students in the local Bible college. We'll have a chance to give them good study Bibles and materials that will help them in their training and their studies. Then, as they depart out to their ministries, they'll have resources that will be available to them." The Bible school graduates its next class in two weeks.
Lowry says they're back with missionary partners Jesse and Jenny Navarro to help them with their outreach. For the rest of this week, the CRI team will be involved in evangelistic work the Navarros have already started. "We have three different locations where we're going to be putting three different Vacation Bible Schools. It'll give us the chance to present the word to children and their families. Friday, we actually will be spending a day in a village that has very little kind of this interaction with American teams."
In addition, the King's Kids Orphanage, also run by the Navarros, added enough room to accommodate another eight or nine small children. Rather than aim for an institutionalization with more children, the Navarros opted instead for a home atmosphere and house parents. That enables them a closer and warmer interaction with the children.
A new building next to the orphanage, which will house extra bathrooms, sinks and showers for the influx of children they're anticipating in the next few years.
A nearly finished medical clinic on the property will house dental equipment and a newly-donated machine that magnifies print and projects it onto a wall. That will enable sight-impaired villagers to have the ability to decipher text.
CRI is excited to be a part of the Navarros' vision for kingdom building in one of the poorest areas of Guaymas. It's a partnership that plants seeds and nurtures harvest in the Great Commission.
