I have exactly six weeks left here in Mexico, and it’s hard to believe that that this year is almost over. It has been quite the experience, and I have grown a lot. But I know that there are big things to be done and achieved within this terrifyingly short time span.

Tomorrow is the first day of our ADN (DNA) conference, which also happens to be the last event I’ll be a part of with La Fuente for at least another eight months. I posted a video of it on the Miko In Mexico Facebook page (where I translated the Spanish, too), if you guys are interested in what La Fuente is doing in the creative department. But the basis of the conference is in having a solid grasp of what the church is and does, and where we as individuals fit into the greater whole – it covers a Christian’s “genetic makeup,” so to speak, hence the name, “ADN” (DNA).

I really enjoy events like these, because Vanguard contributes a lot of time and work into these conferences, giving us a break from schoolwork and giving real jobs to do in the church to prepare for the work that God is going to do and the way He’s going to move in the span of three days. For example, we had the usual prayer at the main church this morning at 8:30, and then we were split into teams, tasked with doing specific jobs: cleaning the sanctuary, cleaning the information area and the bathrooms, cleaning the kitchen, cleaning the area surrounding the church building (the sidewalk and the streets), painting, etc…

I helped with cleaning and organising the kitchen, and when I was done, I helped with basically everything else – anywhere they could put me. It reminded me how much I enjoyed helping in the church – and I continue to count down the days till I can come back and do what I initially came here for.

Until then, I have to focus on what’s right in front of me: Vanguard, the worship team, and how ends are going to be able to meet by or before December 20th. I know God will be faithful to provide for me, but I can’t help but worry about how things are going to work out.