Praise the Lord, another group Jesus did mighty things with! Ten days after the long trip me and my family made up to Ohio and Wisconsin I was blessed to help with the mission that started on July 10 and ended on the 17th. Sarah and I decided that because of the long trip that we had just made it would be better for Josiah if he wouldn’t make the long trip to Mexico so I went on this one without my family. And let me tell you it was hard to be away from them, never will that happen again!! It was a group of priests and seminarians from all over the country. In this mission I was able to see how when the clergy and the laity work so closely together that great things happen. There was one thing that blessed me and showed me the movement of the Holy Spirit. We went to ranchos every night to have mass, give testimonies, sing and pray with them. After mass father would go to the back of the chapel to hear confessions. There is a few things that the people struggle with when it comes to confession. I think the main thing is that they are just shy to confess to an american priest so there were not many people(if any) that would confess when we would go to the ranchos. But on this night after mass when we were giving testimonies I wanted to as father a question so I went out the back of the church and when I saw father, he was talking to a young girl so I stood next to father to let him know I needed to ask him something. I was not listening to what he was saying so when he blessed her I realized that he was hearing her confession! I freaked out and apologized as he asked the next young girl in line “esta lista”. I couldn’t believe it! They were young girls, maybe ten or so, and they were going to confession! Praise the Lord! There was a reading I got that confirms all that I feel in my heart. “Look over the nations and see, and be utterly amazed! For a work is being done in your days that you would not have believed, were it told.”(Habakkuk 1;5) Thank you Jesus!!!
