Wednesday was yet again another GREAT DAY here in Monterrey! After a quick midweek cleanup of our dorms we loaded up the bus to go pick up the kids from Manantial De Amor. All the boys, girls and little ones joined us on 3 full busses and we traveled to a canyon park in Monterrey that is literally surrounded by mountains on all sides, it was absolutely gorgeous!
We ALL partnered up with kids and had lunch then part of the group decided to go on a hike/mountain climb that was a hardcore climb up the side of one of the mountains while the other group either played games and colored or went swimming in a pool that they have there at the park.
The hiking team was gone for a couple hours climbing up a trail and exploring a small cave and avoiding as many cactus' as they could! The swim team pretty much spent the entire 2-3 hours in the pool swimming, tossing, splashing and dunking kids! Everybody had a GREAT time with their little buddies! We ended our time at the park with some tamales for dinner and then it was time to load up the busses and say goodbye to our new friends! We had spent the last 3 days with all these kids and the relationships that formed during that time were truly remarkable! The team kept their composure together to send the kids off with smiles and laughter, but there were quite a few tears once our bus had departed.
Tonight at debrief the team had an amazing time of sharing stories of the day's activities and the way that they interacted with their buddy. There were many stories, but in the end the team was confident that God has a plan for each and every one of those kids lives and that our time here was part of that plan. And even though it is sad that we have to part ways with our buddies, we know that they are going to be continually loved by Back 2 Back and the wonderful men and women that run Manantial de Amor and who knows, we may see them again next year!
We hit it hard one more day (Thursday) with an outreach to the Cadereyta and some play time with the kids there that we met on Sunday! Thanks for your continued love and prayers!
-Johnny
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I'm so proud of all of you for giving so much of yourself to those children this week. They will remember that forever. Austin, I'm really missing you bud, and I can't wait to hear all your stories when you return! Enjoy the rest of the week everyone.
Kim (Mom) Gundy
Johny, thanks so much for you diligence in keeping all of us parents informed on what our kids are doing, its has been a nice comfort level, and the text and pictures are so wonderful!!! THANK YOU, just doesnt seem a big enough word to express our gratitude!!!
All you leaders ROCK!!!
Charity
(Lacy's mom)
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