Rio 3 craziness

What a crazy day with these 60 middle schoolers from Cincinnati! They wanted to bless the people at Rio 3, an extremely impoverished squatter village next to the river in Monterrey, in a big way. The kids raised money through penny wars at their school, and part of that made today happen. We served arrachera tacos, which is a really fancy kind of beef, to over 500 people. That means we made over 2,000 tacos! I can tell you that because I had to cook all 2,000+ of the tortillas and it took almost 5 hours. And the men had to grill 220 lbs of beef which took almost 6 hours. Besides the meal they also handed out groceries to 125 families who are involved in the church there, which included milk, cereal, rice, beans, eggs, pasta, oil, a whole chicken, some beef, and clean water. They also had a bunch of clothes and so several hundred people were able to pick out 4 new items of clothing. What an amazing afternoon with those kids! I love how God is using these kids to meet so many needs here in Monterrey.