Tacos and Aliens

Be honest... when you think of Mexico, what comes to your mind? Tacos? Burritos? Illegal aliens? Drug cartels? Sombreros? If you're like most folks, that's what you think of. However, there is so much more to our neighboring country south of the border. Our church is currently in the middle of its annual Bible Conference. Our guest speaker is Dan Hall. Dan is the director of the Mexican Indian Training Center (we haven't quite figured out why it's called that). Anyway, the MITC is a campus in Cordoba, in southern Mexico. It's a place where people come from very poor outlying villages to hear the Gospel and to be trained in teaching the people of their village. It's also a place where American missionaries can go to serve on relatively short missions trips. There is such a need in Mexico. Some of these people have absolutely nothing and have no means of getting anything. I know what some of you may be thinking... aren't there needy people the U.S.? Maybe right here in our own backyard? The answer is yes. But the difference is all Americans, no matter how poor, have access to some sort of assistance. The people of Mexico do not. Why do you think they're clamoring to get across our border? Now believe me... I do not advocate these people sneaking across the border and consuming our resources and undercutting the jobs market. If Mexicans want to come here, they should do so legally. I'm only saying there is a tremendous need in Mexico. Do not be surprised if you see me and/or my family on a missions trip some time in 2013. Yeah, that's a long way off, but the need will still be there then. Just sharing my heart...