Topo Chico in Monterrey

I am in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico this week participating in some preparatory work for an evangelism clinic in August. Brother Bill lead us to Monterrey to meet some of the pastors from the city. We spent Thursday and Friday visiting some of the miistry areas. Pastor Rolando of El Calvario Baptist Church in Monterrey took us to a neighborhood in Monterey that Pastor Jaime has been ministering to. This particular neighborhood suffers from poverty, gangs, broken families and drug abuse. Were it not for the work that Pastor Jaime has invested into the lives of these individuals we were told it would not have been safe for us, but the people from the neighborhood have grown to respect him. It seemed that almost every young person we spoke to was high from sniffing a form of paint thinner. Here is Pastor Jaime with some of the young people he is trying to reach for Christ.

Two of the young girls confessed to their daily struggle with drug addiction and expressed a desire to get off of them and seek Christ. Letty and OJ, through the scripture, exhorted them and prayed for them. They also shared the gospel with some of the other young ladies as well.



We made a stop at an HEB to buy some soda and bread to take to the people at the Topo Chico neighborhood. Brother Bill and everyone else pitched in to distribute it.




Pastor Jaime surely has his work cut out for him. As I mentioned earlier, most of these young people (practically every one of them) was high from sniffing the paint thinner. One of them would carry the liquid under their shirt and everyone else carries with them a small rag they clutch in their had after soiling it with the paint thinner. They clutch their hand and inhale it from there.