There is no easy way to explain this story without it sounding weird. Yesterday I took a group of 7 down to Mexico where we partnered with Spectrum Ministries. The whole goal of the day was to provide showers, clean clothes and food for a village of people in Tijuana. We eneded up giving showers to 149 Mexican boys. Mark Gomez (one of my students) washed every single one of those kids feet. I helped get them in and out of the showers. It was a cool trip because we were meeting a very specific need that these children had. Another cool part was we weren’t preaching, doing dramas, singing songs or any of that. We were just meeting a very specific physical need. The pastor who ran the whole thing said that the majority of those kids have no male role models in their lives and us splashing them with water and helping them get clean was a huge deal. I liked it.
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Lars,
In about 1994 my brother and I went down there with Spectrum. And we did the exact same thing. He and I washed the feet of about 150 boys. It was the most difficult, and also the most amazing experience we have had. I won’t forget that moment. It really transformed me in many ways, especially in regards to what humble service looks like. It gave me a lot of perspective and insight into the whole example of footwashing, and what it must have meant for Jesus to wash the feet of his disciples. Wow!
rhett