Hope and Chocolate in Mexico

In Ensenada I...

was romanced by a fierce and wild God.
lost hope.
remembered a death.
played violin on a rooftop to a butterfly dancing.
served a lot of hot chocolate.

met people who build Homes of Hope.
met people who need Homes of Hope.
met people who had Homes of Hope.

remembered what hope really is.

painted the tool shed at a women's recovery home.
played with the children at a women's recovery home.
preached on beauty at a women's recovery home.

served chocolate' caliente in the red light district.

got lost driving to Rancho Sordo Mudo, a school for the deaf.
(The children were still home for the summer.)
wept at stories of God's provision for Rancho Sordo Mudo. 

saw hope living at Rancho Sordo Mudo.

served chocolate' caliente in the red light district.

drove to Tijuana to help prepare for YWAM's 50th celebration.
joined in a worship celebration with people in LA, Brazil, Amsterdam, and other places through skype on steroids.
got my picture videoed and displayed on skype on steroids.  Awkward. 

did not serve chocolate' caliente in the red light district.

visited la Bufadora.
said "la Bufadora" a lot because it is a funny word.

served chocolate' caliente in the red light district.
played my violin.
in the red light district.

somewhere between the red light district, the cliffs diving into the sea, and my violin, I found hope.

Rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him.  Psalm 37:7

Chuwl, the Hebrew word which is translated "wait" in the above passage means:

to twist, to whirl, to dance, to writhe, fear, tremble, travail, to be in anguish, to be pained, to whirl about, to bear, bring forth, to wait anxiously, to be born, whirling, writhing, suffering torture, to wait longingly, to be distressed


to hope.

More to come...