Today we visited a “Comedor” – what we would call a “soup kitchen”. The border crossing took longer than expected, so when we arrived there was already a worship service in progress. We were able to find some space in the back, and joined our brothers and sisters in worship. Praise God!
After the service, the room was turned into a dining hall, where hundreds of people were fed. We brought the food from the kitchen to them, and cleared the tables as they finished eating and more people rotated in to take their place. After everyone had finished, the comedor staff handed out food supplies to the people to take home with them. The whole time this was going on, Stacy was seeing people with medical needs in a storage room off to the side – care they are unable to pay for at the local hospitals and doctor’s offices.
After everyone else had left, the staff (who are purely volunteers – they don’t get paid) served us a hand-prepared authentic Mexican meal. The food was great, but hearing their story and praying with them was awesome! We were blessed to meet, minister to, and be ministered to by people with such a heart for Christ and the people of Juarez.
At the Comedor
