It’s well into December and the season of giving has begun. Stores and churches across America have started their clothes drives,  food drives, and bake sales to help those without this year. And  although the season looks slightly different here in Mexico, the spirt of giving is still very much the same.In the past few weeks Simple Love has participated in several projects across town. 

 Handing Out food at the Hospital:  there is often a crowd of people waiting for appointments outside the local hospitals. Because of the fear that they will miss their “spot in line” for their appointment they wait all day to hear their name called, not even leaving for lunch.  It has become a regular service project to hand out tacos and coffee and offer to pray for those people outside.

Orphanage Visits:

 This month we spent several Saturdays hanging out with the kids at the orphanage. Whether it was by making “American Sugar Cookies “ ( who know it would be such a new experience for them) or by having a bonfire and roasting marshmallows , we are excited to see our relationships with the kids growing with every visit.
 

This Month with Simple Love

Angel Tree:

What:   This Christmas Season we are giving the Orphans an opportunity to give rather than receive. Our goal is to reach 50 kids whose families were greatly affected by Hurricane Alex, and bless them by helping to give them Christmas presents.

Cookies for Haiti : These next two Sundays  Simple Love will be selling cookies at church to raise money for the Haiti Relief Project.

Coat/Winter Clothes Drive: Simple love is also collecting blankets,  winter goats, gloves, hats, etc.. in the community to send to those living along the river who were most affected by Hurricane Alex this summer.

How can I Help?

We’re glad you asked.  Below are different ways you can help Simple Love change Mexico!

For The Hospital :  We would love to buy a used coffee maker to have for when we go to the hospital. As of now, we heat the water and use instant coffee, but would be able to provide more coffee for longer with something to brew the coffee.

For the Orphange:   In order to allow kids from the orphanage to  pick a child from the river to bless, we need to raise the money to buy the gifts. There are 23 children in the orphanage,  and we have set a limit of  100 -150 pesos ( $10-15 dollars) for each gift. 

If you would like to donate and help Simple Love continue to reach people in our community please contact Danielle Hanson or Hannah Newby via Facebook . Thank you for your continued Prayer and Support  :)

What does love look like?

“ And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge.” – Ephesians 3:20

After  years of Sunday school lessons, church sermons, and youth conferences  we can tell you, that as Christians we are called to love.  It is the greatest commandent, and yet sometimes the easiest to push aside. But what would it look like if we really grasped  the love God has for his people? What would it look like if we shared it?  

Dear children let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1^st John 3:18

Simple Love is a group of people who desire, above all else, to know God’s love and to live it. To not only talk about it, but to put His love into action, to meet people in their daily routines of life.  Because as we are learning,Love is feeding people who have been waiting outside of the hospital all night. It is being a consistent Godly  influence in the lives of children at the orphanage. It’s a simple Christmas card for the  residents at the nursing home, and an offer to listen to the girls inside the abortion clinic. Love isn’t extravagant  or expensive, it is taking the time to care about people, it is taking the time to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We believe that through these simple acts of love this city will be changed, that Nuevo Leon will changed, and that the country of Mexico  will changed.

Because of our great expectations for  the things happening here in Linares, we are committed to keeping You updated so that you too will be inspired to love. Here, we will post pictures of our ministry outings,  needs, testimonies, and stories.  

-          Simple Love

"Y pido que arraigados y cimentados en el amor, puedan comprender, junto con todos los santos, cuán ancho y largo, alto y profundo es el amor de Cristo, y de conocer el amor que excede a todo conocimiento." - Efesios 03:20
Después de años de clases de escuela dominical, sermones de la iglesia, y las conferencias de jóvenes que puedo decir, que como cristianos estamos llamados a amar. Es la mayor encomienda, y sin embargo, a veces los más fáciles de hacer a un lado. Pero qué se vería si realmente captamos el amor que Dios tiene para su pueblo? ¿Qué aspecto tendría si lo compartimos?
Queridos hijos, no amemos de palabra ni de lengua, sino de hecho y en verdad. 1 Juan 3:18
El amor es un simple grupo de personas que desean, por encima de todo, conocer el amor de Dios y vivirlo. No sólo para hablar de ello, pero para poner su amor en acción, para conocer gente en sus rutinas diarias de la vida. Porque como estamos aprendiendo, el amor es alimentar a las personas que han estado esperando fuera del hospital toda la noche. Estar siendo una constante influencia piadosa en la vida de los niños en el orfanato. Se trata de una simple tarjeta de Navidad para los residentes en el asilo de ancianos, y una oferta de escuchar a las chicas dentro de la clínica de aborto. El amor no es extravagante o caro, es tomarse el tiempo para la atención de la gente, es tomarse el tiempo para ser las manos y los pies de Jesús. Creemos que a través de estos sencillos actos de amor a esta ciudad será cambiada, que Nuevo León será cambiado, y que el país de México será cambiado.

Debido a nuestra gran expectativa por las cosas que suceden aquí en Linares, estamos comprometidos a mantenerte actualizado para que ustedes también se sientan inspirados a amar. Aquí, vamos a publicar fotos de nuestras salidas ministerio, las necesidades, testimonios e historias.
- Simple Amor