I found Jesus here

Lantern Hill is a Lutheran servant ministry site and retreat center, south of Ensenada, Mexico. Located on the edge of a large agricultural farming community, the retreat center sits on a small peninsula about 3 football fields wide, and is flanked by the mountains that form the Baja Peninsula on one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other. I chose this location as the place to start my sabbatical from my work as Director of Youth Ministry for our synod (a regional designation/name) of the Lutheran Church. I came to serve and learn from my friends who started this ministry, and from the native people, many of whom are living at or near the poverty line, who have migrated to this area of Mexico to find work. But I also came to rest and renew myself personally and professionally. Over the next few days, I will humbly try to reveal the story of this place, my time here, and my reflections about the experiences and people I am encountering. The one thing I am reminded of every time I come here is that as Lutheran Christian "missionaries," we are not bringing Jesus to the people of Mexico...Jesus is already here, and I see Him in the faces, hear Him in the voices, and experience Him in the hospitality of the people every time I am here. Like the disciples who encounter Christ on the road to Emmaus on the day of Jesus' resurrection, I hope I can just walk along and listen intently to what Jesus is trying to say to me while I'm here.