By pastorbillwalden
Niños Con Cámaras (Kids With Cameras) is a spiritual and humanitarian ministry to the migrant workers in the region of Vizcaino, South Baja, Mexico. 
Disposable cameras are given to kids, who then photograph their world the way they see it. The images are developed in the U.S., and turned into photographs that are sold. 100% of the proceeds are used to buy rice and beans for the families of the kids.
The kids learn to express themselves through the medium of photography. They images are taken back to them in small photo albums. They also get to contribute to assisting their families with basic needs.
Food stuffs are distributed to families as funds are available.
Besides sharing God’s Word with these people, we desire to see some of their basic needs met.
Here is a video about Niños Con Cámaras.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZwqAXftDQ
Check out the website: click here
Check out our facebook page:click here
Please consider purchasing an image, and support some needy folks in South Baja, Mexico.
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Blessings…
By pastorbillwalden
I just returned from another week in Mexico. I have been there 10 out of the last 14 days. 
This last week was not fun. The first 24 hours I enjoyed my usual portions of tacos, rice, and egg dishes, but Wednesday night, we found a “nice” restaurant that served “Enselata de Cheffe”. That sounded good, so I ordered it. I didn’t stop to check that “Enselata de Cheffe” translated into “eat this and you’ll be sicker than a dog”. Yup, the next two days were spent in my hotel room doing what sick tourists do. Let the reader beware.
I appreciate good food, and will go a bit out of my way for a good meal, the word “bit” being somewhat relative depending on what I am craving. So yeah, I can be a bit snobby when it comes to food. I have really grown (no pun intended) to appreciate the fine dining found in the Napa Valley.
But I was thinking about food critics, and how over the top and extreme restaurant reviews, etc., can be. A good meal is one thing. Extreme, opinionated diatribes about food…me no like. At some point, it seems ridiculous. Chef wars? No thanks. Baking competition? Uh, no…unless I am judging. 
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By pastorbillwalden
I apologize to those who submitted questions as church last week, and which I was unable to answer. I had to make an emergency trip to Mexico, and couldn’t get to your questions. I still have them, and will try soon…
Until then, consider this nugget I discovered while studying for Colossians 3:1-4.
Colossians 3:1-4 1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
The challenge the Colossian saints had was that religious legalists were persuading them that Jesus wasn’t enough for holy living. They were convincing them to adopt lots of weird beliefs and practices, which the Apostle Paul refuted with great energy.
As I thought about this passage, the following thoughts came to mind:
“Perhaps the overbearing legalism of the heretics came forth because the outward lives of the saints at Colossae didn’t look “good enough” to those who looked at externals. Perhaps they were not progressing fast enough to suit these legalists, or didn’t look holy enough, or in any number of ways, didn’t appear to be what the legalists thought they should be. Paul assured them that “their lives were hidden with Christ in God”. What was true about them God surely knew, and that in the good sense. God knew their holiness, their longing for change, and their pure motives. While it is true that ‘fruit’ from a Christian’s life ought to be evident, it is also true that much of what God is doing in someone is ‘hidden with Christ in God’, and will be revealed when Christ appears”.
Some pursue religion from false motives, others from pure. Some with impure motives seem to succeed with their religious pursuits. Others with pure motives seem to struggle and look less successful spiritually speaking. Our lives are “hidden in Christ with God”. While some might judge our externals, He knows us from the inside.
“As Christ died, & went into the tomb, His life was hidden with God, until he came forth & was fully & completely seen & known for Who he truly was. We died with Christ, & while part of us is truly known, the fullness of who we are in Him is hidden, until He appears. Then who we are, will be fully known”.
Blessings all…I have a crazy schedule coming up…I appreciate prayers…
