Collins Family in Mesick, MI

Thank you all so much for praying for us during our trip! We want to share with you some of the thoughts and experiences we had during our time in Puebla. One of our first impressions was how big Puebla is! Puebla is a very large and quickly growing city, with over 3 million people living there. Both of us grew up in much smaller towns, and although we’ve been in big cities before, the thought of living in such a large city was overwhelming at first. However, as we got to know people there and begin to familiarize ourselves with different neighborhoods, the size of the city became a little less overwhelming. During our time in Puebla we had the opportunity to spend time with several Camino Global missionaries. We were able to learn firsthand about many of the ministries in Puebla and hear the heart of the missionaries serving there. We really enjoyed our time of fellowship with the missionaries, and we loved seeing how unified they all are. They work really well together as a ...

Tomorrow morning, while you will probably still be sleeping, we will begin our journey to Mexico. Our first flight is scheduled just before 5:30 AM, and we will be traveling all day with two connecting flights before we get to Puebla, Mexico tomorrow evening. We found out today that the airline we are flying with (Delta) had a major glitch in their system a couple days ago with hundreds of flights canceled, and so we are hoping and praying that our flights will not be canceled or delayed tomorrow. Please pray with us for safe and timely travel and connections tomorrow, and for patience and wisdom should we have to deal with canceled or delayed flights. Please pray for our different opportunities while we are in Mexico. We will have opportunities to meet many missionaries and other contacts in the Puebla area. We will have opportunities to see a variety of ministries and places we can serve in the future. We will have opportunities to share the gospel as I (Chris) speak at an orphanage...

The tickets are bought and the trip is scheduled! In just 5 short weeks, we will be traveling to visit Puebla, Mexico, where we hope to serve as missionaries in the near future.  During our 13-day trip, August 10-22, we have several goals we hope to accomplish. We want to see firsthand the place where we want to minister. God has already given us a burden to help especially with an orphan care ministry in Puebla. We would also like to see if there are other ministries besides an orphanage that God would have us be a part of there. Another goal we have is to get to know many of the missionaries in the area. We were already privileged to meet Kevin and Andrea Bult and their family, and they will introduce us to many other missionaries and good contacts in Puebla.  We are so excited about our trip, and we already can't wait to be there! Please pray with us and for us as we prepare to begin this journey. Pray for safety in our travels, for provision for our financial needs, f...

Welcome to our blog! We are Chris and Sarah Collins. We are about to embark on a journey that we've been waiting for all our lives. We are taking a trip to Mexico in August 2016 as we begin our Camino , or journey, toward becoming full-time missionaries to Mexico. We would like you to join us on our exciting journey! We chose the name Camino to Mexico in part because Camino is the Spanish word for journey (or way, or path), and also because the mission board we hope to go through is called Camino Global. We hope this blog will help connect you to our current and future ministries, keep you updated on our progress along the journey, and most of all that it would point you to Jesus Christ our Savior. And so begins the Collins's Camino to Mexico!