This is a quick but urgent post. Please pray for Morelia, Mexico.

CFC first sent a team to Morelia, Mexico in 2005 as part of its summer missions program and had a wonderful time doing campus ministry there. With its colonial architecture and vibrant culture, the city exuded energy and beauty. It’s hard to believe that Morelians woke up this morning to see this splashed in the headlines:

7 Killed in Mexico Independence Day Grenade Attack

By TRACI CARL – 18 hours ago

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Assailants threw two grenades into a huge crowd of Independence Day revelers, killing seven and injuring more than 100 in a brazen attack that escalates the war between Mexico’s army and drug gangs. (Read more…)

I can’t believe this picture. I am pretty sure this is the same spot we were at during our first weekend outreach.

The New York Times covered it too. (Read here)

Needless to say, please please pray… for Mexico, for Morelia, for the churches, for the victims, for the assailants, for God to reveal His glory in the midst of this chaos.

Collage from safer times ‘05: