It is Christmas Eve and I am sitting at my aunt's in southern California. Hardly seems possible that she is the last one left of her generation. Tomorrow we will be a small bunch with just 4 of us. Aunt Royetta was such a spark and she will be missed but she is spending Christmas with Jesus. Vonda Mom too is spending her first Christmas in heaven. Makes me a little jealous.
On the other hand, life continues here and there is much work to be done. I got a note from one of my English students on Sunday after the choir concert, which was, by the way, MAGNIFICENT... Cata wrote that when she came to English classes she had a hole in her heart and it was very sad. Now she is happy and her heart is whole because she met the Saviour through her funny, joyful teacher! I'm so thankful that God is faithful and is able to use me and work through me to encourage others!
Pray for Laura and Jorge. They returned from their honeymoon to find that Jorge had been released from his job. Pray for a new job and God's peace for them as they start their life together.
I love you and ask the Lord to give you a blessed Christmas!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The MK's
We have six BEAUTIFUL MK's (missionary kids) on our field and I couldn't resist sharing this picture with you...it was a challange to get them all smiling and looking in the same direction but I think we did pretty well! (from Left to Right - Oscar, Madeline, Ethan, Joshua, Tabitha and Amelia.) Merry Christmas everyone!
Wedding bells
Laura and Jorge's wedding came off without a hitch and it was a beautiful wedding. Rather than say more - I'll let a few pictures say a a thousand words.
The tradition is to pin money to the groom's shirt and write a message on it. Here is the happy couple just before they left on their honeymoon!
The tradition is to pin money to the groom's shirt and write a message on it. Here is the happy couple just before they left on their honeymoon!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Whew!
Life seems to be going at warp speed these days. The tree is up and almost all gifts are purchased (what do you get teen-age boys??!?!?!?! for not a lot of $$$!). Tomorrow is a women's evangelistic breakfast and Robin MacKinnon and I are decorating four of the eight tables. Should be fun to see all the different things people come up with. We are expecting around 80 women a number of them non-believers.
Speaking of non-believers, there are six people who are no longer in that category! During the final English class, a clear presentation of the Gospel was made and six of my students accepted the Lord. My heart is glad.
We had an adventure in the van on Monday. Carol Agnew and I were coming home from grocery shopping when we heard a sound and the wheel pulled hard to the left! The mechanics called this morning and it was the dololly that is by the wheel! (I couldn't understand the word) They were able to fix it for around $530 but it was quite a scare. Now pray with me that the Lord will provide the funds in my support account to pay for it!
Stay tuned on Monday for pictures of Laura and Jorge's church wedding. I was at a wedding last weekend. May people get married in December because they get a year end bonus so they can afford to get married then. This is a picture of Aldo and Vanessa. Aldo plays the drums in the praise team.
Hope your day is great! Thanks for your prayers!
Speaking of non-believers, there are six people who are no longer in that category! During the final English class, a clear presentation of the Gospel was made and six of my students accepted the Lord. My heart is glad.
We had an adventure in the van on Monday. Carol Agnew and I were coming home from grocery shopping when we heard a sound and the wheel pulled hard to the left! The mechanics called this morning and it was the dololly that is by the wheel! (I couldn't understand the word) They were able to fix it for around $530 but it was quite a scare. Now pray with me that the Lord will provide the funds in my support account to pay for it!
Stay tuned on Monday for pictures of Laura and Jorge's church wedding. I was at a wedding last weekend. May people get married in December because they get a year end bonus so they can afford to get married then. This is a picture of Aldo and Vanessa. Aldo plays the drums in the praise team.
Hope your day is great! Thanks for your prayers!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Much to be thankful for!
What a whirlwind week this has been! We celebrated Thanksgiving here at the house last Thursday - with eight adults and six kids. I did the turkey and green bean casserole ad everyone else brought something to share. I also made pumpkin pies from scratch as in I cut the pumpkin
and boiled it and made puree cuz you can't get canned pumpkin here.
Today Laura and Jorge got married in a civil ceremony. I told them it was good to know they were married civily! The church ceremony is a formality and is not recognized by the Mexican government so couples have to be married by a judge first. Their church wedding is Saturday the 13th. I told Jorge there was still time to run this morning! He just grinned and gazed at Laura! The poor man is in love! Pray for the last details still to come together in the next days.
Here I am with the happy couple! Stay tuned for the church wedding pics!
and boiled it and made puree cuz you can't get canned pumpkin here.Today Laura and Jorge got married in a civil ceremony. I told them it was good to know they were married civily! The church ceremony is a formality and is not recognized by the Mexican government so couples have to be married by a judge first. Their church wedding is Saturday the 13th. I told Jorge there was still time to run this morning! He just grinned and gazed at Laura! The poor man is in love! Pray for the last details still to come together in the next days.
Here I am with the happy couple! Stay tuned for the church wedding pics!
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