Perfect Day!

Celebrating the healing of our Annie. God is good!




The church, baptism, and celebrating the healing of Annie, what a day!




This is Raphael being baptized.

This is Moises, it looks just like Raphaeal, but it really is Moises.

This was Moises being baptized.

This is Greg with Moises on the left and Raphael on the right. This was right before their baptism.

Ever wonder how they heat the water for the baptismals here? Well, here is a hint, it has to do with hot coals, fire, and big buckets of water heated over the fire and coals. This precious lady from the church came early to heat the water so they wouldn't freeze!

Alex playing a strategy game with his friends.

This is Annie and Lupita. This is who she was playing with right before she had her accident. They are quite close!

This was our picnic! Many spread out in different areas. However, some stayed together.

This is Raphael's father. Raphael was one of the men who was baptized today and his dad spent the entire day with us. This was really a BIG deal! We were thrilled and I know it meant a lot to Raphael!

Okay, we had to laugh at this. These women played some FIERCE basketball in their Purepecha attire. I had to loan my shoes to one of them because she had high-heels on, but they played like they were wearing shorts and tee shirts! I have never seen these women have so much fun! It was AWESOME!

You have to click on this and make it large just so you can see their faces. It is priceless!

We taught all of our friends the game of SEQUENCE and they LOVE it! As you can see here it is a game for all ages! It is a little addictive, so be warned!

I think his face says it all!

This is what you call a Mexican sliding board. I guess Annie will have to get used to the ones in the states that actually have boards attached! Can you imagine the law suit that they would face? I mean, there are no ropes to say, don't go or anything, it was just not there! At the top there was a hugh hole as well, so safe!

Today couldn't have gone any better! It was truly the perfect day! We had 41 people join us for the baptism at a church in a nearby city. It was such a blessing to see all of our group come out to celebrate this baptism. Many of them may not be ready for baptism, however they came to support their brothers in Christ. We thought that was ever so special!

After the baptism we went to a nearby park and enjoyed the day eating and playing and enjoying each other's company. I am truly going to miss my friends here. They have become my family here and they are all so dear to me. They really love us and we love them! Thank you all for praying for us on this day. Thank you for your kind comments and for following us on this journey! I thought today was going to be tough for me and parts of it were. I shared with our group how God used Annie's accident and how a year ago today there were 3 separate groups and today we have one united group. It was nice to look out into their faces and see tears in their eyes and know that God indeed did answer our prayers a year ago. He brought them all together and we couldn't be happier!