New look

Hi  everyone! I have to ask you to forgive me for the many changes on our blog. I just couldn't find a look that I really liked. I guess ADD has something to do with that. I think this look will stay for awhile. My mama always said less is more. So, I am gonna go with this one. It is a little more calming. I tried to find something Mexicany but had no luck. Anyway, I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

Lupita

Many of you have asked about Lupita. Well we got word the other day that her wedding will be on Sunday. So she has one more week to be either freed from this marriage or we will accept that this is the plan that God has for her. She knows many of you have been praying for her and is very touched by this! She is still very sad by this and does not want to go through with it but we have assured her that we will be there to support her and we will pray that God's plan is made clear to her. So if you have a few minutes this week we would appreciate it if you would remember her in your prayers. She is very scared. Thank you! love to all!! Missy

Still I Will Praise You!

                                  
                                              " Still I Will Praise You!"

I had to post this picture on here so that you could see just why Susana has become my inspiration. This picture will forever be embedded in my mind. no matter what may come in my life,  I will think of this picture. She was worshipping Jesus with a song by Matt Redman called,  “Never Let Go”, here are the words to the song:

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I’m caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won’t turn back
I know You are near

And I will fear no evil
For my God is with me
And if my God is with me
Whom then shall I fear?
Whom then shall I fear?

Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
A glorious light beyond all compare
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
We’ll live to know You here on the earth


Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on

And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You”



 It is amazing how much we can learn from children. they teach us far more than we could ever hope to teach them. i am so happy for her, she isn't having to look up to him anymore, she is looking at him face to face while sitting on his lap! or at least that is how i like to think of her! please continue to remember this family!

today was spent making a meal for some people in our village. it is a custom here that when someone is getting married, there are God parents that help to pay for the wedding expenses. i am sure my parents would have appreciated this custom! well it is the duty of the family of the couple getting married to make food for the family of the god parents. Which could easily be 200 people. Well, i was expected to help prepare this meal today. it was an all day affair, which just now ended at 9:30pm. i did take some fun pictures so you could see what it is like to cook such a meal and i was given some really wonderful compliments! you know the kind that make you want to slap someone across the face? ;o) okay, so if i were in the united states and heard these kind of compliments you can bet there would be a cat fight! however, i looooove  my people and try to overlook their kindness!

So this is how it went, this precious woman asks me if i have a fake butt. You heard right, a fake butt. Now I don't know if that is the fad in the old US of A but here in Mexico people want to look like Jaylo, so they sell these pillows that give you a little lift. I laughed so hard and then I thought, that isn't really funny. I said, "Uh, nope, all natural!" then she asked me if i was all natural everywhere else. I mean, are you kidding me? i have to lose some weight. I really do. So the big joke here is that my nick name is pumpkin butt. i have grown fond of this little name until today when they changed it and said, it should be...... wait for it.....






WATERMELON BUTT!!!

Can you believe that? I mean, how rude!!! So as you can see, I am having to work on taking these compliments with a smile!  Can you imagine one of your friends saying that to you and still wanting to be your friend afterwards? Oh well, i am still smiling! I must say I did laugh when someone said to Greg, you are looking older now that you have grey in your beard. He hasn't shaved in a few weeks and he definitely has a little grey there, of course he hasn't cared about that grey until today. After that comment he said, I think I will shave tomorrow! :o) Anyway, we had a good day, compliments and all! Hope you like the pictures. Love to you all!! Watermelon Butt! (oh, sorry about the no caps, our computer is on the brink and sometimes the caps don't work.)

It hasn't rained here in many months and probably won't for a few more. So as you can see our backyard is nothing but dust. This makes it incredibly hard to do anything except wash clothes over and over and over again! Those are not rays of sun, it is dust flying up in the air!

It is still pretty cold here at night, but during the day it is getting a lot warmer. These women were cooking by the fire with 3 layers of clothing on, in the heat. Talk about suffrin'!

This little boy was scared to death of Annie and me when we first arrived. He didn't want anything to do with us! He just ran to his mama and hid his face. However, after a few minutes of peek-a-boo, I was able to do this.....

After a few minutes, he was the one taking the pictures and was completely content sitting in my lap!

This is what Annie was doing while I was "helping" cook. She was playing with her friends. This may look like a bad quality picture, but that is actually smoke from the kitchen. I  am amazed that these women don't have black lung disease!

This actually made me a little queasy at first. This is exactly what the pot looked like that Annie fell into when she was burnt. This was the exact stuff she fell into as well. I haven't really been around the making of this since that day and it was a little bit of a flashback for me. We made it through the day without any problems though! Praise God!

Mole  and rice, this is a popular salsa that they put over rice. We actually like it a lot!

This is the meat that they put into the salsa.

At any one point today there were between 10 and 15 people in this teeniny  little kitchen. They all knew what they were supposed to do. This girl here was washing the dishes. I am betting you are appreciating your dishwasher about now, huh?

They do all of that while wearing crazy shoes like this! Makes me hurt just looking at her!

Here is Annie with her friends. She fits in so well here. She has fun no matter where we go or what we do. She is just happy to be with friends.