Hi friends! I know it has been a long time since I updated. I am sorry. Our internet has been down for a few days and now we have it up and working so I thought I would take advantage of that and give you and update. We came home to a house with water! Huge praise!! We are all healthy today and that is always a plus! Another praise!
We have been working away at getting our house organized and livable. It has required long days and lots of hard work. I will post pictures soon. The boys have been working hard and have definitely proven they are not lazy. One day they helped Greg move loads and loads of rock and gravel out of our front yard. It was back breaking work that they did without complaining. ( or at least they didn't complain too much!)
We have been trying to have our stairs finished for about a month now and well... Mexicans don't really understand the word... NOW. We say we need it done now, that means, 2-3 weeks maybe more, to them. Well, our banister man (Miguel) is now building our banister and today something funny happened. He asked Greg if he could run him down to his house b/c he needed to get some more materials and he didn't have much gas in his car. So Greg agreed and drove him to his house. Greg said they walked into his house and he climbed a ladder onto his roof. Greg watched him to see what he was doing. Miguel started to take down the iron rod that was holding up his antenna for his television. Greg said he climbed down and looked at Greg with a sheepish grin and then looked at his wife and said, "Sorry, no soap operas tonight." The iron rod was for him to cut up and use for spindles in our banister. It was funny! Only in Mexico! I will attach a picture of our staircase soon as well so you can see what I am talking about.
The GREAT news... Miguel ( the banister man) asked us today if we could come to his house next week and share Bible stories with he and his wife. God is already opening doors and we are ready to get to work here in our new area! We have plans to eat lunch with a local pastor and his wife on Monday and come up with a strategy on how we can join together to reach the most amount of people. Please pray for us as we join forces with this pastor and his wife.
We went back to our old village last week and saw everything going great! We camped out in our old house. That will be our plan for a while. The kids loved it and for dinner we ate chips, candy bars and cookies. For breakfast we had doughnuts and juice. It was so healthy, I am sure that is why they loved this camping trip so much! We are going to pack a cooler this weekend and hopefully eat a little better! We all are happy to return and see our friends each week, even if it is just for a night.
Thank you all for your continual prayers. We need them. Love to you all! Missy
This blog was started in 2004 when Annie was badly burnt. Over the years we have seen how God has continually provided for us and answered our many prayers.
