A Cup of Cold Water

Thanks be to God, we have completed our first week of Spanish school!   We are so grateful for the opportunity to work towards attaining a good foundation of the Spanish language for our life in Peru. We spend our mornings in class and our afternoons studying.  Jason is bombarded with a ton of new vocabulary, and spends many hours on flashcards.  I have the advantage of coming in with some knowledge of Spanish, so I have been recalling and refining what I already once knew.  It has been very helpful for both of us. I asked the kids to share some of their thoughts on our time in Guatemala and language school.  Isaac and Gemma are really jumping in and are trying hard to learn Spanish. Gemma said, "I have learned a lot of words, phrases, and rules already.  Now, I need to work hard to memorize them.  I am happy we are going to language school, so that I can talk better to the people in Peru.  Guatemala is helping prepare me for Peru." ...

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”  Isaiah 6:8 We are called as missionaries to go where ever the Lord sends us.  We have said, "Yes, we will follow!"  If that means to minister to His people in Malawi, we will go.  If that means to minister to His people in Peru, we will go! Our mission post has been changed.  Malawi was a new mission post for FMC.  There was currently only one family at that post.  Their family recently went through a traumatic experience, which brought them back home.  Since there will be no one to welcome us, we will no longer be going to Malawi, Africa.  Instead, we will be serving in the jungles of Peru, South America. At first our hearts were very sad at the loss of our mission to Africa.  We made plans with the other family in Malawi, we researched the country, we felt united as a family to be sent to Africa.  We...

This is the post you have all been waiting for…where we will reveal our mission post. But, before we get to that, I would like to give tribute to our 3 weeks in General Cepeda, Mexico.   We are driving back to Louisiana from Mexico as I write this.   The drive has provided many hours of reflection and conversation about our time in Mexico.   I asked everyone what they would like to share with you from our time in Mexico.   Isaac wants you to know about the miraculous events, Gemma wants to tell you about our visits to the Rancho’s, Augustine wants you to know about the fun he had, Bridget wants you to know about living in the Mission House, and Aviana wants to tell you that she talked  to people, played with people and was nice to people here in Mexico.   Jason wants to tell you about the work projects, and I want to share with you some of the people we encountered. On top of a mountain over looking General Cepeda. A big...