August Newsletter

Blessings to Everyone! Wow - it's August. We are once again amazed at "how time flies when you're having fun!"

We would like to begin with prayer requests for our family and our VBS. We started our "Escuelita Biblica" today. Please pray for our teachers and the children that will come and hear the gospel message presented each day. Also, please pray for our family. Lisa, Lacy, and Alia are recovering from some type of stomach virus. And Noah is battling conjunctivitis - we got one eye cleared up and the other became infected! Please pray for restored health so we can focus on our VBS!

Additionally, our four months of house-sitting are almost over and we will be moving to our new home soon. House hunting was a very cultural experience for us! We learned a lot about homes in Mexico. We were able to find a small 4-bedroom house for $3000 pesos/month (roughly $300 US). We learned that when renting a house in Mexico it literally comes BARE! No cabinets, no stove, no counters, no toilet seats (!!!) , no closets.

Upstairs bathroom - note no toilet seats!! It is also common in Mexico to have no shower curtains/door. The shower is just part of the room.


Downstairs ½ bath

Kitchen


While we have been blessed to live in partially furnished apartments/houses for our first year in Mexico, we will now need to furnish our own house. We brought our futon, tables, chairs, bookshelves, and fridge that we purchased last fall in Tlaxiaco with us but we will need to buy a stove, beds, dressers, a washing machine, among other household necessities (- like toilet seats!!) We figure the cost for everything to be roughly $2200. We are asking for your help to raise these needed funds to furnish our home. You may send donations to:

Commission to Every Nation
PO Box 291307
Kerrville, TX 78029-1307

Once again, we thank you for your support, prayers and encouragement. We are blessed to have you on this journey with us!

For His Glory,
Carl, Lisa, Lacy, Alia, Noah, and Molly

Summer in Oaxaca

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July! It was a definite reminder that we are in another country - we had to find some fireworks on the internet to watch!!

We enjoyed our visit with Lisa's parents. We had a chance to play "tourist" and visited a mineral water springs. The water is highly mineralized and effervesent and so appears to be boiling but is actually quite cool and refreshing!

Pictured are mineral formations that look like petrified cascades.

The kids enjoyed the water!!

We also took Lisa's parents to visit Tlaxiaco. We were able to return to Campo de Aviacion with blankets donated by Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bradenton. We held a fundraiser with the blankets and donated all the money back to the community for improvements.

¿Pan de mango? (Mango Bread!)

Lisa and her mom packing a basket of mango bread and banana bread to sell to people in the community. 10 pesos a loaf! A great way to meet people and practice Spanish!!

A refreshing treat from the heat - A trip to the local pool!

One of our students from our Saturday Kid's Club Bible Study invited us to her school to watch a dance performance she was in! It was beautiful!

Lacy and Alia with Xquenda

We are planning a VBS for our community, Aug. 4-8. Thank you for your prayers as we plan and staff the event. The Children's Ministry at The Bridge Church in Bradenton is partnering with us for this VBS by sending craft supplies. We are so thankful for this blessing!!

Preparing home-baked cookies and tracts for street evangelism. We passed out 25 packets this day. Please pray for those who received them.

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support! We love hearing from you all and staying connected with you! You are in our prayers!

For His Glory,

Carl, Lisa, Lacy, Alia, Noah and Molly