September Newsletter

August was a very busy month! We started out by having a Vacation Bible School at our house. We had 6 people volunteer to teach or help with the VBS!! We had a total of 43 kids! The children learned that Jesus was born to be our Savior (Monday), Jesus was Baptized (Tuesday), Jesus wants us to be Fishers of Men (Wednesday), Jesus is our Good Shepherd and takes care of us (Thursday), and the Jesus died and rose to save us from our sins (Friday.) All the children memorized John 3:16 and learned what "the colors of salvation" are. A great time was had by all!!

A puppet show about the colors of salvation. (Notice where Molly is - her favorite place for the week was attached to Mommy's legs!!)

Bible Study

Craft time on the patio.

Music Time: Celebrad a Christo

The preschool hang-out (near the snacks, of course!!)





Highlights of the excitement of the children: One morning as we were getting things ready, a little boy who lives next door shouted over to me "Teacher, are you open yet?" This was before 9am and VBS started at 10am! Another parent told me that her child who usually slept in was awake at 7am every morning asking if it was time for bible school yet!




Game time with Carl outside.



Making "Colors of Salvation Bracelettes"

Yellow: Heaven - where God wants us to be
Black: Our sin - that separates us from God
Red: Jesus blood - shed as punishment for our sin
White: Pure hearts - Jesus blood makes our hearts clean
Green: Grow in God!!


Bible stories and review games inside.

A puzzle to learn John 3:16.

Our thanks again, to all our supporters who make events like VBS and our weekly Kid's Club possible!!!

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