October Newsletter

Happy Fall! Hope you are enjoying cooler fall weather wherever you are. Here in Oaxaca, some days feel like fall and others are warm summer days!!

We started September by celebrating Molly's 2nd Birthday!

We have made friends here in our new neighborhood. Here is a picture of one of the favorite past-times in Mexico - Soccer, or futbol, as they say!

And, of course, the fun of playing in the rain crosses all cultures!!

Our Kid's Club is going well. We have made drama a regular part of our club. We either use puppets or make up skits to go along with our bible stories. Here are pictures from our "John the Baptist" skit. Noah was John the Baptist, Dylan (son of Marisol) was Jesus, the little girls were the bees that were flying around John (because he likes honey, you know!!) and Molly brought in the dove! The little kids performed the skit for the older kids.

We started English classes for children through adults. The first week at the kid's class we had 2 students, however, by the second week we were up to 9! That is without advertising!! We also have classes for older students and adults. Hopefully, through these classes we will be able to build relationships with people and open the door for bible studies.

September ended with an unexpected trip to Texas. We needed to renew our visas so we made a trip out of it and went to visit our missionary organization, CTEN, in Kerrville. We had a great visit and enjoyed our impromptu vacation! Lacy was able to celebrate her birthday in the states - complete with dinner at Applebee's and a Carvel Ice Cream Cake!! We also had the privlege of meeting Marisol's husband, Luis, who lives in San Antonio. We were able to bring back some things for her and the boys from Luis. Here are some pictures from the trip!

At the Riverwalk in San Antonio.


On the way back to Oaxaca - what a beautiful drive!

We pray that each of you finds joy in the Lord everyday! Please let us know your prayer requests so we can be lifting you up! Thank you for your prayers and support!!

For His Glory,

Carl, Lisa, Lacy, Alia, Noah and Molly

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!!!