Last week at the island.

Hello again. Thanks for checking up on us down here. We are still alive and kicking! We spent our last week at the island, and will miss it. We did not have as good of services this time there, and felt bad that the people did not respond as well. They are in desperate need of rain, and the last day we were there we had the most awesome thunderstorm come, with 5 hours of rain. Much needed for the people. We also counted the number of steps it takes to get down the hill and up the hill for bathing, and washing clothes and it was 950 steps. It was so hot a few days that we did not even attempt to walk it. Basically you are shooting yourself in the foot to cool off, because you know you have to walk back up the hill again and get resweated up. We have pictures of the kitchen, where the ladies are cooking, some of the kids on the island, and behind them are pictures of what all the houses look like. It is so different there, you have to see it to believe it. Not having to go to the well daily and get water is something they can not even comprehend. Having a burro is a necessity for life, as much as there water for everything. Dayspring is buying their own place on the island, and will help to have their own permanent, private place where the people can realize we are there permanently to reach out to them.

Yesterday we had an awesome free day. Being here this past few weeks on outreach has been tiring and very difficult so we decided to gather our family and us only left for the day. It is the first time in months where it was only us. We took off to Vera Cruz to the ocean!! It was awesome. The funny but sad part is, in Vera Cruz it was about 85 out and the kids didn`t know if they wanted to swim because it was cooler out. That is how much the heat is dementing our minds!! In one of the photos, Justin`s wearing a jacket and it was that temp!! Crazy!! We all swam in the warm water, kids built sand castles and we just sat and relaxed. We ate at McDonalds!! Wow!! We swam in the Gulf, and had the best day, just us!! We knew that we were missing our family time a lot, just didn`t realize how much it is weighing on us. This group living is very hard, and we know that we are sacrificing our family at this time, and it bothers us. So, yesterday was an answered prayer for us. We thank God for you guys daily, and we miss you dearly. Our outreach will be finished in 2 weeks and then we work with weekly mission groups coming to visit Mexico. Before you know it, we will be back, so that is your warning. Don`t know what the future holds for us yet, BUT God does, and we are claiming to His promises in Jeremiah 29:11. Love you all, miss you, Eastons

Halfway thru!!!?????!!!!!

Well, hope everyone is doing good that is reading this. We are glad that you are keeping updated on our everchanging life weekly!!! We have just spent two weeks living on an island, and one week in a very big city called Tuxtepec. We have lived in conditions over 100 degrees daily, and sleeping in hammocks outside or with fans on us inside. It has been fun, but very tiring with the heat. I thank those of you who are praying for Caleb to eat, he is doing fine. We are all losing weight, but we think from sweat more than anything!! We enjoyed our time on the island the most. We bathed, washed our clothes in the river and swam everyday. We were like at home there!!! The water felt so refreshing and we enjoyed it too much!! The worst part was that the path to the water was over 500 steps downhill and then back uphill to go. Some people elected to not bath because it was so steep and difficult, but you can`t keep the Easton`s away from the water!!! We look like Mexicans now, we are brown, and speaking Spanish pretty good!! We are learning hands on how to reach out to people that have never even heard of Christ. We invite people everyday to the services, and have a service everyday except Mondays. Justin, Matt and Tammy have preached, and all did good, and Justin was told he would make a good preacher one day. We are half way through our outreach of visiting all these rough, hot places, but we are enjoying them also. We are eating new foods never tried before, drinking new drinks and all with smiles!! (Most of the time)..... We can`t believe that it is May already. Before you know it August will be here and we will return freezing in the 80 degree weather, and you all will be laughing at us. We sleep in that weather at night and cover up!!!

This past week has been hard on all of us in the school though. Satan is a good discourager and has been hitting us all hard with that. We are discouraged about our house also, and just seeking God out, even when its hard and we are at a lost as to what to do. Just keep us in your prayers please, we know its Satan trying his schemes again. The kids are awesome though, they are always happy here, always content and that is such a BIG answered prayer for us as parents.

Another thing is that by August or when we get to Texas in August, we need a vehicle to get us back home, and that would relieve a lot of worries for us there to know we will find one. We have some money set aside for one, but it is not much, so pray for a great deal for us or else God to provide something for us. We are going to need like a Suburban or something to fit us and our things also.

Everybody keep up reading this, we love reading the comments and miss seeing the comments on here. We check it weekly to see who`s reading, and it always brightens our days. We love you guys and thank you for your prayers and support. We are keeping our eyes focused on Jesus, and not all these discouraging things, we miss all of you also. God Bless you all, and Happy Mother`s Day to all you mothers!!! In Christ`s service, Eastons