Hello everyone. We hope you guys are all doing great and enjoying your summer. We are doing great here. We are back in Dr. Arroyo now, working with the summer groups that come down weekly on mission trips. It has been fun, but also different. The climate here is so different and we feel like we are freezing!! Before coming here, we had 1 week off from doing ministry work , after finishing our Outreach in Veracruz and Oaxaca. Our last 2 weeks in outreach we spent at several different missions that we had never been to. We added some pictures of the kids services along with some of our kids too. One day, we were able to go to some ancient Indian ruins in the state of Veracruz, which was cool for our first time. Other than this we have really been missing the southern part of Mexico. We left a big chunk of our heart with the people there, with the local churches, and it is our prayer that we are able to return there again soon. We fell in love with one of the local villages in Veracruz, and the Pastor and his family also. They are a young family, with a lot of passion for the ministry. We don´t know if God is working on us for this village, or if it is where we are to be, so we are praying daily for His will to be spoken to us. We sense His presence so strong in our lives, even though we had a difficult time during the outreach with all the changes and days where we felt low in our faith, God was and is still faithful to us.
Here in Dr. Arroyo we have been doing some street evangelizing and working with some of the local churches also. It is good because we will go to some of the churches weekly, and will be able to build relationships with the people. That is one thing we noticed at the end of Outreach. We had worked in the town of Tuxtepec for 3 weeks, and finally the third week, we were getting stopped daily by neighbors just wanting to talk to us, and it opened up s0 many doors to talk about God, and inviting them to services. It was sad also that it was at the end of our time there, and we saw how much time it takes to earn the trust and make friendships.
Caleb´s birthday is today, and the pastor had Caleb come in front and pray for him to be an evangelist or missionary here in Mexico, because he loves him so much!! It was so cute. During outreach Caleb saved 4 donkeys by telling them about Jesus and now he asks me all the time about people and animals having Jesus in their heart!!! Usually before every service we spend at least half an hour inviting for services, and last week he wanted to go on his own with a local boy, and they did. He completely invites in Spanish and can understand their responses!! It is so awesome to see!! Justin , Corey, and Tammy are doing the translating for the Americans coming down and it is amazing how quickly the kids picked it up. We see evidences all the time of how God not only called us as parents down here, but He called each and every one of us, and God has used each and everyone of us for His Glory here. We give God all the praise and are so thankful to be used to spread His Word here in Mexico. God Bless you all, keep in touch. Love, Eastons
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