Hello, this has been an awesome week here for us. We have seen 5 people give their lives to Christ this week, 3 young children and 2 men. The power of prayer and God opening the hearts of the people is so awesome. There are days when we feel like we don't do much, where maybe we are just there to encourage the people in church, visit with them and just talk, and then there are times when we get to see some of the fruits of why we are here. Whatever we do, we strive to do it in the way Jesus would want us to. This weekend we are sponsoring a youth conference here in Dr. Arroyo, and there are almost 100 youth and their leaders here. They are on fire for Jesus, and there are some here also that don't have that relationship, so we are praying to fan into flame the love of Jesus into each and every one of the youth. Our kids are loving it here, the music and the atmosphere of teens being on fire for Christ. After this weekend we only have one more week of summer groups coming from America, we spend one week packing and debriefing, saying goodbyes to people we have grown to love and appreciate and head back to Texas about the 10th of August. We have also been graciously loaned a minivan to use for us to drive back to Indiana with. We are so greatful, and have been at times frustrated and worried, but God has always provided for us, we just need to always remember this. We will return home, and get back in touch with our families and friends, and spend a few months in Indiana before returning back to Mexico. Lord willing we will be training under an awesome couple in Mexico for about 6 months, until we are more fluent and understand the culture more, and how to be the most effective in reaching the people. We are so excited and can't wait to return back "home" again. We thank you for being so faithful in your prayers for us, we know that without your prayers this would not be happening. We would not be here reaching out to the lost and working to make a difference in people's lives. May God bless all of you as he has our family. See you all soon, In Christ's service, Eastons

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!!! It feels weird to be here and not see or hear any fireworks!! But of course we hear the donkeys and stray dogs at night, so that makes up for the other things! Each week we have a new group come, and throughout the week we spend at least 3 days doing what we would call in the U.S., Vacation Bible School. We go to the same village for 3 days and work on the Noah's ark story as our theme. We usually have at least 40 kids a day come out and spend the afternoon with us. We also have at least one adult service throughout the week, and go to the same village for that to minister with the people there. We have also had the opportunity to have a womens meeting 2 times also. Tammy loves to do this, making crafts, sharing stories about women and our faith in Christ, our families and just getting to know each other.

This week our church was able to spend the week down here in Dr. Arroyo with us. We had a blast seeing old friends and visiting with them. There were a bunch of high schoolers and college age guys that came down, and our boys had fun with them. One day all of the students and the groups poured about 20 yards of concrete in 9 hours!! They were all beat, so beat that the teenagers searched out a pizza joint!!!! Our family has been able to join right in with the groups, helping out with the translating, and working to help set up the VBS with the kids. This is a whole different aspect of the mission field for us, working with groups coming down. We are trying to learn as much as we can, not knowing if we will ever use this again, but anxious to learn as much as we can. We enjoy seeing our kids down here. We see the calling that God has put on their lives, and it is so evident in their actions and hearts. God called each and everyone of us here, and Lord Willing we want to help plant the seeds here. We have about 5 weeks left here, can't believe it, then we head to Texas for a debriefing. We are still praying for something to work out for a vehicle for us, and are doing everything we can to figure something out, and leaving the rest in God's hands. We have talked with Roger about our future and are praying about it daily, and what we will do when we finish our training. We want to talk with our Pastor before we announce it, so until then, thanks for the prayers, keep praying and we can't wait to catch up with all of you. We are so thankful for each and everyone of you, and thank God daily for you guys. God Bless you, and keep watch over you, Love you guys, Eastons

This photo here is of Caleb and Matt eating pancakes. We went with the group this week to an old mining town called Real De Catorce, and it has a lot of little restaurants, and shops. Well we started talking about hotcakes on the menu, and Caleb could not remember what pancakes were. Last week it was grilled cheese, and this week pancakes, so we did what we had to, and bought a plate of pancakes!!