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 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!!
2 comments:
Good article- only 5 or 6 weeks till you all come home. I can't wait. Dad
Can't wait until you come up. Every time we pass the mission house the kids keep saying "soon the Easton will be so close". We enjoyed talking to you and can't wait until you are here to talk more. Keep doing what you are doing stay close to God and he will direct your path.
Blessings, Prayerfully yours,
Keller Family
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