Flowers, hospital, and blessings!

I just love this time of year here in the canyons/mountains. This is our equivalent of spring. It is when the wildflowers are blooming after the rains have come in June and July.

It has been one busy week, but we have been blessed in many ways this week. Jaynie keeps working away on 4th grade - just 4 weeks to go! She only has 5 subjects left so we can move quicker and cover more material each day. But we took Mon. off to go to the mission hospital in Samachique. Last week I became concerned by this thing that grew very quickly on my back/shoulder. I went to the hospital to have it checked out. Dr. Mike cut it out and sent it off for pathology. I am trying to keep my thoughts under control and only think about the things that I KNOW are true (Philippians 4:8). We should know the results in about 10 days.

We were visited by a couple from Indiana via Oklahoma. We had never met before but we know some of the same people back in Oklahoma. We enjoyed getting to know them and showing them parts of the Copper Canyon and parts of our ministry. It is always neat to see our world through the eyes of others. We pray that the Lord will bless and guide Chase & Leisa as they continue their travels.

We also received our only group from the USA to come this summer. What a privilege to serve our Lord together with our friends from Coronado BC - El Paso. The team did work around our base on Wed., went out to a Tarahumara community on Thur., and then on Fri. went down to the mission hospital. We were able to can plum jam, whole plums, and wild cherry jelly. The group and especially our friend Lynn brought us a great supply of sugar (brown, powdered, and refined) - I am ready to get serious about baking now.