New tires!!

Praise God, we have new tires on the truck! Thanks to some very generous friends, we were able to buy 5 new tires (1 as a spare) AND replace both the interior & exterior terminals on the front passenger side. The truck drives like a dream. The roads around here are so very hard on vehicles. We thank those who made this possible!

No, donkey, no!

Many Tarahumara people value their animals above other things. One woman I know told me that her animals were more important to her than her own daughter because the animals helped her in many ways - fertilizer, barter for other things, sign of wealth. A little over 2 weeks ago, Dona Lola, who is 70 years old at the least, was giving salt to her donkeys. The donkeys were more than ready to eat salt and they knocked Lola down trying to get to the salt first. I probably should mention that Lola was putting the salt out on some rocks, and when she fell, she fell over the rocks and onto her left arm. It was not pretty! Jose Luis was in San Luis Majimachi at the time and he brought Lola and her son Mario out, and then they all went to the hospital in Samachike in Dwayne's big truck. On the way to the hospital (about 1-2 hours away), Lola began to joke about how onery the donkeys were and how they should take care of her and not the other way around! She was even laughing :) In Samachike, Dr. Mike set her arm and put in some pins. Jose Luis took her back to the hospital last Mon. for a check up. The pins will stay in her arm until the 1st of Dec., but she says that it hardly hurts any more. We pray that the Lord will use all of this to open Lola's heart to His love and truth.

Thank you, John Piper!

Living in the mountains of Mexico is a great experience. However, at times I miss good Biblical teaching in English (we do receive good Biblical teaching in Spanish). I have acquired the habit of downloading Nancy Leigh DeMoss' daily radio program called "Revive our Hearts." I also like to look at John Piper's website (www.desiringgod.org) regularly to read his sermons & articles. This week when I checked out his site for new items, I saw a blog mentioning that during the month of November the audiobook Desiring God could be downloaded for free. I checked out the site, and, after registering, I was able to download the entire unabridged audiobook free. If you would like to get it, go to http://christianaudio.com/desiringgod and just follow the steps listed. Let me know what you think after listening to it!

Kal Ho Naa Ho

"Tomorrow may never come" is a Bollywood movie that some friends of ours brought back from India. Our friends spent 6 months there investigating possibilities for going back as missionaries. They began learning the language and spent some time studying history, culture, etc. This movie is, I've been told, very typical of the Bollywood movies - over 3 hours long with several musical numbers thrown in for fun (and lots of energetic dancing). Although it has a couple of scenes that we skip when we watch it and it is in Hindi, it is an okay movie. I must admit that it is a tear-jerker. Watching it with Jaynie was a great opportunity to discuss some basic beliefs held by Hindus & Moslems (there are references to these beliefs in different parts of the movie). Also, it shows some of the differences between the people of the different regions or provinces of India. I must admit that I now want to watch more Bollywood movies as long as they have subtitles in English or Spanish (so I can understand the story!). And, this is a great way for us to remember our friends as they prepare to return to India next spring as missionaries.