WOW! A lot has happened in the past month in our lives. Here is a brief summary of these 5 weeks or so. We spent a week in the El Paso-Las Cruces area for Thanksgiving. What a blessing to spend the holiday with my sister Gayle and her family, especially because we are not sure when we will see them again. 
This photo shows my nephew Joe and Jose Luis in the back and my sister and I sitting in front. I do not have a photo of the whole family together. But here is a fun photo of Elijah, my niece Ana's little boy - he is such a sweet little guy!
After returning back home to Creel, we began to do some much-needed work on our house. Due to the impetus & help of another missionary, we stripped and painted our kitchen & bedroom. I have always been a fan of colors and am so blessed, thankful, and appreciative to have color on our walls and not the dull and dirty white of before (to be honest, we had not painted the house since we moved into it in August 1998). Thank you, Ester, Jasmine, & Allan, for your gift, your work, your encouragement, and your patience with us all. I really love my red kitchen wall and I pray for you all daily. 
We received 2 short-term groups and took them to different communities so that they could share the gospel and give out food, candy, and toys. What makes this spiffy in my opinion is that these groups were Slavic-Americans who came to share Christ with the Tarahumara-Mexicans and were hosted by people from the USA & Mexico.
Here is a photo of part of the desk & shelves that Aaron built for Jaynie's room - just in time for school to begin again after a few days off for Christmas (and due to Jaynie's cough). I just cannot express our gratitude with sufficient words - Aaron & Sybil do God's work & bless all who they encounter. We hope that the Lord will bless them as they have blessed us.
This photo shows my nephew Joe and Jose Luis in the back and my sister and I sitting in front. I do not have a photo of the whole family together. But here is a fun photo of Elijah, my niece Ana's little boy - he is such a sweet little guy!After returning back home to Creel, we began to do some much-needed work on our house. Due to the impetus & help of another missionary, we stripped and painted our kitchen & bedroom. I have always been a fan of colors and am so blessed, thankful, and appreciative to have color on our walls and not the dull and dirty white of before (to be honest, we had not painted the house since we moved into it in August 1998). Thank you, Ester, Jasmine, & Allan, for your gift, your work, your encouragement, and your patience with us all. I really love my red kitchen wall and I pray for you all daily. We received 2 short-term groups and took them to different communities so that they could share the gospel and give out food, candy, and toys. What makes this spiffy in my opinion is that these groups were Slavic-Americans who came to share Christ with the Tarahumara-Mexicans and were hosted by people from the USA & Mexico. Finally, we were really blessed to have our friends Aaron & Sybil visit from BC, Canada. How special it was to share this time with them! Thank you both for making our home brighter, our bellies fuller, and for touching our hearts with your love. 
