New Books

Saturday, the pastor of the HIM church about 2 hours away came to Tapacula to visit, and he brought some copies of Joy Budensiek's book 'Jesus, My very Best Friend' in English and Spanish. There was enough of them we were able to give all the kids one who were in Tapachula in the morning and also in Santa Domingo that evening.

3 little monkeys

I seem to have 3 little monkeys who love bananas! Good thing for them they are very cheap here!

A day out with the youth

Last Saturday we took 7 young people from the church in the mountains to the River for the afternoon! We all had a great time. It was a beautiful river in the jungle woods (that's probably not the right way to say it, but there was trees & woods, like I would know in PA and also some more jungle greens too). The water was SO COLD! But it was very hot, so it was perfect! I forgot to take the camera down there, so no pictures of that part of the day...but after we were done there, 3 of them came home with us for home made pizza, popcorn, cookies & Coke. We played in the park here by the house, looked at pictures, ate & talked! Please pray for these young people. They have been coming Sunday evenings for the past few weeks and I know the one service God was really talking to them.

Kids!

Good reports from Sunday!

God gave us a good Sunday this past week! (Every Sunday is good, but we were especially encouraged!) Sunday morning in Tapachula Jonathan spoke to us about "Looking to the Hills, whence cometh our help" Well, that very easy to illustrate here since the mountains of Guatemala can be seen from here on a clear day!

Sunday evening we had a good service in Santa Domingo. There was 26 people there if I counted correctly. Its kinda hard when kids are moving around and maybe a few more came in after I counted. =) There was a good group of young people there and God was talking to them, so please pray that they will come to know the "Peace" Jonathan talked to us about!

Hope you enjoy the few pictures from the day below! Kamryn with her 'church family'! They keep her during church for me, which is a huge blessing!

Kylie, Korey & I were outside since it was a little crowded inside, they decided we didn't sing enough and they needed to again! =) (Notice Kylie's had on his shoulder!! )

Jonathan preaching



The mountains of Guatemala in the distance, at least I'm pretty sure it is...if not its really close, since the line is near here. (this is on the way to Santa Domingo)

Korey

Korey's the only one who got his picture taken on Easter Sunday! He's growing up so much. He thought he was 'hot stuff' (which I think so too) in his new outfit! He went into Jonathan when he was dressed and said, "Look at I"! He has recently memorized Genesis 1:1 in English for preschool. He'll be 3 in June and I can hardly believe that!!

Kamryn

Kammy always makes us laugh! A few days ago, she was climbing up the back of the dining room chairs, and laughing saying "Monkey"! She also knows when she's 'on display' because she really hams it up! Wednesday night after church we were visiting with the people and she was running around playing, and of course everyone was watching her laughing, when she stopped and saw that, she really put on the show! She has finally started talking more here the past few weeks and also has been saying some Spanish words. She loves Korey & Kylie and always wants to be with them.Here she is just after she woke up yesterday morning, in her new night gown! (Excuse the wild hair, she just woke up and always messes it up anyway!) Its fun sewing for little girls. I've been able to use up some small pieces of material that I had for a long time!I gave her these crackers to eat, and when I came back this is what I found! She'd eaten the filling out of them and put them back together, and lined them up on the table!

Amigos!

A few random pictures

Last week on our family day out Jonathan found a guy who makes and sells hamocks for a very nice price. So, he ordered two! It takes the man about 2 or 3 days to make one of these. Last night after church was the first time he got to try it out. Kamryn was awake so she was hanging out. It was 1am so I guess he deserves to rest! =) There was storm out in the distance that made it so cool and enjoyable to be outside.

A beautiful Sunset! This Iguana lives in the front yard. He/she even has their own hole!