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!

Kylie's new night gown

Thanks to my friend, Crystal for giving me this 'scrap' of material when she left, I was able to make Kylie this cute little night gown! She's delighted!

A view around the mountains

On Thursday, we left a little early for church in Santa Domingo. We planned to go back to the area where we had the baptismal service a few weeks ago and let the kids play in the River, since it was so hot! But...until we got up there, it cooled off and the water was chilly, so we had a few hours to kill, so we drove up the mountain more, I wish you all could have been with us, the pictures can't begin to show you what it was like. I could have taken thousands of them and it still wouldn't compare! The roads were steep! (that coming from a girl that grew up in Johnstown, PA and I was still nervous!) At one point, we were stopped on a hill and the 4runner kept stalling. I thought we were going to go down, and not be able to get up! Thankfully we made it, after the front tires were off the ground. We got back down the moutain in time to visit with the family whos home we use for church, the kids & I stayed there while Jonathan went down the mountain further to pick up another guy for service, had a good service, and then the guys left to go pray with a neighbour of someone who comes to church, so the kids & I were again there with the host family! Looking down

A parade in Santa Domingo for Holy Week

So green and so pretty!

We've arrived...

in Tapachula, Chiapas! After 3 days of travel from the border of the United States to the other border of Mexico, we are praising God for His protecting hand on our family! We had no problems to really speak of on the whole trip! We got to enjoy a lot of new parts of Mexico that I had never seen before! God's creation is so remarkably beautiful!! Especially in Vera Cruz and Chiapas! On one side of the road are huge mountains and the other side is the gulf of Mexico!

We arrived here Saturday, March 13th. The next day, Sunday we had a special service with both congregations here in this area for a Baptismal service. I didn't get too many pictures of that since I was busy making sure the kids didn't get into the River. To see pictures from that day visit Michael & Crystal Mason's blog.

We ask for your prayers as we try to 'hold the fort' for them while they are in the US for the birth of their new baby boy and also for deputation travels.

We are also getting settled into the culture and the kids are starting to adjust to everything. They miss their dogs in Texas and their house there but over all are doing well!