This week in Mexico...

Hello All,

We had a busy week this week! I was kind of having a rough week, so God knows what we need & when we need it!

We got an email from Phil & Karen saying they were coming to Aldama to visit. When they arrived they had different plans, so we left about 1/2 hour later heading off on a trip to visit some pastors etc.

We did alot of driving! Visited a pastor in a small city called Tamuin. We are bringing a group there in February, so wanted to discuss plans, etc.

We headed from there into the tropical part of mexico. It´s so beautiful! There were banana orchards, and coconut palms everywhere, while we wound through the mountains!

We arrived in a place called Matlapa, where we visited with a lady called Esther. Her husband is a MP for the Federal government in Mexico. He is under their president. Karen & Phil have been friends for a long time. They shared with her about the idea of the Bible School. She began to cry and said that she was begging God to allow her to take bible school training. This was not possible for her. God had showed her a dream and in the dream had said to her "It´s harvest time". She was so excited when we brought the bible school that she couldn´t go to right to her door! Interesting enough...it´s called Harvest Field Bible School!!
She is very excited about the posibility of getting the bible school up and running in her area. Because of her husband´s position in politics, they have a lot of connections, and will promoting the school to those around them! It´s exciting how God works things out!

From there we travelled down the Emerald coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It´s beautiful. We arrived at Vera Cruz, the largest sea port in Mexico. It´s the place that the spanish people arrived when they came to Mexico, where Cortez burned his ships! We got to see the place. It´s beautiful, with huge ships coming and going!

We travelled to Vera Cruz because there is a pastor there that is planning on coming to Aldama to attend Bible school. What a sacrifice for him! He has 4 children, and they have nothing. Their house is very run down, and they only had a small jar of mayonaise, some tortillas, and a jar of jalepeños in their fridge! we are praying that we can find a church who will support Samuel and his family while they move to Aldama for 6 months to take their training. We are now in the process of finding them a place to live and trying to get their kids into school in Aldama.

So...that was our week! We are heading to the USA this wednesday. Karen & Phil are needing some help, and we will spend Thanksgiving with them. It should be fun!

Sorry for my blabbing...Hope you enjoy it! We´ll maybe post a picture of our trip later!

jo