As most of you know, our girls were formerly in a private Mexican school. We thought that a private Mexican school might be an option for our family. The girls learned a lot of things but it just wasn't enough. For one thing, there wasn't enough discipline in the school. Secondly, the students didn't have enough respect for the authorities over them. I learned this first hand having taught English in the school for the month January. We needed an education system that focused more on English and also one that had more discipline.
We finally had to say that we are here in Mexico City to build His Church. This is nothing new but it does limit us to how we spend a majority of our time, and it should. Much of our time was spent just completing homework that our girls had. We have to evaluate all the time where we should and how we should use our energies and resources. Oh, we are still working hard to involve ourselves in the community. I believe we have to work doubly hard to not seclude ourselves from "what's out there". "What's out there" are a lot of people "in the dark". Nicole, our seven year old reminded me that often this phrase is misunderstood. She explained that she understood what that meant because she is light and her friend, Carito is very dark. Nicole was referring to skin color but as far as we know Carito is in the dark and still needs the light of Christ. Pray that we will continue to have opportunities with the friendships we have made at Gilwell. Our girls still have some very dear friends there that need to hear the good news!
How about you? Are you too wrapped up in things that aren't important to God? Trying to fit in maybe a little too much?
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