Reunions

Here we (Nueva Vida) are singing at the Church Reunion

This weekend was full of Reunions!! Friday we had the pleasure of reuniting with fellow missionaries, the Onofrios. They have moved to Tulangcingo and we haven't had many opportunities to get together. It was fun to visit with them. We had a girls night (Natalie and Nicole Hornbrook, Jennifer and Elizabeth Onofrio and Claudia Hornbrook--cousin) at our house on Friday for a sleep-over! There was lots of giggles, dress-ups and of course girly movies!!

On Saturday Sam and I went to Cuidad Sahagun for a Pastor's Fellowship to welcome a new pastor at a sister church. It was delightful to reconnect with Polin and Carmen Aguilar. Carmen grew up as a missionary kid here. She married a Mexican and they have been in the ministry in the States and just recently returned to Mexico to pastor a church in Pachuca. We also caught up with Pepe and Estela Hernandez also from Pachuca and Lois Jackson from Tulancingo. What a joy it was to meet the new pastor and his wife; Joselino and Diana Cruz. They are a young couple with a two month old baby! I enjoyed holding Sarah! Joselino and Diana are so excited to be serving in Sahagun! Speaking of babies: Nicole told me yesterday that, "it was no problem for us to have another baby. Sarah and Abraham had one when they were old." I'm not sure if she is saying that I'm old or more importantly she wants a baby sister or brother!!

Sunday we had a reunion of sorts here at Nueva Vida. We had a great group for the church service (40) and then we invited all who wanted to stay for lunch. Twenty-three folks ate hotdogs on the grill and chimichangas!! We then loaded up and all went to the reunion of five area churches. A couple of our church families joined us at Maranatha Baptist Church where we sang a special (we had 30 Nueva Vida folks attend the reunion!). One special attraction was that our deaf folk also joined us on the platform and sang with us. Natalie led them as they followed along in the song, "How Great is Our God". I can tell you that most of the eyes were watching the signing of the song as it came alive right in front of them!!

It was so much fun reuniting with all of our brothers and sisters in Christ! It is encouraging to see all these churches that we touched base with this weekend (10 in total) working hard to bring others to Christ. I know that I feel refreshed and recharged to continue to do our part on this side of the City! And no we aren't going to have any more babies!! But.... our french poodle is due to have puppies any day now!! We'll keep you posted!!