Hornbrooks in Mexico City: April 2010

4/20/2010

Tacos al Pastor

Last night we took Nathaniel and several of our church folks out for one of Nathaniel's favorite meals; tacos al pastor. They are absolutely amazing to eat!

Nathaniel's visit with us came to an end. He flew back to Indiana on Tuesday, April 20th. Nathaniel had an amazing impact on our lives and the lives of our church families. Nathaniel jumped right in and started serving from the time he arrived. He accompanied in the youth band for a Christmas number in our Christmas Program this past year. We also got him busy playing the guitar and piano in the Worship Team. Nathaniel taught our church two new choruses that have quickly become everyone's favorites! Nathaniel organized and led the Youth Retreat over Spring Break. Nathaniel also worked hard at renewing old friendships that he developed 13 years ago with one of our neighbors. You never know how and what God uses. It has been amazing to sit back and watch my two older children reach out to others over the years. This last baptism we got to see how God used Natalie to bring Ana Elsa to Christ. Now God has allowed the faithfulness of Nathaniel's friendliness bring one of his friends to the foot of the Cross.

Michell, Carlos and Nathaniel

Family Dedication

This past Sunday we celebrated a Family Dedication at Nueva Vida. Victor and Rocio are proud parents to Gamaliel. It has been exciting to see this couple mature in the Lord. They were our first wedding at Nueva Vida six years ago. Victor and Rocio also have another son, Uziel who is four. Gamaliel was a little fussy during the presentation but calmed down when Sam held him and prayed.

4/10/2010

Youth Retreat

Thanks for your prayers for the Youth Retreat. Everything went very well. We didn't have any broken bones this year!! The worst we had were a couple of scrapes and a headache. There were lots of games including soccer, volleyball, basketball, four square, ping pong, swimming, Hide n Seek at night and Capture the Flag at night. Nathaniel was the camp director. He organized and ran the camp. It was so nice to have another adult helping out.

4/05/2010

Easter Sunday at Nueva Vida

This past Sunday was Easter and it also was the 6th Anniversary of Nueva Vida en Cristo Baptist Church. We had a wonderful time listening to testimonies from the 7 folks that got baptized. It was so encouraging to hear how God is using others to bring the lost to Himself. Our daughter Natalie was apart of God's plan to bring Ana Elsa, our deaf neighbor, to Christ. It was so neat to listen to Natalie share Ana Elsa's testimony while Ana Elsa signed. Benjamin, a new believer also gave a very moving testimony. He invited his parents from Durango (a 12 hour trip) to witness his baptism. Benjamin publically asked forgiveness for being a horrible, son, husband, father and grandfather. After his testimony his wife Ana, gave him a big hug. I can't wait for you all to meet these folks in Heaven someday!

Alex, Ana Elsa, Karla, Miguel, Sam, Oscar, Ana and Benjamin

Kids enjoying the pool after the baptism.

Our new kid's club choir--Cre Cri. Cre Cri stands for Creciendo en Cristo or growing in Christ. We are teaching the kids biblical character qualities. This class meets on Sundays during the Bible Institute classes for the adults.

Our youth did a skit under the direction of Nathaniel and Natalie. It was so good. We stole the idea from something we found on YouTube, Everything Lighthouse Skit.

We had over 120 folks yesterday. It was a day full of glorifying God for what He is doing in our lives. We are so grateful for Our Risen Savior that give us the opportunity to have a New Life in Him!

Hornbrook Wedding--Brian and Merari (Sam's nephew)

It was fun to be able to attend a Hornbrook wedding! Here are Sam's parents, David and Sandy Hornbrook and children, Jim and Ruth Hornbrook and children, Sam and Jamie and children and the bride and groom, Merari and Brian Hornbrook.

Our son Nathaniel got to be a groomsmen!

Downtown Mexico City--Zocalo

For Nathaniel's birthday on April 1st. we spent the day downtown with a church family and another missionary couple. The day was filled with site seeing, a special tour of a government building, lunch on a roof top terrace and we went to a very cool museum of photos by Willy Sousa. It was a very fun day!