This is a picture of our dog Sasha. Sometimes I wish I could just plop and snooze. These have been very busy days for us these past couple of weeks. We are getting ready to jump start our Institute at Nueva Vida for our Fall classes. This semester we are offering Christian Education. Sam is wanting all of our present and future teachers to take this exciting class. We have 25 folks signed up!! This is so encouraging as we train and disciple new people to serve in the ministry. While the Institute class for adults meets we have a special designed class for the kids called Cre Cri (Creciendo en Cristo) or Growing in Christ. We are going to start out the year studying Obedience. This year we will be utilizing the young people as helpers and they too will be training to serve. We are going to be focusing on Bible Stories that show us both obedience and disobedience. We will have a music time to teach the kids the musical scale as well as counting. This is prep for the future. We hope to have a real bell choir in the future so we have to start learning now!!
Thank you so much for your prayers for Natalie and her back. She is doing so much better. She is faithful to her specialized exercise program that she will have to do for the rest of her life. She has no limitations but is learning how long and hard she can do things. She is jogging three to four times a week. I'm walking while she runs and we are pushing close to 8 miles a week. She is also doing volleyball drills that the coach at Faith Christian is giving her. We are so thrilled that Natalie can do all this after a year of hardly being able to exercise. We are praising God for the doctors He brought our way to help Natalie! The Back Clinic in Indy went above and beyond their call of duty. The Rehab in Lafayette at Unity Hospital was so refreshing and extremely helpful in giving us back our Natalie! God used so many people along the way.
We have also begun the school year. Natalie is in the 11th grade and Nicole is in 4th. We are working hard this year in preparation to going to Faith Christian next year while we are in Lafayette for our furlough. Both girls miss having classmates but we are trying to work hard at getting them together with kids their age. We are thankful for a great youth group and children's class at Nueva Vida.
This year we are focusing on training folks for different ministries and we are discipling the newer believers. We have four pregnant ladies in our church!! This is so exciting! Right now we have a six month old in the nursery and in November we will have two more new arrivals and then two more after the first of the year! Our church attendance continues to grow and we have visitors nearly every Sunday. God continues to grow His church in His time. We are honored to be apart of His Work here in Mexico City!
PPS Our son Nathaniel is doing well. He is staying busy with his studies at Faith Bible Seminary and with his ministries at Faith Baptist Church. He is right now he is in charge of the Skate Park and the Hispanic Class. He is loving what he is doing! Thanks for your prayers!
