Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for.  Of course we have to begin with our salvation in Christ!  We are thankful for good health.  This past year both Natalie and Sam have had back issues but right now they both are doing well.  Natalie has learned to tolerate her back situation.  She still has pain but knows how to get through it.  Sam is finally getting over his back strain that happened in September.  He is working his way back up to running again for exercise. 

We are also thankful for the spiritual growth we've seen in our own lives and in our children's lives.  We are grateful for the trials that God has brought across our paths this past year.  We are hopefully growing more through these specially designed situations!

We are thankful for the privilege to serve the Lord here in Mexico City!  We are grateful for the spiritual and numerical growth we've experienced at Nueva Vida!  God is allowing some major trials to occur in some of our church families.  Most of us don't enjoy being put through the hard times but we have all been reminded that God is in control and His Grace is sufficient.

We did Thanksgiving a little differently this year.  We had planned on spending the holiday with Sam's parents in Poza Rica.  Unfortunately, my visa didn't get resolved until Friday and we weren't able to use our vehicle until my paperwork was in order.  So we did plan "B".  We invited our Bible Overview attendees over for a Thanksgiving meal on Friday.  We had the works!  It was fun to introduce our friends to some traditional dishes like sweet potatoes, greenbean casserole and cranberry sauce!  The turkey was moist which was a wonderful surprise!!  Please pray for our two Bible Overview studies.  There are several folks attending that still need to understand the true gift of salvation.