Natalie and Nicole

Our girls are really enjoying the life God has given them here in Mexico City.  Both girls have friends at church, basketball and from other connections.  It has been fun to watch our children grow up in another country.  They have learned another language plus have been brought up in a church plant focused life.  This lifestyle isn't like any other.  This year has been a year of them both realizing that they are going to have to pick up and leave again.  For Natalie, it  has been much more difficult.  She has come to a point in her life that she knows that her life won't be like it has been for the past 17 years.  She is going to finish her high school education in the States and then move on to college.  She will only come back to Mexico for visits.  Let's just say, she has shed a few tears about this.  We have just a few more months 'til we head back to the States for our furlough year.  We enjoy our time in the States but it just isn't the same as our life back here in Mexico City.  Please pray for our girls.  My childhood was not like my kids.  I went to the same church my whole life up until we came to Mexico 20 years ago.  I didn't know another culture, another language like my children have been so blessed to learn.  I barely knew that there was a West Lafayette.  (I grew up in Lafayette)  There are always lessons in these transitions.  Saying good-bye doesn't get easier with time.  We continue to grow more and more attached to our church and those around us.

This is a cool truck that we found in the Home Depot parking lot in Poza Rica where Sam's dad lives.

Thanks so much for your prayers as we get ready to transition to the States.