So much time has passed...

I don't know where to begin.  My last post was in February and much has happened in these past five months.  We've had the Youth Retreat at the end of March.  Kid's Day was the end of April.  Mother's Day in May, Marriage Retreat the beginning of June and finally Father's Day.  In between all this we had our daily routine of homeschooling which lasted until the beginning of June.  June 19th we flew to  Indiana to celebrate the graduation of our son Nathaniel.  He completed his Master's of Divinity.  We spent five weeks celebrating many things!  We held a surprise 40th Wedding Anniversary Celebration for my parents!  We also enjoyed a Hornbrook Gathering in Tennessee.  We celebrated July 4th with the Worrell Clan!  We then went to Ohio where we rejoiced with Sam Sr. when he received his 50 year pin from Baptist Mid-Missions.  We received our 25 year pin!  We had a wonderful time with our older children and getting to know their special friends.  This is a brief overview.  I will try and do better at posting.   On the ministry side, God continues to do amazing things at Nueva Vida!  We appreciate your prayers as we begin to start up another Bible Seminary.  Sam and another missionary will be teaching on Saturday mornings starting this Fall.  I will post some of the highlights from the past five months!

Nathaniel's Graduation from Seminary!

Natalie, Nathaniel and Nicole

Nathaniel and Julia

Natalie and Andrew

Youth Retreat

Kid's Day Mime Team

Marriage Retreat

My wonderful parents!

 

Teacher Training Course

For six weeks we stayed after church on Sunday and had an intense training for our teachers.  The training lasted 3 hours each Sunday.  Our teachers learned so much.  Cindy Castillo, a missionary here in Mexico City, and a dear friend, did a wonderful job of focusing on the importance of teacher prep and digging deep into God's Word.  This past Sunday 11 of the 30 plus teachers gave 15 minute lessons in front of their peers and children.  I was so proud of them!  Our team of teachers has tripled!

Valentine's Day Dinner

We had a wonderful time at our Valentine's Day Dinner.  We had 40 adults (20 couples) enjoy a special prepared meal of smoked pork chops with raspberry chipotle sauce, mashed potatoes, bread, pasta salad, lettuce salad and a buffet of desserts!  We had a fantastic time fellowshipping, eating and playing minute to win it type of games.  Of course we had our version of the Newly Wed Game also!  We finished the evening with a testimony from Alberto and Karla.

Fun time!

You just can't beat the weather here during the winter!!

Christmas Program

Time sure flies when you are very busy!  Here are a few pics of our Christmas program.  We didn't get too many due to the fact that I was keeping the children's choir as quiet as possible during the program.

The program went very well.  I wish I could have captured more of it in pictures.  The gospel message was presented several times in different ways, songs, miming and mini-dramas.