Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Summer Time

Hi everyone,

As summer has started for most of you already, we still have 2 weeks left of school. I can't believe another school year has come and gone.  We plan to spend time here in Merida over the summer.  We have Latishia visiting us from Florida for the summer and Kristi will be staying here as well.  Kristi and Latishia both go back to Florida on August 8th, so please pray for safe travels and that they will keep Mexico and their memories close to their hearts.  Kristi plans to go back to Florida for a while, start online classes, and pray about coming back to Mexico in January.  Please keep Kristi in prayer as she seeks God for wisdom and direction in this next chapter of her life.

Jeff and the Calvary House guys are back and had a fruitful time on their trip to Guatemala.  They teamed up with the missionaries there as well as Christian Skaters from different parts of the US.  They built a skate park all in one week's time.  One of the guys also was baptized in a river down in Guatemala.  The C House guys worked together as a team and  Lalo shared the gospel at the big outreach event.  The outreach was a great success and about 15 kids gave their lives to Christ!  Thank you all so much for your prayers. God is doing a great work down in Guatemala and we pray this skate park will continue to be a blessing and glorify God!

Before Jeff left to Guatemala he had an opportunity to share his testimony at a public high school here in Merida.  There was a presentation on addictions and religion.  There was a panel of experts: doctors, psychiatrist, etc. Jeff was able to share about his experiences and present the gospel.  It was so awesome to have God open the door for this opportunity.

And as for us as a family, we are enjoying being parents and watching our little boy grow up.  He is such a blessing to our life.  We hope to spend some quality time this summer and prepare for the next school year.  I plan on teaching 6th grade English again and may also teach dance!!!  I am really excited about that :)  Jeff will continue with maintenance and Calvary House as well as spanish lessons and teaching in Tizimin.

I have been reading a book called Lineage of Grace.  It is about 5 unlikely women who changed eternity (Tamar a woman of hope, Rahab a woman of faith, Ruth a woman of love, Bathsheba a woman of unlimited grace, and Mary a woman of obedience)and have truly experienced God's grace and goodness.  It has really humbled me to see how faithful these women were and God's blessings upon their life and how he used unlikely people in the lineage of Jesus Christ.  Jeff and I are so blessed to serve here in Mexico and live in His grace every day.  To think he chose 2 people like us to do his work is truly GRACE!  Even when we come home and find scorpions in our bed or take a walk and almost step on a tarantula we know God is protecting us and guiding every step of the way :)

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support.  We pray you all have a fruitful and safe summer.


With all our love,


The Stones