What A Great Weekend !

We just had the privilege of meeting a team of 19 from Airdrie Alliance. We had a great time getting to hear their experiences helping out at an Orphanage in Querretero and their impressions of Mexico City. We were so excited to have some of our Mexican friends come and meet this team as well and share the day with us yesterday. Its always so wonderful for us to be able to meet some of the support we have back home. We are praying that some of them will come and serve with us possibly as interns, short term teams, or even full time workers!!! Why not dream big! We have such an amazing job we get to love and get to know people through different venues. We are advertising for an Alpha course that we will be running Sept 24! Please pray that we will have a good turn out, that people will come with all of their questions and hearts open to hearing truth.

Are You a Dull Axe?

I was encouraged by Ecclesiastes 10:10 this morning, it says "If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success." It really made me think about what areas of my life am I feeling dull....its not hard to figure out that we are costing ourselves time, energy and success in whatever it is we are facing. Why do we insist on taking the hard way? on wasting our energy on doing things in our own strength and ability? Oh the amazing things we are kept from experiencing and seeing because we insist on chopping wood with a dull axe. Find out what sharpens you, doing everything you ever dreamed you couldn't do! You will be amazed how courageous you feel when you allow yourself to be sharpened, there is no tree too big! You can be used to create something beautiful out of something ordinary..or you can keep swinging that dull axe till you have completely mangled that piece of wood and what's left is only useful for throwing into a fire. The things that sharpen me are guarding my heart, my thoughts, being quick to say sorry (not too quickly Canadiense!) to keep a clear conscience and heart and to remember to rest and allow my creator to refresh me and inspire me with the beautiful creations he wants me to be apart of.

The picture is of two women that I love in Abbotsford Lori and Brenda, they both are women who sharpen me just by being with them :) Remember iron sharpens iron!!

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So much to look forward to!

Its been a while since our last post :) thanks for bearing with our craziness. We just returned from Canada, it was a great time of reconnecting with family and friends and enjoying the opportunity to share our lives in Mexico. Its always a little harder for the kids to leave but they are doing good. We came home to great news that we have a teacher coming to teach the kids!!!! The girls also started Jazz classes today so we are thrilled that they will be able to meet some other kids in our area. We have so much to be thankful for! We missed our team and our Mexican friends while we were away. We are excited to be where our hearts are surrounded by new family and friends. We are also excited that our team members found an apartment right across the street what a great way to beat Mexico city traffic.

These pictures are of our last day in B.C. Julia enjoying White Rock, Nathan visiting at a BBQ and part of the Napoleone clan, we were lucky enough to enjoy home made pizza and a visit with family from Toronto, Winnipeg and B.C.