Christmas in Del Valle

What an incredible Christmas we had.  This Christmas Eve was really special for us as it was our first Christmas with our Mexican friends.  We hardly knew anyone last year.  But this year we had the largest number of people attend La Conexion to date; 36 people attended.  We had an amazing time singing, celebrating advent and Nathan gave a message about the peace of Jesus that lasts versus the peace of "Christmas Eve, that fades."  Our friends really enjoyed themselves and many talked about how much they had had a good time.  After the service we had a meal together where we at turkey, Bacalao (a type of fish..dried cod) and other Mexican food.

The next day we had a turkey dinner with the International worker team.  Some of them were missing, visiting Canada, but we still managed to have a good time, and Carmela finally got to eat a turkey leg.  She had been asking for the last 3 turkey meals, if she could eat a leg....finally her turn came.

Another Season

We are so amazed at how wonderful our first Alpha course went. Many of our friends came not fully understanding what Alpha is and why they were coming! But God is so good that he used their curiosity and their trust in us to make that commitment and come. We are so excited to see many of our friends taking big steps in their lives, life changing steps, for the first time many of them are experiencing a personal faith and learning how to live their life experiencing peace that they had never experienced before.

We are very excited as tonight we start our second Alpha course and many of our friends are excited to bring their friends and family members because they had such a positive experience. Please pray that everyone would feel comfortable and safe to bring all their questions. Above that they they would feel loved and experience the peace that can only be experienced through a life walking with Jesus.