The Lies That Women Believe and The Truth That Sets Them Free

That is the title of the ladies book study that we are starting this Saturday from 12-2.  There could be up to 10 of us.  We are excited about the opportunity to uncover the lies in women's lives and then focus on the truth together!!! Please pray for our time together that it will be a great time of growing and hearing God's voice for each of our lives.  You can also pray for Nathan as he will be watching our kids as well as some of the ladies children attending :O) Pray that all the ladies will be able to make it and we will have a great time together.

We are also in our third week of ALPHA pray that everyone will come who has shown interest in being there.  We are also starting a youth table this week!

This week we had our second kids english class, they are going great and some of the parents told us how the kids asked everyday if it was tuesday because they couldn't wait to come back.

This week Nathan hosted the second week of a study for men as well, pray for Nathan as he discerns exactly what they should study.

English Class's for Kids

For you are good, for you are good, for you are good to me, those are the words going through my heard and heart tonight as we met together for our very first English class for children.  We had 12 new kids come out.  As if that was not enough of a blessing, two of my friends, Mariana and Tania taught the class and did an amazing job!! They have committed to teach this 10 week course and are very excited to do it.  That leaves us to sit and get to know more of our neighbors as well as the new people we have had the privilege of meeting.  God's goodness is amazing....

Our Second Alpha Course starts tonight!!!

What an exciting day we are going to have!  We start our second Alpha course tonight, already we are amazed at the people who have registered and even last night we received a phone call of new people wanting to attend!  Then a friend and teacher from Costa Rica Alejandra is going to arrive for a visit!  Enjoy the picture of Carmela and Julia having fun!

Baby Dedication

Well, we experimented another first today, our first child dedication!  It was so amazing to see the mom excited to make the commitment to grow her son knowing who Jesus is and walking beside him.  We are experiencing such joys of walking through life with our friends, even through the hard times.  We also are having our first teacher´s equipping this Saturday for new teacher's that are interested in serving by teaching the kids on Sundays.  We are hoping for a good turn out, that God would touch each person who comes and that our new teacher's will be excited to put what they learn to practice.
Thanks for coming on this journey with us, there is no place we would rather be!!

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.

Alpha weekend!!!

Never a dull moment that is for sure. We are just getting ready for our Alpha retreat that we leave for today and return Sunday. We are so excited to just relax and spend time with our great friends about an hour out of the city. We also get to explore the work of the Holy Spirit as that is the theme of the Alpha weekend. I also and thinking of a beautiful friend of mine Colette Lyons. She was just here with a team from Rockyview Alliance Church. What a blessing just to see her and squeeze her in person. One of the things that I can sometimes miss is just spending time with GOOD friends who know us and love us and walk with us.

The last picture is of course of Carmela being a ham!!

the first picture is of some dear Mexican friends that I adore and are becoming more and more apart of my heart