Our Mexican Family...

One of the things we will miss most about Mexico is hanging around with these guys. Anyone who has had the priviledge of meeting Christian, Robin, Maddie, Joshie, Eepie and Amelia will understand why we love them so much. They were our older siblings, our close friends, our sounding boards, and guinea pigs for some of Jonny's recipies!

This was taken after they took us to the airport and we were tired, but still had time to catch a Carl's Junior! Lots of things will have changed by the time we get back, but we can't think of a better family for our little baby to grow up with!

Back Home...

...see how happy it makes you! We have been home a couple of days now and it's very confusing! We understand people, can drive without fear of the police (depending on Jonny's driving!) and have had the unbelievable ability to sleep like superheroes!

Being at home is good, but at times we miss things from Mexico. Like picking up Julie's parents phone and saying "Bueno." Missing tacos and gringas, and petrol being 30p per litre. (It's now £1.20 or $2.40 per litre here!)

Bump Watch Week 21...

We have decided to sell out and do a bit of a bump watch for Baby Bean! So we are at Week 21, and if my mathematics serves me correctly is 5 months, 1 Week.

With our team coming, moving out of our house and trying to organise our church's Holiday Bible Club, we may not get many new interesting Mexico pictures. But we'll try...

Congratulations...

Laura (Julie's Sister) graduated today with a degree in English & Media. We are really sad we couldn't be there with her today, but we know God will really bless her, especially in the coming weeks before her wedding to Ash.

Well Done Laura!

Terrified and Blessed at the same time...

This Saturday I was asked to preach for the first time in Spanish. Well actually I've been asked a lot(!), but finally had enough faith in God to do it. Julie and I spoke in over 50 churches and meetings when we were preparing to come to Mexico, but to speak in English is a blessing that we took for granted!

Gabriel, the leader of the youth fellowship asked me to give a message to the youth, as we had been involved with them this year. We have had a lot of changes recently in our church, and a lot of discouragement, so I felt the Lord leading me to speak on "How to have a winning attitude."

We looked at the life of Paul when he was in prison, and how under all the strain and persecution he faced, he still praised God. I got a lot out of this message, and the youth said that they understood my Spanish, and the message really challenged them.

We praise God for such opportunities and it helps us to be humble as we are really out of our depth with our language, but continues to bless us in our weakness.

MEXIKIDS....

This Saturday was the final day of MEXIKIDS in our church, as we are having 2 training days to get ready for our Campo de Verano (a summer Bible club.) We have been so blessed to be a part of this ministry at our church, and to see how we finished with nearly 50 kids per week coming regularly, people coming to the Lord, and ending with 20 leaders, we can see how God blessed it!

We have been really purposeful on training the people in the club, and with the help of the UNIFAM Social Ministry, we have really seen growth in the people in our church. We have had people to take over our roles, and the team are so excited to get started in August. And we can't wait to come back and rejoin this amazing team of devoted people.

MOPS...

Thanks to Robin for the picture! Julie was invited to the MOPS closing party as we had shared a First Aid class with the Mum's there. MOPS stands for Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers and has been running for 2 years now. It is amazing to see how the ladies of Campanario church have really gelled as a team and are seeing much fruit for their labour!