Day of The Kings.....!

This Sunday we celebrated the "Dia de los tres reyes", or the day of the Three Kings. In Mexico, Santa Claus is a relatively new visitor and normally Mexican children receive their gifts from the Three Wise Kings! These balloons are used to post letters to the Kings to let them know what the boys and girls would like for their gifts.

Also involved is a very special cake, which symbolises the crown of Christ, and is called Rosca de los Reyes. However, there is also a special treat! In each cake is a number of little white plastic babies, and if a person finds a baby in their piece that they cut, they have to make a Mexican dish for another party on the 2nd February! Guess who got a baby each.....we better learn how to make tamales!!

Happy New Year.....!

We know we're a day late in our post but we wanted to thank everyone here for being part of our team in this last year! We started this blog since we came here and much has happened that we havebeen priviledged to share with you all. We have laughed, cried and felt so blessed in many of our experiences here and have had a wonderful family of people back home and missionaries here. We were going to post a staged picture of us being really smiley and posed, but we thought we'd take a picture of us being normal - because that's who were are. We want to let everyone see us in the real way we are (not Jonny talking and Julie listening! - no jokes please!) because we feel so overwhelmed at how God has worked in our lives, and to be honest we are two ordinary people serving an extra-ordinary God.

We want to share with you in this next year, our successes, our failures, our high points and our low points and we just want you to feel blessed that, through your prayers and support, we can endeavour for the Lord in Mexico City. We love you all so much, and together we can begin 2008 with joyful hearts and enthusiam that this year the Lord is going to accomplish great things - are we all ready!

Jonny & Julie

Las Piramides.....Part 2!

When the Irons' were here we had a great opportunity to visit the Pyramids with them to let them see the sights of Mexico. It was amazing for us to bring Julie's family there, especially as it ws our second time and we could enjoy it a bit more knowing what we were looking at!

The Basillica.....

We had an opportunity to bring Julie's parents to the Basillica to let them experience the reason for us being in Mexico. It is so heartbreaking to see first hand the lostness of the people here as they show devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe. We really urge you to pray for the people of Mexico and also for the work of UNIFAM and OMS in Mexico and indeed all evangelical Christians as they serve the Lord in Mexico and work to advance Christ's kingdom.

Our First Mexican Birthday Party.....!

On Boxing Day we all went to our first ever Mexican Birthday Party! It was Johanni's first birthday and we went round to their home for the party. It was amazing to spend time with them, especially with Julie's family to let them meet. They are so dear to our hearts and they have helped our transition here go so much smoother and really helped with our Spanish. Little Johanni is so cute and we have seen her really grow up since we've got here and they really typify the amazing people of this country. We'll keep you updated on our friends here and we hope that you pray for them and their little family.

Pinata.....Pinata!

It has always been Laura's dream to have a pinata (who said dreams had to be aimed high!) so for Christmas, we here at Jonny & Julie's Dreams Come True, we made that possible. We bought a pinata from the shop down the road and set it all up on Christmas Day as a surprise for Laura. Unfortunately Christmas dinner and swinging about don't really mix, so it took Laura a few days to finally get hitting. It was one of the strongest pinatas I have ever seen and it even took Linda (my mother in law) a few hits to aid the cause. I haven't included photos of her in fear of my life - as I've now seen her swing a stick!

Let it Snow.....Let it Snow!

This is a photo that Laura took when they were travelling, and we wanted to post it as it seems weird to us that not too far away from where we are is a brave bit different than our current climate. We have to say that we miss things about the cold at this time of the year; seeing our breath while we are out in the mornings, defrosting the car before going to work, loads of traffic as people can't drive in snow.....hang on we don't miss that much! We want to give everyone at this time of year a big fleecy pjamas hug to keep you warm as you brave this weather everyday and thank you for just being part of why we are here and what we're doing! God Bless!