Music and Mexico

Well it only took us a couple of weeks to be back on the Mexico side of life! We've met several great people since beginning school down here on the TX/Mex border and together we all (3 families totaling 14) have already had some memorable moments. This past week we had a going away party for our first friends down here in McAllen... Warren and Alisha graduated from Kings Way Language School last Spring and are on their way out into the great big world of missions so we spent the weekend singing some old Christian favorites and taking a trip across the border for some CHEAP Mexico shopping!!!

Warren, Paul and Jason (playing a musical box, literally!)

New friends from school

Shopping for toys in Mexico!

Fence Building

Since moving to McAllen we have had the opportunity to volunteer in quite a few different circumstances. The home we are living in is right next door the couple the school is renting it from who happen to be retired missionaries from Mexico. It's been such a blessing to us to be right next door to them on so many different occasions and a couple of times we've gotten the chance to hopefully bless them as well! So continuing on with the story the men began what was supposed to be building a fence between Ben and Ruth's (the retired missionaries next door) property and the schools property and ended up becoming a new fenced yard for the schools house... long story, but a good one since it means the kids now have a backyard to play in!

Kings Way Language and Missions Training School...

As most of you know we have made the move back to the Tex/Mex border to study Spanish over the next 9 months. As a family we truly feel that this time is a gift from the Lord to prepare us for a big future serving in Latin American countries in His name. School started on Monday and so far sooooo good! I'm glad to report that we did learn quite a bit while living in Mexico for the past two years and now we are quickly learning how to put all that knowledge into a functioning and understandable sentence structure! Seriously, we are having an amazing time down here learning the language, meeting missionaries who have so many experiences to share and serving the Lord in what we may think of as small ways, but I believe are parts of a larger picture in His eyes! Thank you to everyone who continues to love and pray for us... Our hearts are truly for missions knowing that everyone has the opportunity to serve on the mission field. Where ever you are there is a need God has formed to you to fill though His Grace. The need is great even here... and God is BIG even here!Above is a picture of the Language Training School

Above is a photo of the Kings Way home that our family is sharing with another family of 5! They are wonderful people and make the close living quarters more than bearable!

We are occupying two rooms in the house... this one is our Living Room/Dinning Room/ Boy's Bed Room... and then we have one more room and a bathroom for Jason and I =)