Life thus far

Well we've been back two weeks now and things are going well.

We've moved into our new home, and with it's roomy 10 x 12 sq. ft. of floor space we've already done quite a bit of entertaining. This week I (Nick) celebrated my birthday and we had a dozen of our local friends over to celebrate. I shared that my birthday wish was that we'd all grow closer to God in the next year. The party itself was a success due to Sarah's gift of hospitality. She made sure everyone had a good time and good food, complete with cake and jello (the Mexican version of cake and ice cream!).

This weekend we tried out our vacation home (our 2-person backpacking tent). This awesome wedding present from a couple of our awesome sisters feels almost as roomy as our house. We spent a day and night in the mountains overlooking town. It was a great retreat. We also got to field test the rest of our great new camping gear.

I've put my baked goods delivery business on hold (probably permanently) as we investigate some other ways to be a blessing to the people here and to be legitamite with the immigration office. We're hoping to come alongside the local government in some of their medical projects; but we'll keep you posted.

We've spent a good deal of time since being back studying Christ's commands and teachings. We're trying to fall in line with His way of making disciples. We've begun challenging our friends and some new acquaintances with the invitation to draw closer to God by learning Christ's commands and obeying them with us. Many of our friends have responded well so far to such invitations.