Gustavo, Arika and I at a Quinciniera. Gus and Arika are a fun married couple! Arika has a "sala" or a dance studio where she teaches classes in addition to coreagraphing dances for Quincinieras. If you think of them, please pray for encouragement for Gus as he just found out he has diabetes as well as for their marraige.
Joanna and two of her four sons, Uriel and Edgar. Joanna invited me over for enchiladas and sopa at 4:00 pm; however, I ended up getting their at 5 pm. It began to rain as I was about to leave for her house and yet again I couldn't figure out where to go. Except this time it was raining and the roads are dirt and I was in the colonio... way to go Ashley! Praise God I made it over as she had prepared food for us and wasn't sure what happened. Such a fun time with her! She is 27 years old and has 4 children who are precious!!! She stopped going to school after she finished elementary school and had her first son, Uriel when she was 16. This is very normal for women in the colonia. I asked her when she began to know Christ and for about a year a friend of hers in the colonio, Gloria, invited her to come to church. She would have nothing to do with it. She grew up Catholic and felt intimidated to go to another church However, after a year of asking she decided to go one day and felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. She began to cry and this is when she accepted the Lord into her life. She goes through ups and downs, as do we all, however after spending time with her I just pray that the Lord blesses her kind heart, her attempt to trust Him and believe that He is real. For encouragement in her faith and for her husband that he would come to know Christ.
One of Joanna's sons Kevin and I hanging out on her bed. It is normal to eat in a kitchen or in a room and then play with children or talk "platicar" in the parents bedroom as their are normally 2-3 rooms in a house.
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