Noticias Nuevas!

Pretty sure that I did 4 loads of laundry today washing all of the costumes that the ministry has and I don't think I am ready to be a mom just quite yet. I decided to pretend that I was a mom doing laundry for her family for the day and today, July 13th 2007, is not the day that I want children of my own and clothes to wash. In the future, yes, just not quite yet:)


We have a laundry machine in the "Patio" where I live, but it needs a little help. We have a garbage can with a hose in it and have to bucket the water into the laundry machine for all of the cycles. When it is done we hang up our laundry to dry in the center of the "Patio." So while we do not have to hand wash our clothes, there is some strength training involved. I do believe that you are really living it up when you have a washing machine in your house instead of having to take it to the laundry matt....who would have thought it would happen in Mexico versus New York City:)

Una Desafia: A Challenge

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Jesús dijo a sus discípulos, “si cualquier persona vendría después de mí, él debe negarse y tomar su cruz y seguirme.

Matthew 16:24

--Jesus

Right now I am going through the book written by John Piper, What Jesus Demands of the World. I have been challenged by this verse in Matthew and the Lord keeps bringing it to my attention in different ways throughout the week. I am challenged to give up my dreams, my desires, my plan, my hopes and should I receive none of them still choose Christ above all. This is my prayer. To put all trust, faith, hope and life here on earth in His hands. I continue to struggle to make my head and my heart one, but I continue to pray that this would be true in my life.





Things that make my day in Mexico.....

• Seeing a car go by me with a stroller with a baby in it in the back of a truck...having a dad drive by with 2 kids in his lap --while driving



• Using your hands instead of a spatula to mix food



• Throwing all used toilet paper into a garbage can instead of the toilet



• Using "topes" or speed bumps to slow cars down....all traffic signals, signs, rules are more of a suggestion



• !Hijole!

Otra Cosita:

Going deeper in our lives with God is a more solitary life. I am committed to community. It is the church, it is our calling, but it is only as we are real with God and broken before Him that we have anything to bring to one another.

~Sheila Walsh