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games, and church

and team activities

already. Our house

is one of twenty-one

in our neighbor-hood, and we have

already begun rela-

tionships with sev-

eral of the people

living here. Things

do take longer here,

but we feel like we

have accomplished

a great deal in these

first few months. We are

so grateful that we havebeen given the opportunity

to have a little time to get

settled before we begin the

rigors of language school.

After arriving

safely in Mex-

ico, our first

few weeks

here in Cuer-navaca were

spent finding

a house to

rent and fill-

ing it with

essential

items for our

family. We

were so

blessed to have my parents

and Kristinas mother herewith us for the first week.

They helped us tremen-

dously with the children

during that very stressful

time. While there are still

several household items welack, we already feel like

this has become our home.

We have enjoyed having

people over for dinner,

Driving in

Cuernavaca

was definitely

intimidating

at first, but

Kristina and I

have actually

been doing

very well. We

both feel very

comfortable

navigating our way traveling through

town and weve even

acquainted ourselves

with several of the

markets and cities in

and around Cuer-

navaca. We feel very

safe here and have

thoroughly enjoyed

exploring our new

surroundings to-

gether.

Settling In

U p c o m i n gD a t e s

Jeffs Birth-

day08/07

Kristinas

mother and

sister come

to visit

08/12

Noahs

Birthday08/20

Jeff andKristina

begin lan-

guage

school

08/23

Noah and

Juliana be-

gin school

08/23

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For endurance and

patience while our

team is in language

school.

That our relation-

ships with the peo-

ple brought in bythe recent campaign

would continue to

grow.

For the continued

spiritual health of

our team and for

our mentors here.

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Moving Forward

Gearing Up

Helping OutTwo

weeks ago,

groups

from Sny-

der, TX

and Wich-

ita Falls,

TX arrived

in Cuer-

navaca for

a short-

term mis-

sion trip. They were only

here for about a week,

but they were able to ac-

complish much in that

short time. They pre-

pared and hosted a Car-

nival for children and

their families, visited and

encouraged the children

at a local orphanage,

walked through several

neighborhoods praying,

talking to people, and

passing out fliers for the

church events. Our fam-

ily was blessed to be able

to help receive them from

the airport, prepare food

for them, escort them

around town, sing with

them in the city center,

and accompany them to

the orphanage. We feel

so fortunate to be learn-

ing so much from the

current Cuernavaca team

that was hosting them.

that it is going to be a very

good fit for the both of

them. Kristina and I will

also begin language school

on the same day. We will

be studying Spanish at the

Instituto Chac-Mool. We

are both very ready to begin

learning Spanish at a much

more intensive level,

though we continue to hear

how much of a trial it will

August 23rd is

going to be a very

big day for our

family. Noah

and Juliana will

start classes for

the first time at

Colegio Cuer-

navaca. We are

very pleased by what we

have seen about their

school so far and we think

be personally, for our fam-

ily, and for our team. I

think we all realize what an

important step this is for

the future of our work here

in Mexico. Please continue

to pray for us and to en-

courage us in the coming

months as we dedicate our-

selves to the task of learn-

ing Spanish.

Lourdes who weve all

grown to love. She re-

cently made the decision

to give her life to Christ

and to be immersed for

the forgiveness of her

sins! We were fortunate

to be able to host the

baptism at our house and

Noah even prepared the

baptistery by rolling back

the pool cover by him-

self! Our team has a

good relationship and

plays basketball regularly

with Lourdes youngest

daughter Corina as well.

Please pray for Lourdes,

Corina, and their family

as they continue to learn

more about Gods will for

their lives. And please

pray that the relation-

ships that our teammates

and we are beginning

with our friends and

neighbors will continue

to bear fruit for Christ.

Our team

has also

been busy

reaching out

to those

around us

and sharing

why we have

made the

decision to

move to

Mexico. Pat-

rick has been studying

with his landlady named

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Chac-Mool Language School

Lourdes Baptism

Sunday of the Campaign