Altotonga, Mexico -- Happy Thanksgiving! Today I have reason to give thanks-- and I would like to share that with you.
My Mexican sister-- Carmen-- was pregnant with twin girls. She has a daughter who just turned one a couple of weeks ago, and she has been waiting for the arrival of these new babies. After not going to the doctor for some time, she went on Monday and the doctor told her that it was a grave situation and that it would be between her life or the babies lives. You can imagine how she must have felt.
I went over that evening to visit with her and the family. We laid hands on her and prayed, trusting God that He had put these two lives in her and He was going to take care of them all.After a very long series of crazy events on Tuesday-- she was finally admitted into the hospital here in Altotonga. The doctors ran a few tests to see what her hemoglobin levels were-- and she had gone up 3 points-- which was good! That night, she gave normal birth to two healthy girls at 11:10 amd 11:30pm. All are in good health. The girls are skinny little things-- but very precious. And Carmen and the girls are now at home.
God did a miracle in her. What was one day a situation so grave and to the next night-- giving normal birth. We give the glory to God for what He did. Thank you to all of you who were praying. On another note, I am thankful for you-- who take the time to read and pray and who support me in those ways-- as well as financially. I am thankful to God for your lives and the lives of your families and pray His many abundant blessings over you.Well, my friends, I need to get. It's been a long day and there is still more to do. Will write soon!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
VA+RI=PJ
Altotonga, Mexico -- I'm still recovering from a very long week(end). It's been an interesting week full of developments. And Thursday night, one of the youth stayed the night at my apartment so that we could be at Chris's house at 3:15am. She is from a little rancho that obviously no buses run at the hour.
I was working on a video for my ma because it was going to be her birthday. So I managed to get about 2 hours of sleep before we crammed into Chris's car and took the trip to Mexico City.
The youth conference was great. It's definitely one of the best conferences I've ever been to. There were youth pastors and leaders there that are dedicated and who want to talk to you and answer your questions. Among the speakers were Abel Lopez, Jeffrey de Leon, Mike Richards, Emmanuel Espinosa, Pablo Delgado, Paco Palafox and many more. It was a great weekend-- I think the youth learned a lot, grew and had a lot of fun in the process. They were talking all weekend about the workshops that they enjoyed as well as the group times. This was very good for them.
Friday night we got to sleep around 11pm. Back up at 7 on Saturday and thus began another day. We went to the Rojo concert that night-- Rojo is a big name in Christian Spanish music. We got back Altotonga on Sunday morning at like 3:20am. One of my favorite workshops that I went to was one taught by Abel Lopez. It was especially for those who had fewer than 2 years in the youth ministry. I had originally planned to go to another one, but I decided to change to this one and was glad I did. It was so practical! It was about basics of running a youth ministry-- how to choose leaders, monthly scheduling and yearly scheduling and how to plan events. I took about 6 pages of notes. Of course, it was a small notebook, but still- 6 pages!
The theme of the conference was Verdad Absoluta + Relacion Intencional = Pastorea Juvenil-- which means Absolute truths + Intentional Relationships= Youth Pastorship. And everything had to do with those two things. We had the cd recordings of the programs, so I plan on digging into the rest that I didn't get to go to this week.
Well, this week is somewhat normal!! I'm going to be focusing this week on visiting college-age kids in the neighbor and I'm doing some studies on leadership and ministry in certain areas. So, between that and everything else that I work on during the week, it'll be good.Well, until next week, friends. I have a lot to do!!! Take care!
I was working on a video for my ma because it was going to be her birthday. So I managed to get about 2 hours of sleep before we crammed into Chris's car and took the trip to Mexico City.
The youth conference was great. It's definitely one of the best conferences I've ever been to. There were youth pastors and leaders there that are dedicated and who want to talk to you and answer your questions. Among the speakers were Abel Lopez, Jeffrey de Leon, Mike Richards, Emmanuel Espinosa, Pablo Delgado, Paco Palafox and many more. It was a great weekend-- I think the youth learned a lot, grew and had a lot of fun in the process. They were talking all weekend about the workshops that they enjoyed as well as the group times. This was very good for them.
Friday night we got to sleep around 11pm. Back up at 7 on Saturday and thus began another day. We went to the Rojo concert that night-- Rojo is a big name in Christian Spanish music. We got back Altotonga on Sunday morning at like 3:20am. One of my favorite workshops that I went to was one taught by Abel Lopez. It was especially for those who had fewer than 2 years in the youth ministry. I had originally planned to go to another one, but I decided to change to this one and was glad I did. It was so practical! It was about basics of running a youth ministry-- how to choose leaders, monthly scheduling and yearly scheduling and how to plan events. I took about 6 pages of notes. Of course, it was a small notebook, but still- 6 pages!
The theme of the conference was Verdad Absoluta + Relacion Intencional = Pastorea Juvenil-- which means Absolute truths + Intentional Relationships= Youth Pastorship. And everything had to do with those two things. We had the cd recordings of the programs, so I plan on digging into the rest that I didn't get to go to this week.
Well, this week is somewhat normal!! I'm going to be focusing this week on visiting college-age kids in the neighbor and I'm doing some studies on leadership and ministry in certain areas. So, between that and everything else that I work on during the week, it'll be good.Well, until next week, friends. I have a lot to do!!! Take care!
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