Here is the video with clips from some of our worship times! The love that pours out from these awesome people is simply amazing! We are really going to miss our worship times here!
If you’re brave enough, turn up the volume for full effect and imagine the walls, floors and windows literally shaking!
It is so hard to believe that we are going into 5 weeks here and our time to head home is flying at us at a break neck speed! We are in awe each day of how God has put people in our day to day that spoke such truth and love into our lives, how the Holy Spirit moved through our lives and through others has been absolutely transformational! We are humbled by the generosity of the friends we have made here and are now like family, we KNOW we are blessed to witness their love and wisdom! WE feel honoured that they have shared their testimonies and lives with us these last weeks and we look so forward to watching their continued growth and love!
We feel so loved by everyone here and man are we going to miss them all when we leave, but we still have 5 days and what 5 days they will be!!
Here is the past week update and a bit more...
Today we will begin resting physically (well Dennis will as I am still on kitchen duty today and have my rest day starting tomorrow!), lots of Carnaval testimonies will be heard and told and worship tonight out in the park!
Have a great day!
Anyone who knows us, knows that Dennis and I enjoy good coffee in the mornings and since we have been here, we have really grown to love our coffee and our cream - which leads me to share a funny story.
Dennis and I were shopping and buying some groceries when we first arrived, being avid coffee drinkers (with cream) we began our hunt of the Soriana store! We found many coffee cream like packages in the middle aisles (non refrigerated) and creamers, but no real cream. As we searched the store we figured we would be enjoying our Looney Bean coffee black for the month! But God knew we would enjoy our morning coffees SO much more if we had actual cream! (Isn’t he amazing to think of even the small, crazy, insignificant things?!) As we searched we found the refrigeration area and low and behold CREAM! So we bought a small bottle and found it is so thick it is the same idea as Clotted Cream in the UK. It is the most delicious addition to our morning coffee... oh my! So fast forward to the next week where at Ley’s (a smaller grocery chain - similar to an IGA) we found the same Lala brand but in a bigger bottle AND in a tub (since it’s so thick it would be easier to use in the mornings!)
We buy both, take them home and the next morning I open the tub and taste it... this is NOT cream... it is sour cream! which I had enjoyed a few days before with my tostados at breakfast... at the base. Good thing I had tasted it first... but if you look at the picture you can see why we would be confused ... lol to say the least the kitchen staff got a good giggle from my sour cream/coffee cream story... and yet no one could explain the labeling to me! So long story short, when in Mexico and wanting to really enjoy your coffee, always buy the BOTTLE of crema fresca.
Tonight is our last night of Carnaval and we will be out until 1am, then back to the base and I have to dump my photos for media, Dennis will be bringing back the cafe things (because they tear it all down each night), so it will be a very late night for us again! Tomorrow we hope to get some basic house needs done, a bit of time in the sun and gearing up for packing for home!
So this morning I did a quick video of the base, and I need to apologize to Sebastian! I introduced him as Chino (insert eye roll here)... not sure why I did that! Lol can I beg late night, little sleep and early mornings?! lo siento, Sebastian! I am still working on my video-ing skills but you’ll get the idea of it all and see where we have spent our last month! There have been some big changes in the last year and it is still changing daily! Enjoy the tour!
Can’t believe we only have a week left here! We are trying to remember and enjoy every minute of work, worship & intercession and time with friends (who are more like family now!)
But here is a quick update on our first night going into carnaval! Can’t flip my phone around during taping so there will benTWO videos again! We will try to get a week update tonight (if we can get time)! Photos will get posted as well... again time allowing! Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!
It is hard in imagine we have been here for as long as we have! That means soon we will be heading home! Not something we are really getting too excited about (except to see family and friends!)
We have made such beautiful friends here and made a home for ourselves in our room and community, we have learned the art of getting around; calling uber or polmonia to get home places when we are tired and bogged down with groceries (and other purchases). It is going to be a hard internal fight to get on that plane to head home, but we know we have so much to share with everyone, that makes it exciting too!
So here is a movie about the last week, and photos will follow possibly tomorrow or Monday! Enjoy!
Sorry this is later than I had said, but I have had issues uploading this and I am not feeling so great the last two days, but here it is! These are photos from when we left home until last week! I promise I will try to do a better job on the photo movies as I learn iMovie!
When you watch the video, there is a body surfer during a worship session! That is Phil and he has been coming down to Mazatlan for a long time and is 78 I believe! God does some crazy, amazing and FUN things here! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask - I am on my way now to work on a better photo movie for this week! lol
Hola! Here is our week two video (recorded yesterday - Sunday)! We have been pretty busy with our work shifts and ministries but we have been so content and at peace here!
I am dealing with a sunburn from yesterday, but I am not to terribly uncomfortable. We had such a wonderful day to rejuvenate and rest for this coming week! God is good and knew just what we needed! This morning we have worship time and then work, with a break this afternoon for an hour, then back to work. I will try to post some photos with the stories behind them today/tonight.
Both Dennis and I have been having some clarifications on some things we had been praying about and all we can say is God is good! We will continue praying and we definitely want to thank y’all for your prayers! They mean so much to us! Again if you have any questions drop a comment or an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can! Have a blessed week!
HOLA! here we are almost a whole week into our mission trip and have so much to share, but we will try to contain it in this video! Keep your eyes on the INSTAGRAM act for more frequent updates with photos as we are finding our days are quite busy! We have weekends off and this weekend we toured around trying to get our bearings straight and finding out what shops are where and how to get there! WE walked to the lighthouse this morning (the walk was 7.53km+ ... I forgot to turn on my tracker sooner) and it was like walking up 43 flights of stairs! Yesterday we also walked over 4km (according to google maps) to go to the grocery store (Soriana's) ... so much walking lately! LOVE IT!
We will try to update with videos on Saturdays if possible, but we will have to see how things are going once we are in full swing with our work details! Enjoy the video and the photos that are on the left in our IG acct! Drop us a comment if you have any questions and the PRAYER REQUEST list has been updated!! Thank you and until next week!
