Welcome and Hello!
Bienvenido y Hola
We are so excited to be only 116 days (ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN!!!!) away from our mission trip to Mazatlan, Mexico to volunteer at YWAM, serving and loving on the staff, students and people of the city -- wherever God takes us we are ready!
So YES, this is us right now:
quietly,
patiently,
expectantly,
WAITING!
We have our tickets booked, arrangements made with YWAM, in the process of making farm plans for while we are away(where will cattle be, who will look after cats and dogs, chickens, etc) ...
... and waiting... and waiting.
We both feel like we want to leave RIGHT NOW! But we also know that in this time of waiting, we are preparing and learning so much through our personal studies, church services, reading books, talking to friends who have been on missions. This time is so precious as well, we are learning and growing in relationship with our Father; to me it is time that is very much like when your babes are small and your midnight feedings ... there is no one else - just you and the baby BONDING, growing in love and understanding - Precious and so needed! as we wait we are resting in this knowledge that He is with us and helping us to grow in so many ways!
We have also both been doing some bible studies (Dennis has just completed James and I am into Galatians!). We are waiting on actual Spanish lessons to begin on Oct 22 - so we continue to use the Duo Lingo app for Spanish;
Estamos aprendiendo más y más palabras y podemos formar oraciones pequeñas! (este no era uno de ellos) (still using a translator for some... ok many!)
{TRANSLATION: We are learning more and more words and can form small sentences! (this was not one of them)
haha}
...And we try to use what words and phrases we know as often as possible!
We have also been reading a few books and a have few books that are on our TO READ lists:
Dennis:
Strategic Compassion By Barry Slauenwhite
Kingdom Man By Tony Evans
The Invisible War By Chip Ingram
Now is the Time By Angus Buchan
Jodi:
Fervent - A Woman's Battle Plan for Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer By Priscilla Shirer
Discerning the voice of God By Priscilla Shirer
Is that really You, God? By Loren Cunningham
Love Does By Bob Goff
ROOTED- The Hidden Places Where God Develops You By Banning Liebscher
TO READ LIST:
Everybody always By Bob Goff
We died before we came here By Emily Foreman
The Book that Transforms Nations By Loren Cunningham
Tortured for Christ By Richard Wurmbrand
Kingdom Woman By Tony Evans & Chrystal Evans Hurst
Some of these books were suggested by staff at YWAM Mazatlán and others are reading for personal growth and interest! Is there any books you think would be a good read for either interest sake or a good read for those thinking about (or already on) Mission?
There is not too much else to share right now, except to finish up with prayers:
We know that your prayers are so important for us as we prepare our selves, body, mind and spirit for this trip and we THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts and praise God for y'all!
We asking for prayers (have a look at the prayer request list on the top right of the page) for us but we also would like to know how we can pray for you as well! If there are any requests of prayer that we can intercede on your behalf, please DO NOT hesitate to ask!
So until next time, our friends!
Que el señor te bendiga y te guarde!
Dennis & Jodi
We are only 30 days away from leaving for Mazatlan (THIRTY DAYS!), there is a pile of things still to do before we leave and Dennis has a very bad chest and head cold! I am asking for prayer for his health to be restored! 
