[Saturday, April 24, 2004]
Hola a todos mis amigos y a mi familia!
Well, I bet you are wondering about my vacation. It was great. I had a very relaxing time. The trip to Oaxaca was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the scenery on the 4 hour bus trip. We drove alongside the mountains and they are beautiful, well some of the way they were beautiful. About 2 hours into the trip the mountains started to change and became very desertous. In place of grass and trees there were the funniest looking cacti covering the mountain. The mountains were very dry and the ground was just dirt. Then, there were those cacti. They were tall, skinny and looked like poles. So, imagine green prickly poles sticking up all over the side of the mountain. It was neat though. I especially enjoyed the scenery driving back during the sunset!! What beauty. Anyways, our friend Jana met us at the bus station in Oaxaca. Oaxaca had some immediately noticeable differences from Puebla. First of all, it seemed to be a poorer area, not poverty-stricken, but I could tell the town wasn't as wealthy. Secondly, it is only half a million in population compared to Puebla's 3 million. Third, the town is more spread out with neighbors scattered on the mountainside. Oaxaca is actually in the mountains, while Puebla is in a valley, between lots of mountains. The fourth difference I noticed is that there are many more Indian-Mexicans in Oaxaca. I very rarely saw Mexicans of Spanish descent iin Oaxaca. In comparison with Puebla, there are many very lighted skinned Mexicans in Puebla. So, in Oaxaca, Indian languages are more common, even just 20 miles outside of the main city. We visited 2 different villages outside of Oaxaca. One village had a famous rug weaver. He makes natural dyes from little bugs that grow on cactus plants, leaves, plants, limes, etc. He showed us how he gets the wool ready to be woven and we saw a young man using a machine to weave the different colored strings together into marvelous designs. It was a hard, long process. The people in his village speak Zapotec, an Indian language. The man said he didn't speak much Spanish. Another village we went to had a place that specializes in black pottery. It was neat. Of course I have a little more interest in pottery than most ordinary people because my aunt is a potter and she has her own business. I sent her some pictures of the black pottery. I bought a couple pieces there. One thing about it is that it is very inexpensive! In the city we went downtown to a few different markets. I love going to the market. You can find so many different things there and they are usually fairly cheap. I bought a shirt. Another attraction we visited in the area was the Tule tree. It's one of the biggest (in diameter) trees in the world. It was interesting to see. Finally, we went to visit Monte Alban, which are Indian ruins dating back to about 500BC. They were such skilled architects! You just wouldn't believe how skilled the people were. There is one pyramid-like structure where on either side of the pyramid, there is a hole left in the stairs going to the top. The stairs were designed so that on 2 specific days of the year the light will shine in one side and out the other. It was part of their calendar system. Amazing, isn't it! Well, that concludes my trip----oh, except for the cucarachas (the cockroaches.) We found cockroaches in Jana's house and the afternoon we left, we had a cockroach killing party because we'd found their nest. I didn't get in on much of the action because I just don't like cockroaches and these were monster roaches!! I'm glad we haven't had them in our apartment.
Well, the first week back to school after break went well. The students were joyful and a blessing as always. The Lord has been teaching me how to help one student that I have who has special needs. By relying on the Lord for wisdom and patience, I have been less frustrated with the situation. God has also been challenging me through a book I'm reading. It's called Evidence Not Seen. It's an autobiography of a missionary who was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the West Indies during WWII. Her faith and reliance on God is very humbling as I realize the trials that she went through and how she always thanked the Lord in every situation. She went through things that you and I would never imagine and yet she felt the presence of God in her life and relied on His faithfulness alone to sustain her. How much we take for granted. How easily we get dissatisfied if things don't go our way. I sure have a lot of growing to do. Perhaps you too should think about your life and in what ways God is trying to stretch your faith and humble you. I'll pray for you as you seek a stronger relationship with God! Have a great week---in your walk with the Lord!
Love,
Angelina
P.S. I would like to send some pictures to those of you who read my weblogs, so please e-mail me your address and I would be glad to get some pictures together since I can't post them online! Thanks.
Well, I bet you are wondering about my vacation. It was great. I had a very relaxing time. The trip to Oaxaca was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the scenery on the 4 hour bus trip. We drove alongside the mountains and they are beautiful, well some of the way they were beautiful. About 2 hours into the trip the mountains started to change and became very desertous. In place of grass and trees there were the funniest looking cacti covering the mountain. The mountains were very dry and the ground was just dirt. Then, there were those cacti. They were tall, skinny and looked like poles. So, imagine green prickly poles sticking up all over the side of the mountain. It was neat though. I especially enjoyed the scenery driving back during the sunset!! What beauty. Anyways, our friend Jana met us at the bus station in Oaxaca. Oaxaca had some immediately noticeable differences from Puebla. First of all, it seemed to be a poorer area, not poverty-stricken, but I could tell the town wasn't as wealthy. Secondly, it is only half a million in population compared to Puebla's 3 million. Third, the town is more spread out with neighbors scattered on the mountainside. Oaxaca is actually in the mountains, while Puebla is in a valley, between lots of mountains. The fourth difference I noticed is that there are many more Indian-Mexicans in Oaxaca. I very rarely saw Mexicans of Spanish descent iin Oaxaca. In comparison with Puebla, there are many very lighted skinned Mexicans in Puebla. So, in Oaxaca, Indian languages are more common, even just 20 miles outside of the main city. We visited 2 different villages outside of Oaxaca. One village had a famous rug weaver. He makes natural dyes from little bugs that grow on cactus plants, leaves, plants, limes, etc. He showed us how he gets the wool ready to be woven and we saw a young man using a machine to weave the different colored strings together into marvelous designs. It was a hard, long process. The people in his village speak Zapotec, an Indian language. The man said he didn't speak much Spanish. Another village we went to had a place that specializes in black pottery. It was neat. Of course I have a little more interest in pottery than most ordinary people because my aunt is a potter and she has her own business. I sent her some pictures of the black pottery. I bought a couple pieces there. One thing about it is that it is very inexpensive! In the city we went downtown to a few different markets. I love going to the market. You can find so many different things there and they are usually fairly cheap. I bought a shirt. Another attraction we visited in the area was the Tule tree. It's one of the biggest (in diameter) trees in the world. It was interesting to see. Finally, we went to visit Monte Alban, which are Indian ruins dating back to about 500BC. They were such skilled architects! You just wouldn't believe how skilled the people were. There is one pyramid-like structure where on either side of the pyramid, there is a hole left in the stairs going to the top. The stairs were designed so that on 2 specific days of the year the light will shine in one side and out the other. It was part of their calendar system. Amazing, isn't it! Well, that concludes my trip----oh, except for the cucarachas (the cockroaches.) We found cockroaches in Jana's house and the afternoon we left, we had a cockroach killing party because we'd found their nest. I didn't get in on much of the action because I just don't like cockroaches and these were monster roaches!! I'm glad we haven't had them in our apartment.
Well, the first week back to school after break went well. The students were joyful and a blessing as always. The Lord has been teaching me how to help one student that I have who has special needs. By relying on the Lord for wisdom and patience, I have been less frustrated with the situation. God has also been challenging me through a book I'm reading. It's called Evidence Not Seen. It's an autobiography of a missionary who was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the West Indies during WWII. Her faith and reliance on God is very humbling as I realize the trials that she went through and how she always thanked the Lord in every situation. She went through things that you and I would never imagine and yet she felt the presence of God in her life and relied on His faithfulness alone to sustain her. How much we take for granted. How easily we get dissatisfied if things don't go our way. I sure have a lot of growing to do. Perhaps you too should think about your life and in what ways God is trying to stretch your faith and humble you. I'll pray for you as you seek a stronger relationship with God! Have a great week---in your walk with the Lord!
Love,
Angelina
P.S. I would like to send some pictures to those of you who read my weblogs, so please e-mail me your address and I would be glad to get some pictures together since I can't post them online! Thanks.
[Wednesday, April 14, 2004]
** Sorry this is so overdue. I had some problems with the internet and couldn't post the message until now.
Hola mis amigos y familia!
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
Hola mis amigos y familia!
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
[Saturday, April 10, 2004]
Hola mis amigos y familia!
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
Hola mis amigos y familia!
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
Hola mis amigos y familia!
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
Como han estado? It would certainly be good practice to write this all in Spanish, but then again, I'm not so sure you all would like the practice of reading in Spanish. :) Well, I'm on my first Easter vacation as a teacher. Now that I've seen both sides, I think teachers look forward to breaks even more than the students! This past week was actually pretty calm. Our school takes the SAT tests every year in every grade, so we had testing this week. My students took a total of 10 tests in 4 days. So, it was a mentally draining week for them and an easy planning week for me. We did some special things for Easter on Thursday, before our break. I took the students over to my house and we had a little song service. I accompanied them with the guitar for a few songs. That was the first time I've done that. (In case you didn't know, I began learning how to play the guitar in about October.) So, that was neat and then they dyed eggs. Later in the afternoon we had a celebration at school and the parents were invited. We had an egg hunt in the room and had treats.They also did a craft with eggs. It was a fun day. We are off of school all next week. When we get back there are only 6 weeks of school left. So, that means that there are only 9 weeks until my team from LBT comes down to Puebla! How exciting! Please join with me in praying for our team as we prepare and have faith in God's provisions.
For those of you wondering, my grandpa is doing well after his heart attack 2 weeks ago. He had another surgery early this week and is recuperating. Thanks for your prayers.
Well, later this week, I'm going with 3 friends to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit a teacher at the Christian school there. Oaxaca is about 4hr 15 min southwest of us, towards the Pacific coast. It's a lower altitude and is probably warmer than here. It'll be a nice getaway and a nice visit with Janna. So, you can pray for us as we travel.
In closing I would like to remind you all, as well as myself the reason that I'm down here. It's because there is a compassionate, holy God who loved us, as unworthy as we are, and sent his son, Jesus to die on the cross at Calvary for us, to undergo the worst treatment imaginable in order to pay for my sins and your sins. Not only that- because as we will celebrate tomorrow- Jesus was not a mere man, but the Son of God, who rose again on the third day, victoriously defeating death! He is alive today and I'm here to serve God's people who are sharing this fact of amazing love with the world! I challenge you to take a moment and think about how who you are, where you are and what you are doing are connected with Jesus' life, death, and ressurection! If there is no connection, the Lord would love to impact your life on a personal level. E-mail me if you would like to know how to have the kind of relationship with Him and I'd be more than willing to call you or e-mail you and tell you more about it!
Have a great week!
Angelina
