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May 2020


Don´t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 
And the PEACE of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. 
- Philippians 4:6-7


 Talk about a virtual month!  From recording video lessons and teachings, to filming others, to acting, to lots of zoom meetings, and taking free online clases I´m sure many of you, like us are a bit worn out on screen time. But, we´ll make the most of it...

 I wrote and recorded this lesson for Conquering Frontiers kids´ church. It´s amazing how many hours it takes to write a script and record for a production that lasts just a few minutes! : 

Xau filming a kids´  lesson at Faith Center Ajusco church:
Zoom has been very useful of course: prayer times, sharing the Word, catch-up time, vision casting, resource training, planning and filming - to name a few...:
A pastor friend of ours in Oaxaca asked Xau to record a teaching for his church. The internet there isn´t working so they´ve engineered a creative plan.  Congregant Uriel takes the USB with the 20 min. teaching house-to-house and helps the family set it up to view, waits the duration of the video and then takes the USB to the next house! Now, that´s dedication.:


Xau spent one whole day directing and participating in one of the lessons for Rhema Bible Church Kids´ program. He´s been working closely with the children´s director to write lessons, scripts and a calendar of lesson topics.:


A big praise!: During this quarantine we´ve been able to invest in the remodeling/construction of an apartment below the parking lot at our complex.  Ciro - our neighbor and friend (the same one who comes to Bible study on Wednesdays) is a construction worker.  He´s done lots of jobs for us.  Precisely due to COVID he was going to be out of work. 

But thankfully, we were able to offer him the job!  He has been working hard all of April and all but one week of May.  Yazna, Xau´s sister, is an architect by profession and made the blueprints for the whole project.  The space will consist of a kitchenette, bathroom, bedroom / living area and closet. In the two collages below you can see the progression (upper left is how it was; bottom right of the second collage is what it looks like now.)






The vision for now is to have a place for visitors, mission groups and AirBnB guests.  Ciro is working this week on the water, gas and electric installations. It´s been a goal of ours since last year, and we´re thankful for how God has multiplied our resources (through you!) to make it possible.  We´re also so happy to have been able to offer some work to Ciro during this time. 
For those of you wondering, the pregnancy is going well, praise God.  I just had some routine blood work done and everything looks good.  I do get tired at times and am trying to take it a bit easier :) Oh, and if you hadn´t heard: it´s a GIRL!

 Thank you for being so incredibly faithful.  Can´t wait to visit you in December-January (I guess it will be here before we know it). Love and prayers. 

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