80's Party

Last Saturday we had a pretty rockin' 80's party. There was bright colors, big hair, and aqua net (just going to say i am glad i wasn't a teenager in that time, it takes way to long to make your hair big!). We had lots of fun 80s songs...... even taught the Thriller Dance. And of course, in true Mexican fashion.... 2 pinatas!

Here are some pictures!

Psalm 68

{Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! SELAH {Psalm 68:19}

I wish I was better at taking the Lords benefits. I know i should take this load because I know the burden is light because of the Lord, He is my mighty King and will carry it for me. This is good. God is good. When life gives me burdens, I want to immediately turn them over to the Lord, who work all things out for good--- for me! I probably won't recognize the burden as a benefit at the moment... but I do trust God enough to want to hand it over!

Dear Lord, I submit this day to you. Let me not squander the gift by wasting time with meaningless activities. Let every minute count. Your benefits are more satisfying than any burden that I can conjure up on my own. I have this great temptation to fret over whatever is bothering me and neglect to pray over it and hand it over to you.

Forgive me for fretting Lord, I should know better by now...

Progression of our coffee shop!

You can click on it to make it bigger!

Grutas de Cacahuamilpa (Cacahuailpa Caves)

Here are some photos from our recent quest to the caves with the youth group! It was a great time of fellowship and taking in the amazing creation of God!! We were able to take 36 people!

10 things I have learned in Jesus Maria's Park

1. You can use just about anything to strap your baby into the swing. Since there is no baby swings, I have seen people get creative. One man (I am assuming grandpa) takes off his belt everyday, wraps it around the two ends of the swing and TADA! I have also seen a sweater, rope, and some sort of hose!

2. Dogs like to play soccer too! Well, they love to chase the soccer ball when there is a heated game going on. It does nothing but tick the guys off playing, but it amuses me!

3. If you aren't careful the pizza man, on his little scooter thing will run you over when he comes zipping through the park!

4. I can now pick out the shady people in the neighborhood based on the activity they do in the park. One group of guys I will always avoid... when you walk by them they smell like pot and they are always trying to get my attention, and there is a guy always selling "something" to young people. There are also the super nice people you see everyday and start to develop a friendship with.... but, I believe it mostly has to do with my super cute dog!

5. People here either take SUPER good care of their dog... or they don't. The people that do take care of them have little outfits and matching leashes. If there is more then one, they have matching outfits with the others. And one lady has five dogs. the boys have blue jackets and the girls... pink! haha
Then there are the dogs that are all matted and you aren't sure you want to touch.

6. You can fit FIVE people on a single bike. Its like a family vehicle.

7. You can always tell what happened the night before by the type of trash left over the next day.... And that's why we don't go in the park after about 6:30pm.

8. They teach kids in Mexico how to play soccer as soon as they take their first steps. There is a class on Wednesday that teaches toddlers how to kick around a ball.

9. On any average day I see 5-10 people in the park that I know, usually from church or english classes, and you need to stop and at least say hi to them. There is no such thing as a continual walk with the doggie! And at first i thought it was annoying, and now i have come to enjoy it!

10. Because i am white.... I get asked if i give english classes about 10 times a day!

there might be a 2nd edition of this post... stay tuned =)

Community Center Classes

Next Monday starts another round of Community Center Center activities.


Community Center-- Tiempo de Vivir

(all classes are free with the exception of Saturday’s music classes)

Basketball—Monday and Wednesday 5:30-6:30

English classes— Monday 5pm, Wednesday 5 and 6, Thursday 5, and Friday 9:30am

Country Dance—Monday 6pm

Zumba–Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7pm

Guitar classes- Wednesday 6pm

Craft Time—Every 3rd Wednesday 9:30am Starting Feb 1

Baking class–9am Every Other Thursday Starting Jan 26th

Knitting class— 9:30am Every Other Thursday Starting Feb 2

Math and Physics Tutoring—Saturday, 9 a.m.

Saxophone, Violin and Keyboard classes—Saturday, 9-11 a.m.

Tina’s Coffee Shop

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday - 4:30-8pmempo de Vivir) classes!
Please be praying for them =)

Meet Our Community Center

Thanks for making this (and letting me use it), Jim!

That is our wonderful community center. We don't own all the locales, we own three. And they aren't all together! 

The one on the far right, with the yellow and red awning... that is the newest addition. It is kinda set up as a kitchen. So, we are going to use it on our big events for food... we are also using it for the Amigas del Alma baking class. Tiffany received a donation to buy a brand new oven/stove. 

The one right in the middle, with the little monster on the front of it... that is the original community center. We use that for a little of everything. But, mostly it is used for most of our classes.

And we own the one on the left that has the door open. That is going to be our new coffee shop! It will open Monday, and be open three nights a week. We have spent a lot of time in renovating it, and the tables should be ready on Saturday! Here is another picture of it (ill post another when everything is in place!)...