What a Week Looks Like

Today as we were visiting with friends I thought it may be a good idea to blog about what a typical/average week looks like in our lives here. And then maybe another day I will write what a typical day looks like, as there can be TONS of "interruptions" that you don't plan for. But for now...our typical week which to us begins on Tuesdays.

Tuesday - Begin with a time of prayer where we get up a bit earlier to pray, before the girls are up, for our ministries and specific people we know we'll face during the coming week. Tuesday is LeRoy's work day where he either locks himself in the office to do language study, sermon prep, bible study prep, or kids' club prep...or he goes to Anahuac to do visitation or any of the previous prep mentioned at the church where he is able to focus without the noise of children right at the door.

Wednesday - LeRoy's 2nd work day. Bible study in Vista Hermosa with 2 non-Christian men (another man joined), door to door visitation, connection with the kids around the area, work at our rented house there on any prep that may need doing. Every other Wednesday evening LeRoy meets with Walter (pastor of Ebenezer church) as a time of mentor-ship.

Thursday - Faith's work day...lock myself in the office. I am the Mexico field's treasurer so this is the day I can work on whatever needs to be done with that plus my Bible study prep, Sunday School prep (if I teach the coming Sunday), kids' club prep, language study, course homework (I am taking a course now to help with my Spanish), and any other ministry related things I need to get done. Thursday evenings is the evening that we have church meetings or bible study with the people in Anahuac.

Friday - The morning is spent finishing up my Bible study and going to do my Bible study in Vista Hermosa. The afternoon we leave open to be MORE flexible so that if either of us needs more time for something, that's the time to do that extra prep or visitation, or whatever we feel needs to be done. Friday evenings are what we call Date Night. Not that this happens every week because it does get a bit boring at times to have a weekly date where you're constricted to home after the kiddos are in bed, but for the most part it happens whether it's a movie, supper by ourselves, boardgames, etc.

Saturday - Once again a day to get things done we couldn't during the week, finish kids' club prep, and LeRoy makes sure different songs are on the computer ready to go for church the next day. Later afternoon we have kids' club that we do as a family, LeRoy then drops us girls off to occasionally go help with kids' club in Anahuac and then have worship practice for the evening.

Sunday - Church begins at 11, or more so whenever everyone is there, with Sunday School. Church service follows immediately at 12 or whenever they feel Sunday School is over. Service ends usually around 1:30 and we get home at least by 2:30 to find some lunch. So every Sunday is different depending if LeRoy preaches, teaches adult Sunday School, or I teach kids' Sunday School. And 98% of all Sundays LeRoy plays guitar with the worship team. The rest of the day is usually very relaxed for us at home, unless something comes up. But usually nothing does as it's very much a family day to get together with the larger family.

Monday - Family Day!!! NO WORK!!! This we set in stone when we first moved down here, and we are so thankful we have stuck to it. Sometimes it means going out and finding something fun and exciting to do, sometimes it means going into Chihuahua, but usually it means spending a relaxing day at home doing some cleaning and work around the house, all the while having no pressure to get anything done, and taking more time for our kids.

So there you have what an average week looks like, and that is leaving out all the details that make life slower here and just take more time.

Feliz Día de las Madres (Happy Mother's Day)

Kind of a semi-tradition that the Anáhuac Church has is to do a church picnic. So we packed up our stuff and headed out to Sainapuchic. It is close to where the Steinrech Bible School is located.

Carlos was in charge of getting all the meat for the discada (disco), and away we went.
It seems that I always learn something new and interesting when we're together in a non church setting. The other day I saw a few of them sprinkling chili and lemon powder on an orange. Well, here at the picnic, I experienced something new. Chili powder on Watermelon. Forget the Rollkucken, eh? Brooklyn absolutely loved it. I eventually tried it too, and it wasn't that bad.
It was good to get out and do something like this together as a church family. Here's a few pictures showing some of the highlights.

Pine cones on a huge pine tree
Scenic Overview
Cooking the discada

Fundamentals of the Christian Life

Tonight I (Faith) will be starting a course here at the Ebenezer Church. It's called the Fundamentals for the Christian Life, and I am mostly using it to improve my Spanish. I can go without the kids so I won't have them as distractions and hopefully I can do a lot of listening. It doesn't require too much homework between the classes thankfully, but it does involve 2 tests...yes of course in Spanish. I'm a bit nervous for it, but really looking forward to being able to go to this by myself and hopefully not be too tired to focus:)

Answered Prayer

LeRoy had his first Bible study yesterday with the young man we have mentioned before. This guy wants to continue and seems to have many questions. Pray that this will continue next week, and that this man's wife will be able to stay in their store so he can get away and join LeRoy. It really does seem that LeRoy has gained this guy's trust. Thank you for those who have prayed that this would happen. Continue to pray that God will continue to work on his heart, open it up to what LeRoy has to share, and that he will feel God's presence in his life.