A New House

In Otober 2008, we reported to you that a category-2 hurricane ripped apart the southern half of the state of Sonora, and that our house was irreparably damaged. For four months, we have searched dilegently for other accomodations, but the Lord never opened doors to us. Well, we finally have settled into a new home!

We aer now living in the village of Baciroa, which is an hour's drive from our original village. It is one of many secluded mountain villages that are so set apart from the main highway that there are no churches, and some of the smaller ranches even fault Catholic churches! The move took us away from our original ministry area, but the Lord has opened wide an entire new network of villages untouched with the gospel. They are spotted with Jehovah´s witnesses, but no Christian works have been fruitful in these quiet villages. The reason is because most Mexicans coming from the cities cannot lie for very long in such a secluded environment, where donkeys and horses are the main transportation and where the nearest supermarket or grocery store is an hour away.

We have settled in happily here. It is where we naturally fit in, and we were accepted quickly by the people. It has been easy to make friends here since our Spanish is fluent now, and the friends we have made are very helpful and encouraging to us.

We are so happy to finally be settled into the new home!