Overdue Update!

The past couple weeks have been really crazy here in Mexico!  While Andrea's parents were here I had the guys working in the ejido Narigua.  Their chapel had a wall that was almost falling apart.  Water and mud would flow in when it rained.  Also, Minerva, one of the ladies there, had a roof leaking.  We were able to repair that as well.  While I was there I put in new wiring in her house.  She has two refrigerators she uses to keep the cheese that she makes.  For who knows how long she was unplugging one and plugging in the other, alternating back and forth!  And the worst part is the outlet would shock her when she would do this!

 Back wall of their chapel

They had a new window ready to install, so we did that as well

 The repaired roof and the new wiring

Just before Andrea's parents arrived we found out that the single girls who were with us here were going to be returning back to the states for the rest of the year.  This came as quite a shock to us!  We are praying for them and for what God has next for them!

After Narigua, FMC hired my guys to reinstall a roof on one of the bunk houses in our house.  This particular room will fit about 20 people, and at the rate FMC is growing it will definitely be needed this year!

The Taylor & Katie Schmidt family stayed with us for a week as well.  They are going to be taking the training courses this fall, but since she is pregnant with twins and due at the end of November they will be unable to come to Mexico with the rest of the group.  As a workaround, they came a experienced missions with us early.  They were a blessing to have around and I am sure will make excellent missionaries!

Eliza playing with the Schmidt family kids in the rain!

Stay tuned!  Due to a generous donation from a prayer group in Wisconsin (friends of Taylor Schmidt), we are going to build a chapel here in General Cepeda.  It will be called the Divine Mercy Chapel.  The land was donated to the church over a decade ago, and they never had any money to do anything with it...until now!  I am guessing the project will take about six weeks.  We had a youth group from in town here stay with us this week for a retreat.  They helped lay the foundations and clean the property.  I am sure they will be helping out throughout the project.  

Bonus Photos:

Leave it to Eliza to find the cats and dogs

Are there words for how adorable this is?

Our beautiful little girls!