Good Times

Well... I think a lot has happened since I last blogged.

First of all we just got back on the 13th of Feb. from Mexico City. My team went down to visit the AIM class from this year for about a week. It was so good to see some of my close friends and my assistants. And also making new friendships and memories with them.

Also while we were there Donovan's family came down to see him and Annie's mom decided to surprise Annie by not telling her she was coming on the trip. It was quite exciting and they headed back with us to Leon to spend time with them and see our work here.

I am so excited for our new Leon team that is coming in May. They seem to be a great group and I can't wait to see what God is already planning for them. Even though I can see a lot of differences from our team and theirs, I can see that we are going to be a strong working family for the Lord. Please continue to keep them in your prayers and also the other teams that will be spread out into the world in just a few short months.

This weekend we hosted a Marriage Seminar for 2 days. It went really well and we had a positive turn out. The guest speaker was from Toluca, a city in Mexico City. It is the Rubio's supporting congregation, so a lot of people came from there and enjoyed seeing them.

The AIMers on the other hand babysat the kids and we had about 30 kids including us. I voluntered for cooking supper for them. I have to say it didn't turn out to what I expected, which is what God does anyways. He flips it around and makes it better.

The 1st night I decided that I would cook hot dogs. I started preparing them and getting everything ready before all the kids showed up. Turns out their was no gas! haha. So praise God that there was a microwave that the Johnson family left when they moved. It was quite interesting and took a long time to cook 40 hotdogs, but in the end it was worth it.

New Sister in Christ

Just this past Monday we have a new sister in Christ! Praise God!

Donovan has been studying with her since the first of December. The last Bible study I filled in for Annie, who usually goes with Donovan to the study, because she was sick. I am so grateful that I went. I got to share my testimony about how I came to be a Christian and answer and give advice that she had. She is such a beautiful girl inside and out.

Please keep her in your prayers and she is facing the everyday challenges of being a young christian woman.

Sharing Memories

Thanks for keeping me in your prayers as I went home for Christmas. My stay was better than I expected. I really enjoyed the times that I spent with my brother and my family. It was one of the best Christmas's. Thank you all so much.

On a different note...
Last night I went to the fair with Evelyn. All of us girls planned on going, but Annie and J'Lae could not go at the last minute because they were sick. But I decided to go anyways.
We were planning on going to see an Ice Skating show. But, when we got to the doors, they said that they were already packed and their was no more room. Evelyn and I were a little bummed, but that didn't stop us from wanting to have fun. We decided to go see a dolphin show. It was a lot of fun and I know that we enjoyed seeing it together.
Evelyn and her family are so special. I enjoyed sharing and spending these memories with her and I know I won't forget it.

All Praises Be

Hola! I hope that this finds everyone well. Just a couple of things that I want to share with you...

First of all I am very excited and anxious to go home this Friday for Christmas! I was blessed with the exception by my coordinator to go home for Christmas.
It has been nearly 2 years since I last seen my brother. I am very excited to be ALL together as a family once again. Please keep me and my family in your prayers. I am not stressed or nervous about the flight, but I want my luggage to get home safely. And for the travel home from the airport to be good. Kansas is supposed to get more snow the night I come home. So please pray for me, my family, my luggage, and no delays.

Second, PRAISE GOD! We found out tonight that we are getting another AIM team in May. I am very excited as we are getting 4 girls and 2 boys!
I am very excited as I know what they are feeling right now. Please be keeping them in your prayers also! They will be here before we know it!

Thank you for your abundance of love and prayers. May God be with you always. Love you all!

What's been going on lately...

Hello everyone! I didn't really realize that it's been a while since my last post. I am sorry.
I hope that you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. Spending time with family is always an important thing in life.
My Thanksgiving was very good, but also very different. We had a glasses campaign the day after. 3 doctors from North Carolina came down to help us and a missionary family from a town (Guanajuato) 30 minutes away from Leon. Since we had 3 missionary families, all of us AIMers, and the doctors, we held it at the church. Everyone brought something to eat and I made 2 homemade chocolate pies. It wasn't as homey, but we still had a really enjoyable time stuffing ourselves and watching movies on the overhead projector. I miss my family more and more everyday. It was sad not getting to spend it with them. This was most of our first holiday spent away from our families. This was a bittersweet experience, but a growing one too.
As I mentioned, we had a glasses campaign on Black Friday. It went very well and very successful. The doctors also brought down donated glasses from their congregation. We had a turnout of over 250 people. We had different station that we worked at. Some asked people if they want to know Jesus and study, prescription filling and fitting glasses. From this mostly everybody answered that they wanted to study. My group was a the hardest and busiest station, fitting glasses according to their prescription. Everyone needed glasses, but it seemed like the ones who needed them the most didn't have them. I have very special memories now in my heart that I remember having conversations with people.
They were 2 stories that happened very similarly.
This one elderly lady was so happy that she was almost in tears. She only knew a little English. But what she knew she showed her love and the words she knew to tell me thank you more than once. I was about to move down the line to help someone else when she was leaving and she grabbed me a gave me a huge tight hug. Before I remembered that I had a camera, she left. The memory is still placed vividly in my heart.
Thank you more than ever for your prayers and support. Keep the faith and strive to be closer to Jesus everyday.

Straining For Whats Ahead

Today was such a wonderful day. As it is always because my Father is so good to me.
It has really been choatic lately, but in a very good way. God has really been using me as His tool. My schedule recently changed from not having much to do to have many things on my plate at once.
I have been praying for quite some time now for the Lord to put a friend here in my life. Someone that will help me grow in ways that I can't imagine. So as the Lord always is faithful and loyal, He put a friend that I am starting to get attatched to more and more everytime I see them.
Masha several months ago told me that she wanted me to come with her to a Bible study. I told her that I have been praying for some time to do something like this.
So I went with Masha several weeks ago to study with this young girl around my age. She is so full of life and is so much like me.
I will be explaining more in my upcoming newsletter about her so stay glued. Its such a divine story in itself.

Also I do have a prayer request. My coordinator made the exception for me to get to go home for Christmas. We are not supposed to go home until after the first of the year. I explained my situation to him.
As some of you might not know I have a brother that I hold very dear to my heart. We are pretty close if I must say for brother and sister. He is in the Navy and has not been home for the holidays in 2 years. Nor have I seen him in under 2 years. Sometimes it seems so much longer that I haven't seen him.
God has made it clear to me that it is time for me to see him. God has also blessed me with the support to get to come home this year for Christmas.
Lately airline tickets have put a damper on somethings for me not getting to book sooner.
I would really appreciate it if you would keep the situation in your prayers as I am currently trying to book a ticket.
I really want the Lords will in every situation. So let us all run the race and strain for whats ahead.
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. As well, I am keeping all of you in my thoughts and prayers daily. It is so encouraging to know that brothers and sisters all around the world are supporting each other and making the harvest for God grow and mature everyday.

Sorry

Hey everyone!
I am absolutely horrible at keeping things up like this. I forgot that I had this thing for a couple of weeks for some reason and then when I remembered my life just got busier. Please forgive me. I will blog soon. So check back soon!
Love you all!,
Megan