Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!

What a gorgeous day today! The winds were high, so the girls and I couldn't snorkel, but Macey and Brook played in the ocean alot. They kept getting washed up onto the sand like a couple of cast aways! Syd and I both sat near the water and read, succeeding in getting our books doused!



Rick and Doug came back this evening a little crispier than they were yesteday. Tomorrow is the last day of the tournament and they are both so glad! The best part ever is this - yesterday Pastor Doug gave John Daily's girlfriend a golfer's New Testament (we packed some of them along in our variety of Bibles we brought with us) to pass on to him! For those of you who do not know who he is, he is a proffesional golfer who has been trying for the last few years to clean up his life. If this is the only thing that is accompished at this tournamnet, it is enough.



Coming back tonight, they both felt kinda defeated. I didn't think about as they were telling me about it, but now that I'm typing this, I think their rough day is a direct result of the enemy. I'm sure the fact that a Bible made it's way into Jon Daily's hands makes the devil really mad!!!!! Please pray that tomorrow will be a great ending to these four long days of voluneering.



Tomorrow morning is church both here and in Playa del Carmen. The girls and I will be helping out with that. Please pray that we will be able to see and fill the needs of the morning - even with the language barrier! Most of them speak english, but it still gets messed up somtimes.



I wish I had something profound to blog about or some amazing words from the Lord. But I don't. So I'm just gonna praise God for the gorgeous day, that the guys made it home safely and that John Daily has an opportunity to read about God's love for him!!!!

The Weirdness of it all.

Well, I'm not sure how the volunteers are doing at the golf tournament, but as of yesterday evening, there were enough of them! Thank God for pulling it all together! Hopefully, that translates to their work on the green!



Rick and Doug left early this morning and likely won't be back til evening. This has left the girls and me here at Paamul all day. The temperature was cool today, so swimming and sun bathing were not on the "things to do" list! However, it seems we will be bringing our allowed luggage weight back in sea shells!!! Yep, great day for shell hunting.



Also a great day for reading and studying. Sitting by the pool today, doing my beth Moore "Patriarchs" homework, (yes fellow biblestudy girls, I'm still with you!) I was mulling over this statement:



"Our difficulties are filled with meaning and far-reaching effects, leaving warm blessing on our earthly journey." (pg. 108 at the top girls!)



While I was chewing on that, I heard the woman on the lounger beside me telling another tanned been-in-Mexico-forever woman about her basic backround - you know, where she was from, how many kids, what she did for a living; stuff like that. She went on to tell the tanned woman that she had grown up on a farm with cattle and sheep.



I too, grew up on a farm. My parents were grain farmers. My kids were growing up on a farm...

I truely know no other life.



I have to tell you, my gut kinda turned. I felt this strange lump in my throat, and even now, typing this, I want to bust up into tears. I can't help it. I know I am working at Canadian Lifelight Ministries and here in Mexico because of God's leading. So when am I done grieving over our loss? Why would it even come up when I know without a doubt that God is working His plan?



I know, I know. I can hear you all the way from here...



"You're in paradise!!!!!!! QUIT your blubbering!"



I will admit, that I want to focus on the word "difficulties" in the afore mentioned quote. I should be focusing on the 'filled with meaning...far-reaching effects...warm blessing" part of it.




It is the strangest combination of homesickness and awe I feel. Right from the beginning of our 'Patriarchs" study, I knew it would speak into my life - IMMEDIATELY! Abraham left his country, and set out for the land God told him to go to. He had no idea where he was going! God never said!



I will only be here in Mexico for two weeks, but the life of farming that God seems to have called us to leave makes me feel a lot like Abraham....cuz I have no idea where we are going!



I pray that "my difficulties are filled with meaning and far-reaching effects, and will leave warm blessings." ...both here in Mexico and back home.

Not So Sunny Mexico!

I emailed most of you already, so this might be a repeater!

We arrived safely, but got up to a frigid, cloudy morning!

We are here in beautiful Paamul, staying with Pastor Doug & Darla. Darla is not here. She is flying from St. Louis to Alabama for a mission conference today. Please keep her in your prayers as they are always needing to raise support.

Our box of Bibles has arrived safely. It had a strip of tape on it letting us know that it was inspected. Everything is still there..in this case, is that a good thing?!!! I'd be ok with someone taking a Bible!

Today is organization day. Doug and Rick are trying to keep the volunteer base up for the Golf Channel at the PGA tour. They are dropping like flys!!!!! The few golfers New Testaments we brought with will come in handy at the tournament. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will move and open doors to introducing Jesus to a few golfers!

Next week we will be finding some churches to get their information so we can add it to our Spanish material at Lifelight. That way we can pass it along according to where people are vacationing. God is all about a global viliage, and yes, we can help from Canada!

Well, I thik I'll head outside to see if it's warmed up any!

I'll try to post pictures yet..once I've got it figured out!