Camping Trip

On Wednesday and Thursday the entire church had a camping trip type thing.  Tuesday we traveled to the town of Creel and stayed at "Sierra Bonita".   About a 4 hour drive from the Colony... that Afternoon we visited a Beautiful waterfall... I'll let the pictures tell most of the story

Thats me braving the tempest... Ok Ok, it really wasn't that bad, although it was one of those places where you'd rather NOT make a miss step :)

The "Road" back to the Falls... the joys of traveling in Mexico

Que Bonito... sorry if you don't know Spanish

Made it through the Road...I mean river

Charlotte, Jesse, and I out on the rocks... Jesse decided to slide down that little stream to the right of where we are standing!   it worked until he got toward the bottom, and he almost got his foot stuck in the crack in the rock.  I managed to make it down without mishap, although Charlotte had a slightly quicker ride down!  

Most of the Youth Group ended up under the falls!!! It was lots of fun... until you had to hike 3 kilometers out, and then ride on the back of truck for another half hour :) 

The view from the dining room... and really pictures just don't do it justice

We all survived the "shower", and thankfully Charlotte is really sore, but is doing much better!    

1st Program - Guest Post

Arnold's took us to El Valle on Monday evening, and 1 ½ hour drive through beautiful Mexico country side. Its another Kleine Geimende colony that started about 20 years ago. The local people setup in their HUGE gym. Around 300 people came, not a responsive group (some even walked out) but some hungry hearts, and the presence of the Lord was still there. The boys did a great job, Willie shared Jesus with them. Some left immediately after dismissal; some stayed to talk. The boys had a great time playing volleyball afterwards with some of the local youth – totally sweated up for the ride home :) Keep praying that our hearts would remain open before the Lord, that He can accomplish His purpose in these programs. Guest Post by Mama

Note: because of the circumstances, I wasn't able to post this till now. We have another program planned for this evening at the Gym here in the Colony where the church is. Thank you all for your Prayers!!!   God Bless you all...

The Gym where we had the Program

Getting ready for the evening... sound checks etc 

In Concert

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Here are some pictures... I hope they upload properly!!!     Thanks to all of you for praying for us, we had an awesome evening last night.  More details to follow!!!

The Hills of Australia...

Rolling Rocks !!!  Fun Fun

At the moment, my Internet is slow, so i'll try to post more pictures as soon as I can...  check out Joshua's blog for "the story" about our trip home last night.  www.joshuaslabaugh.blogspot.com

Update from Mexico...day #5

Hello to all you faithful followers... 

It's hard to believe that the Fellowship Meetings are already done... We had a really good time, making new friends, and enjoying old friends.   And of course, it was a blessing to be together with the body of Christ here in this part of the world.  To see there hunger for The Lord, and there heart for the people here in the community, and even beyond.   Continue to pray from them as they go on, serving The Lord.

I will be doing a "home" post as soon as I get the pictures taken, and have the time to get them on... For now, here is a picture of us boys working on the program for this evening.  

Tonight we are going to a place about 2 hours North of the colony.  The program starts at 7:30 our time (9:30 pa time).  And we would appreciate your prayer as we organize the necessary sound equipment, and instruments etc.  also, that we could be a blessing to these people, and the name of Jesus would be Glorified.  

Official Photo Application for Mexican Citizen

Again,  I hope that you all have a wonderful day!!!  

Hey...just a reminder! There is a little button at the bottom, that says something about comments!  Just so you know!!! :). 

El Paso, Texas

We arrived safely in El Paso Tx. We will be meeting someone from the church in Mexico to take us across the border...thanks to all of you for your prayers and support.  All the flights went well.  Although we are all tired, and ready for a bed!!!

The plane that brought us from Atlanta to El Paso... A MD90 for those of you that know/like that stuff...

I'd love to hear from you, so don't be shy about commenting!!!

Hiking the "schpring stein" peak

Friday morning a us boys, Seth, Samuel, Leandro, Leonard, Josh B., and Keith hiked the peak at the edge of the colony, they call it Spring stein peak... We left our "house" at 9:00 am and hiked for about 1 1/2 hours and finally got to the top.  The next 30 or 45 min. we spent on the peak, rolling rocks down the mountain... Fun fun...

Pictures are coming....

We were all able to get a nap in in the afternoon.  (We are still getting over jet lag...sleep deprivation) and then the meetings started this evening.  

    It really was a blessing to be together with fellow believers, worshiping together.  Please continue to pray that we could be blessing to the local congregation.  

     Prayer Request:

-Daddy is preaching on Sunday morning

-Josiah is doing better, continue to pray for complete healing

-Us boys are singing this morning and tonight... Keep us in you prayers

Thanks to all, and remember... Comments are appreciated!!!

Atlanta

Eating snacks the Slabaugh way!!!