Our children's school, Mexico City Christian Academy, is having a series of camps and retreats for the students. Kirklyn and Emma, pictured above, left yesterday to the city of Puebla for a elementary students' retreat. Brittany and Petra left this afternoon for a retreat near the city of Cuernavaca. The top picture of Cuernavaca is taken from a high mountain highway, the summit of which is over 10,000 feet above sea level and it takes you into the city. I took this picture from a drive that Moises and I took in January when we were shopping for a new mission vehicle. Let me just say, without kids in this house, it is really quiet :) [Ah hem - Marcel! The four-year old is quiet but she's still here!] We are getting quite excited about events coming up this month. Ingrid and I are expecting a good friend from North Carolina, Lucas, to join us this month to do some missionary things. We met him at language school and became close. There will be plenty for him to do because we are expecting a team from Chilliwack, B.C. to join us and help with construction from the 14th of March to the 24th. Lucas speaks good Spanish and will help with translating as we get construction supplies at the ''ferreteria" (hardware store) and as we take the team out on the tourist day. We will have to take them on their tourist day (visit the Bascilica, Artisans Market, and the Zocolo) the very next day after their arrival. Normally, groups arrive on Mondays or Tuesdays and the next weekend is time to do tourist things. This time however the following weekend will have a youth retreat for them to participate in. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing people from the motherland (a.k.a. lotus-land or British Columbia). It also appears we may be getting visitors from Alberta in April - our friends Warren and Wanda whom we also met in Texas at language school. We are thrilled to be hosting them. Pray for travelling mercies for each of our guests and our missions team.
One last thing, it has come to our attention that sanctioned Catholic persecution of evangelical Christians in some parts of Mexico is on the rise, particularly in the states of Guerrero and Chiapas. Pray for these people. Below I have posted a link that describes the situation and I encourage you to watch it. It's sobering...
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