We've moved!!

Hello all!!

So the past two weeks have been super busy for Bobby and I. Not only have we been keeping up with all of our regular responsibilities, but we have also moved. This is a super good thing for us! As many of you know, we would like to potentially open our home up to other youth in the future as we have done with Bea and Yami. Our previous home had 2 bedrooms and we had been praying that God might open up a home to us with 3 bedrooms, but with our current financial situation we knew it would be difficult. In addition, we were very specific in our prayers, asking for a home in the community where we live. We really like the little "colonia" where we live and feel, due to safety and security issues, that it is a good place to raise kids. Well, God, being the amazing God that He is DID open up a home for us to rent with 3 bedrooms, in the same community, and (to top it all off) cheaper in rent!! Yeah!

In the middle of all of this we also held an awesome late night "vigilia" at the church with the youth. Vigilias are really popular here, and might be compared to revivals or prayer vigils in the states. It is basically 2 back to back high impact services that start later in the evening and last past midnight. The vigilias are always popular with the youth and are highly attended.

Last night we found out that one of the youth that visits our church from time to time was killed this past weekend by some gang members. I was trying hard to remember if he had come to the vigilia, and wondered if he had accepted Christ as his savior. I have to admit that I have been thinking about this boy a lot since hearing about his death...wondering if we reached him, wondering if we are doing enough. I know that we can only plant the seed, but sometimes I wonder if we are even planting seeds?

Even as a missionary it is easy to get caught up in the unimportant things in life. For example, when we moved to our new house, we didn´t have a stove (the stove that we were using belonged to the old house, so when we moved we had to leave it behind). We made due on lunch meat sandwhiches and pupusas for a week and then (thanks to God!) were able to buy a very used gas stove from a lady. I spent more than a week complaining that we didn´t have a stove and how were we going to afford one, and then after we bought the used stove I had been spending all of my time complaining about it(because I think its like the first gas stove ever invented and only 1 of the 4 burners works all of the time, and the oven is another story). Finally, after 2 weeks of complaining I had to smack myself for being a spoiled brat, give thanks to God for all that He has done for us, and remind myself of the real reason why I am here - and it has nothing to do with stoves! The apostle Paul said that he leaned to be content in all situations, and I know that I too must "learn" this, as it is not somethng that comes naturally for me. So, for now, I am going to try and be content with all that I have, and don't have, and keep on planting seeds.

We love and miss you all!!

Dios les bendiga,
Britney