Happy Valentine´s Day!

We are pleased to be able to announce the engagement of our son, Jordan, to Mindi Wallace. Many of you have met them and know we are very happy about this. Congratulations to both of them! We received a call at midnight to learn of this announcement. Of course we were waiting for a call and could rest better having heard the news first hand. It was a perfect occasion to announce their engagement. Earlier that day in Chiapas, things were very busy with visiting the churches of Oxinab and Linda Vista. Pastor´s Jose and Augustine accompanied Russell and Alex that day since these two churches are under their supervision. Oxinab has outgrown their facility as well. We were given a photograph showing proof of a building overflowing with people and with a request for the needed materials for expansion. The front will be taken down. Block walls and roofing will be added and a new area of slab poured. We had distributed Bibles to this congregation last summer and really fell in love with this group of people. Their warmth shows a genuine Christian spirit, and it is easy to see why they have grown so much in number. The day continued with a meeting in Linda Vista in the area of Pastor Augustine. The building in this little village doesn´t have plaster on the walls and is without doors and windows. A commitment was made to help with this need and measurements were taken. The members of the church will hire the laborers or do the work themselves. Once again we like their initiative to do what they can. It is a very positive experience when we can work together. A meal of chicken and beans was served in a little hut nearby. For those of you who have traveled with us on these back roads to similar little villages, you know first hand that it is impossible to purchase construction supplies in one location. There are no Home Depots, and normally it involves purchasing materials from several different supply companies in various towns. So, cement was purchased in Yabteclum for the job in Linda Vista, doors and windows were ordered in Chenalho for Linda Vista, Oxinab, and Bachien and tomorrow the block and roofing will be ordered in San Cristobal and delivered to Oxinab. Yes, it was a very busy day, but not too busy to get dressed up and drive to San Cristobal to enjoy a nice evening meal together on "el dia de amor."