The Feel of Spring in Mexico

Spring is definitely in the air! We certainly feel it in the weather; the temperature is rising along with the humidity.  We have relented and turned the air conditioner on in our bedroom.  The bugs are back and prefer the house instead of the outdoors.  Yuck! Last but not least, our winter birds are flying home for the spring and summer.  You should know by now that I'm talking about our snow birds that come in from the US and Canada and spend the winter months in their homes here on the Yucatan.  Most will depart by Easter.  We will miss their fellowship and their share of responsibility in our ministry here.  We trust God to bring them back next winter.

Terry completed his series on dealing with stress this past Sunday.  Of all the Sundays to practice his teaching over the past 5 weeks; Daniel, our worship leader, had emergency surgery on a ruptured appendix Friday night, leaving only one singer for Sunday morning! The computer overheads would not work, projector would not read my computer; sound system wouldn't make a sound and I left the teaching material for our children at home!  Stress was high, God has taught us that we can rely on him.  No one panicked or even was out of sorts.  Daniel was doing well in the hospital, and he contacted our only singer, Karen, and she happily agreed to lead. She did an awesome job.  She had received the overheads from Daniel on Saturday afternoon to practice, and decided to bring her computer to church.  We switched the overhead projector to her computer and it worked great.  The main switch in the control room was on mute and all we needed to do was push a switch and magically, we had sound. I returned home and in a matter of minutes found the children's material.  We had 58 in worship, Terry said you could have heard a pen drop during worship as God's children received his word.  I had 6 beautiful girls in Little Lights, and they loved the teaching of the B Attitudes!  It was an awesome Sunday.  I know you all pray for our ministry every day, and they were felt especially this Sunday.  Thank you.