Exactly a week today!!!! It looks like December 18th is going to be SO packed we (Gannah, Elena, and Dassi) have to buy the car insurance online, get a special plan on our cell phones for while we are in Mexico, we have to pack our stuff then pack the van, shop for food, and then go to the Christmas Program. And right after the last performance we're off.
This morning Nicole Fitzpatrick called me to ask if we might have room for Jason when we come down since he is coming to the states to sell a van and visit his mother, who would drive him here and then we would all drive to Mexico. Then we wouldn't have the problem of getting lost in Mexico. I'm telling you the driving directions just to get through Mexico were very confusing!
Here is an update for the Village in Mexico that Jason and Nicole just sent out yesterday:
December 10, 2009
Hello again, from Huixtla, Puebla; Mexico! It is hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. This has been a very busy and changing year for us as a family. Sed is 14 years old now, Jasmine is 8. It is a joy (and a lot of prayers and training!) to watch them grow and become the children they are. Nicole and I are honored to work together in this and many other areas. God is so faithful!
We are in our third month of living full time here on The Village. It has been a lot of hard work, but it is coming together! Right now there is a large pavilion where we hold services, prayer gatherings, campaigns, weddings....and so forth. There are 8 dorm rooms.... all occupied, a large kitchen (almost done!), 5 bathrooms, and 1 shower... with many more in the making. We have planted beans, sweet potatoes, chili peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, and sugar cane, We also have a few chickens, 2 ducks, and of course a cat to keep the mice away and a dog to keep us alert! I was just given a young horse from Freedom Ministries ranch in Veracruz that is in the process of being broken. I hope to use him to go to services in order to free up the truck so we can send out more teams and cover more ground for Jesus at no extra cost. There are still so many unreached villages around us.
We feed 20-40 extra people most days. A number of the young boys that are with us daily do not have a father. Once of the fathers is serving a prison sentence, another was murdered. Nicole recently began having childrens church here every Saturday morning. The first week there were 8 children, and the following week there were 25! We hope for even more this week. She is having a blast teaching them the Bible and God's love. The kids love it! She also does art projects with them and makes homemade cookies and punch or hot chocolate. Many of the children coming have never heard on e verse from the Bible, and come from very chaotic and desperate home environments. Also, she began having a Bible study/prayer meeting for the women every Friday evening and that is going great, too. Thanks so much for keeping these in your prayers!
A few weeks ago one of our brother's here, Rene, learned that his 80 year old grandmother was extremely ill, suffering asthma and bronchitis, in her home village about 20 minutes away. We went to get her and Rene took her to the hospital. The doctor said that many years of cooking over an open fire in a small hut had taken a hard toll on her lungs. She was sent home because the hospital was over flowing. A doctor friend near us helped tend to her medical needs here. Every morning she would ask Marta (Rene's wife) to have us pray for her again. We continued to do so daily. She asked Jesus into her life and to forgive her of her sins. Three weeks later, she went to be with Him. We felt like a long battle had been won!
Thank you so much for helping us help these people. You have a huge part in what we are doing. We appreciate you so much!! Thank you for praying for the churches here in the mountains of Mexico!
In Mexico for Jesus,
Jason and Nicole Fitzpatrick
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