School

Well, it's hard to believe it, but Hannah and Samuel are about to finish their school year. The time really flew by quickly. As we are saying good-bye to school, we are not saying good-bye to learning however. We are preparing for our CROSS (cross-cultural) training at OMS headquarters in July. Some of our pre-training assignments have been completed and we're working on some more. Each thing we have done has been very helpful and we are becoming excited about training. We are especially excited to meet those who will be a part of the missionary team in Mexico!

Please pray:
1. Thank the Lord for all of the missionaries at OMS headquarters that are putting this training together.
2. Pray we will get all of our assignments completed in a timely manner and we will finish up all things necessary at home as we plan for our time away.
3. Pray for our continued health and strength as we prepare for our training and during the training.
4. As always, please pray for the Mexican people to rejoice in Jesus as their Savior.

Thank you for partnering with us in prayer!

Surprises

What a lot of surprises we've had since last weekend! We returned home from Texas to a ringing telephone with our first surprise. Someone we deeply love and trust is considering moving to our home area and living in our home while we're on the mission field. That would be the answer to many concerns, if it works out.


Then we went to the mission conference in Cranberry, PA where our next surprise awaited. This is what greeted us when we drove in to the place we were staying for the weekend.

I heard from the back seat as we pulled in, "This is like a dream come true!" Not only did we have a wonderful time of fellowship with the people of Van UM, Cranberry UM and Rockland UM churches, including a fun fiesta with good Mexican food, but we were also restored. Ahhh!

Because of government concerns over the swine flu, Hannah and Samuel could not return to school until they were tested for the virus. (They do not have it.) So, they got to stay home an extra day. And surprise...at the doctor's office Monday we met a wonderful Christian nurse who wants to become more involved in missions. She was interested in hearing about Mexico City and we are hoping much good will come from our meeting, with she and her husband visiting there in the future.

Nick went back to teaching Tuesday and was offered a new job until the end of the school year tutoring a student. He was happy to come home and tell us about this opportunity!

So, we had a joy-filled, surprising week. Now we are trying to get back into the "routine". Here are our prayer requests:
1. Praise the Lord for surprising us with so many blessings this week.
2. Please pray the Lord will work out our loved one moving to Greenville in perfect timing with our full-funding and moving on to language school.
3. Please pray we will have many more good meetings with believer's whose hearts are stirred to spread the gospel to all nations. (Nick will preach at Leavittsburg EC Church this Mother's Day and we will be at Riverhill EC Church missions conference May 16-17.)
4. Pray we will be fully funded by fall so we can make plans for language school.
5. Pray as we prepare for cross-cultural training at OMS headquarters in July. (We are currently finishing up some homework.)

6. Please pray especially for the people of Mexico City as they attempt to get back to "normal" after the swine flu scare. Pray for much fruitful ministry in the days ahead for the missionaries and national Christians.

Thank you for partnering with us in this journey of faith. May the Lord surprise you with many blessings this week. Lisa

Texas

We are back from the Missions Conference at First UMC in Waco, TX. So how was it? You can figure it out by Samuel's parting words on the way to the airport as we were heading back home, "I want to move to Waco, Texas!"

We met many people who have been a part of the OMS Mexico work and we hope they will return while we are living there, giving us the opportunity to minister together. It was a privilege to share how the Lord is working in our lives as we prepare for life in Mexico City. And, we were richly blessed by many new friends. We are so thankful for those who have made the faith committment to partner with us on this journey!

We will be leaving shortly for our next missions conference in the Cranberry, PA area and are looking forward to making many more friends.

Praise and prayer:
1. Praise the Lord for His provision and for family in Christ.
2. Please pray for strength and good health in all our travels, currently Samuel is recovering from a cold.
3. Ask the Lord that many people will join us as prayer and financial parnters.
4. Pray we will do and say exactly what the Lord wants us to.
5. Pray for much fruit to come from the missions conference this weekend!