Easter and the coming library

 The construction site in Huejotzingo is almost ready for classes to begin.  The final step is for us to install a floor in the area where there will be ballet and tae kwon do classes, and then we can organize and open the library and start with English, tutoring, and other classes.

A few Wednesdays ago, a visiting team from Canada joined forces with various people from

The mighty cleaning crew

our home church to clean up construction trash and clouds of fine dust from the library area and the donated books.  After several grimy hours, the group had books neatly stacked and cleaned and the floor cleared.  They lined up desks and chairs and removed coatings of dust from them as well.

Once all the work was finished, everyone ate lunch and the kids played wild games.  Some of the teens gathered to teach each other English and Spanish phrases.  Earlier during a break from cleaning, the Canadian team supplied the materials and taught the Huejotzingo kids and teens how to make slime, which everyone enjoyed.

Holy Week followed.  We held services on Thursday and Friday afternoon, which most of the regular members attended.  On Sunday we celebrated Jesus' resurrection throughout the service.  After Abraham preached a brief message, it was time for baptisms.  This year was

extra special for Abraham and I, because our two children decided to follow Jesus' example in being baptized.  All the candidates for baptism had previously taken a class with Abraham in order to understand the purpose of baptism.

Once the church service was over, kids and teens crowded into the pool for some chilly fun, and then everyone lunched together with potluck food.

It was not necessarily a joyful time for everyone present, however.  One of the families with people baptized was particularly struggling with family crisis.  It is an on-going difficulty in that family.

Most of the families we work with have deep, unresolved problems.  Humanly speaking, they are impossible issues.  Please join us in praying for divine intervention in these situations.  Pray also that the opening of the center in Huejotzingo will be for great blessing and that God would put on our hearts which activities we should have there.  Pray he would send the people to attend and also help in those activities.