Febrero loco, marzo otro poco
Hola! Greetings to everyone! Well, the weather here in Pachuca’s changing... it’s now the “typical” Pachuca climate - sunny and warm during the days, and cool, breezy and often rainy at night. It’s pretty nice! As well as marking another year of life - 24 years to be exact - February also marks one year since I came to Pachuca. It’s crazy to think back a year to when God told me to go to Pachuca, and see if it would be the place where I’d be living, serving, meeting new people, etc. And, it’s even cooler now to see how that has all unrolled - and how this has become my “home” at least for a little while longer! February seemed really long - I spent a lot of the
month translating materials for the upcoming Discipleship Training School (DTS) and the training we will host in March about immediate response to natural disasters. We have a handful of folks signed up as of now, but are hoping for a few dozen more to turn out... please continue with us in prayer over this event.
We also got to take a “fun day” this month, and combine it with a birthday celebration for me. We went into Chapultepec, Mexico City, to an amusement park for the day. We had a lot of fun on the rides and roller coasters, bumper cars, etc. It was a good time to hang out with others from the base, and also some friends from Pachuca. We also enjoyed a dinner with friends and family - all in all, a good celebration!
While it’s a little overwhelming, it’s been cool to see how God is filling up the calendar for this year.
We have open doors to serve in various schools in Pachuca - mostly helping out with English, which is proving to be a great ministry tool for us. We are also planning for various groups coming from Denver, Ensenada, Pennsylvania, California, and more. I am heavily involved in communications and planning/organizing such teams. We plan to visit the schools and run some English programs, do inner-city ministry in Pachuca and Mexico City, and work on the building next door to the base... all things I’m sure to be telling you about in the coming months. As far
as the construction with the building, good news follows!:
For the past few weeks, the workers have been here every day - morning til evening - working away at “plastering” the remaining exposed areas of the building. The blaring radio they put every day - morning til evening (hahaha - I think I’ve learned all the classics of Mexican music these past few weeks) - has been a small price to pay considering how necessary it is for us to be able to use the building soon! So, hopefully in the next few days, everything will be cemented and the metal security curtains installed downstairs. However, that’s as far as the progress can go as of now. The bad news is that funding is short, and there’s still a lot more work to be done. The main things we are praying for is to be able to tile the upstairs bathrooms, put water heaters in, and hopefully get some windows and doors in the rooms... until we’re able to do that, we won’t be able to utilize the rooms, and with the large groups that are on their way in April, it is an urgent need of ours. We’re hoping to get some folks to be able to come down soon to help out with this.
Please keep us in your prayers, as you are in mine!
Meghan