Another busy week has flown by. I have been meeting with a young lady a couple of times a week to help her with her English. Myrna is a beautiful, shy, straight A student, the only pitfall in her education is her English. Inspite of her shyness, I think she is becoming comfortable with me, as she is using her English more and more each time we meet. The young people can be very critical of each other when their peers don't get pronounciations correct. That is probably the reason that she is not getting A's in English as well.
We welcomed a mission team from Canada to the Dream Center on Saturday. They had been in San Carlos for about 10 days, working in the villages with Brenda, a women who also has a local mission ministry. She works close with Tito and Judy and brings her teams to the Dream Center to serve when possible. The team looked tired, sunburned, and yet enthused about serving the Lord. They were getting ready to head home today.
The pastor with the team, was Irish, so we heard a powerful message with a distinct Irish accent.
Yesterday was Judy's birthday. We had a celebration in the courtyard after services. Good food, good fellowship!
There have been a couple of cruise ships in the port about a week apart. Guaymas has been working hard on the waterfront to welcome and encourage tourism. We went to the waterfront when the first ship arrived to see all of the excitement. It was fun to talk with the travelors. There were booths with locals selling their wares. Beautiful artwork! Maybe I have mentioned this previously?
Time to go meet with Myrna. She is helping me with Spanish, as well. Photos later.



Our home for the winter



Jesus, Alicia, their children Gerardo and Ivana



painting at Candy and Beto's



Candy





Can't get the pictures to post. Any ideas anyone?

Buenas Noches

Realized that we hadn't posted anything in about a week. WOW! It has been a quick week. Last night we got a wonderful blessing, as our neighbors, Alicia and Jesus, hooked up to wireless and allowed us to use their password, so we now can internet from our home! We don't have to drag the laptop all over the city,  hopefully we will post more often. They are the sweetest little family and have been such a gift. They have brought food over to us on several occasions and have told us not to hesitate if we need anything.  Communication is a bit of a struggle, but with our Spanish/English dictionaries and Franklin translator, we are able to figure out most conversations. Sure have been wishing that I would have taken Senor Hinderman's Spanish class in school!
Today we painted at Candi and Beto's and will try to finish tomorrow with their kitchen. It is a bit more than just painting, as the salt air here does a bit of damage to the concrete. We did a fair amount of scraping and patching before we could actually do any painting. The day was great fun with lots of laughs, great food, and accomplishment. Candi is fluent in English, Beto and their daughter, Priscila, speak and understand some. Pastor Arturo, fondly known as King Arthur, was there helping with the project as well. I will try to post pictures, although I haven't been real successful in that. Don't know what the problem is.

FUEGO!

We had a little excitement in the neighborhood last night. We had just started to play a game of cribbage ( cards) and Alicia, our neighbor, pounded on the kitchen window yelling something, which we weren't sure at the time what.. We jumped up and ran outside to see the field across the street from us on fire. Several us were trying to fill buckets, with no water pressure, some shoveling dirt onto the fire while waiting for the firetruck. Must say that my heart was beating hard. The field is very large and full of dried brush, weeds, and trash. We are very thankful that the wind was not blowing, as it could have been worse than what it was. We did finally get back to the cribbage game which turned into an embarrassing skunk for Jeff and a point of gloating for me. Please enjoy the pictures posted. Hector is our neighbor to the west of us, and he has been working on the brick wall between us. Quite a bricklayer! Tomorrow we are going to start doing some work and painting in Candy and Beto's large kitchen. It is a well used gathering place for fellowship, so we feel that they are very deserving of some help. Dios te bendiga!

Hector working on the wall

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the sunsets here are amazing!

Ramon and Petra's sheep....I think we need some to raise?

Ice skating rink in Guaymas.

Ramon, Petra, Sandra, and granddaughters. Ramon and Petra live in the village of Los Cerrito.

Centro Cristiana church in Los Cerritos