Walking with Jesus

Hey, I know that it has been a while since I have blogged. I wished that I could give you all a great excuse, but as I sat here doing this I just couldn't think of one. So, I will just blog.

Well, I want to tell you all about some crazy things that God is doing in our hearts. As many of you know Mandy and Iour schedul has been lowed down. Mandy had a seizure for over an hour a while back and she is now in the recovery period. We are not doing the same amount of hours as we were before. We are learning to regulate our time while we are at home. We are having to learn that our time is our time. When we have some evenings open, we take the time to be together as a family now, instead of trying to fill every minute of every day. This was something that we have talked to other missionaries and they all told us that they had to do the same thing. The problem with our line of work is that we see a need and feel like we have to help it. The problem with Mexico City is that we could be with people every hour of every day and still not help everyone that we want to.

Anyhow, I want to tell all of you about somethings that we are looking at taking on. We are still working with AINDAC but it is not taking as many hours of our day as we hope for. We are having to wait for people to get there stuff done so that we can go ahead with what we have to do. This is very discouraging for us, and hard because we want to work. However, since that is just the reality of living in a laid back and relaxed society. We are now looking at giving our time to some other local ministries. We are already helping a group of doctors that are medical missionaries. This is fun and exciting, but it is just a a lot of making connections for people. We are in the middle of trying to get medical equipment from the states down here to open up a free medical clinic for people that cannot afford private hospitals, and are rejected from the government hospitals. Also it will be a Christian Hospital which gives a great opportunity to tell about the love of our Lord to those that are in need and willing to hear.

Also, I have taken on work at the local Christian school teaching English. I recently was authorized from the gov. of Mexico to teach English here in the country. This opened up a lot of doors for me. I will begin working on my teachers certificate now while I am teaching class. The class that I am teaching now is 2 hours long and I was authorized to give a bible study before class everyday. This is wonderful because we are doing exactly what God told us we would be doing, working with Christians and discipling. We are blessed to have the opportunity to do this on Sunday mornings, with the youth and now daily in the class room. It is an amazing experience. I would have never imagined the opportunities that are available to tell about God while teaching English. I can now see why this type of work is so productive in countries that are closed to the truth. I love is as well.

Well, I would love to tell you more because we have so much more that we are getting involved in, but because of the sensativity of the people around I cannot share more. Please keep us in your prayers as we pursue the will of God. Also please pray for us that we could hear what He wants from us here in the city. We are here and held accountable to Him and there is nothing that we will not do for Him. We just have to be sure that it is from Him, because if it is just of us, or for someone else it will fail. Thank for for all your prayers and time spent praying for us, it has been a stressful, but great period of growth this last couple months. In Him, Ross