We spent the weekend in quaint, historic Ganbury. They were having a Harvest Moon Festival on the square so after breakfast on Sat. We walked around and looked at the various booths. We couldn't stay too long as we needed to head out and drive over to Glen Rose for an orientation meeting for Mexico. There are 2 men going with us on the Thanksgiving trip from Grace Community Church in Glen Rose. Calixto spent 5 hours going over all the important stuff about the mission trip. The kids and I spent most of that time outside playing...they played and I read.
The owners of the condo left a wonderful book"I Love You, Daddy Boy" for me to read. It was so touching, I spent several hours reading through it. The author is the wife of Bill Frist, the Senate Majority Leader, and she is the sister of our friend who owns the condo. Mrs. Frist just wrote a book about famous or accomplished women and their relationships with their fathers. (I guess she compiled and edited it as the book is comprised of letters from women about their fathers). It was such a reminder of how important that relationship is between our husbands and our little girls!
Calixto leaves this Thurs for Mexico to lead the Pastor's conference. Pastor Candido also asked if the SS workers from the various churches could come and have some sessions of their own. Calixto couldn't say no but, didn't know who would be able to lead those sessions. On Sat. during his meeting he thought about and then asked the Pastor over family ministries (not sure of his title but he is over children's ministry too)if he would come and lead those times...well he spoke to the powers that be and on Sunday he said he would go!! Praise the Lord! Obviously God worked all of that out! Now...we just need one more translator...anyone interested?
We had a great Sunday at Grace Community, it feels like a church home away from home. It was neat, they had an ordination for a couple who are going to Tanzania to be missionaries. This couple are in their mid-fifties...how cool that they are answering God's call on their lives even now! (side note-Catherine's birth mother stayed with them for a little bit and they came to see Cat. the day she was born). The husband gave a short testimony about their salvation and call to missions, what was neat about it is they did not always make godly choices with their lives and consequences for those choices hurt many people but, God redeemed their lives!! And now will use them for His Glory in another culture! Praise God for Redemption!