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add to a timeline that

 wraps around the class-

room walls. We are very 

glad to be able to work 

together in our servicefor the Lord’s Church

here.

I have also begun lead-

ing singing on Sundays

and they have recently 

asked me to begin

teaching the members

some new songs soon.

It is rewarding to be

able to use our gifts

even at a time when our

attention has been pri-

marily focused on learn-

ing Spanish!

Kristina and I have been

teaching the young chil-

dren’s class on Sunday 

Mornings for three

months now. It has beenchallenging and reward-

ing. Since we have chil-

dren who speak both

English and Spanish in

our class, we try to teach

in both languages as

 well. It has given us a

good opportunity to put

some of what we have

 been learning in school

to good use quickly. Weare making our way 

through the Old Testa-

ment and have covered

from Creation through

the Ten Commandments so

far. Every week the kids

draw their own pictures to

In September,

Mexico cele-

 brated her

200th year of 

Independence

from Spain.

 We were able to

take part in the

festivities and I

even won the

costume con-

test held by 

our church family!

Noah and Juliana

participated in their

intra-school parade.

 And Isaiah’s class

even put on a pres-

entation. We were

 blessed to share this

unforgettable time

 with our new friends

in Mexico.

Learning and Serving

U p c o m i n gD a t e s

Central

Mexico Mis-

sionary

Retreat 

Nov 3-6 Celebrating Mexico’s Bicentennial

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R equ ests

For our language

learning.

For our children’s

continued adjust-

ment to Mexico.

For the upcoming

decision about 

where we will be

living following this

year.

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P a g e 2

School Days

El Ratoncito Perez

Team Health We are so blessed to be

on the field with our

teammates! We have

continued to be encour-

aged, motivated, and

challenged by the Garcia

and Reyes families as we

learn the language and

culture together. We

have also been encour-

aged by visitors from the

States who always bring a

 welcome word from

home. This week we will

 be blessed to meet with

Paul Dowell from Sunset

Church of Christ and Jay 

Jarboe from the Missions

Resource Network as a

family and team. We are

looking forward to this

time to refocus and be

refreshed. Our team con-

tinues to meet regularly 

to fellowship, plan, and

dream together. I cannot

imagine living here with-

out their support!

 When a child in Mexico

loses a tooth, it is not the

Tooth Fairy who mysteri-

ously exchanges it for

money or a small gift.

No...Here in Mexico, that

 job falls to the Tooth

Mouse, affectionately 

known as el Ratoncito

Perez. While this tradition

seems more realistic than

So many things are

different here in

Mexico that we’d

like to dedicate a

portion of each

newsletter to this

subject in order to

highlight some of 

the most unique

and interesting of 

these differences.

the Tooth Fairy to me, it

does raise questions as to

 which version our family 

 with follow. There is no

question that either way 

our children will soon be-

come very well acquainted

 with Señor Perez, the

Tooth Mouse as their

friends and classmates

 begin losing their teeth.

every day. They both

love their school and they 

frequently come home

speaking Spanish words

that we don’t yet know.

Juliana also takes dance

classes, and Noah is play-

ing soccer on his school

team. Even Isaiah is in

class while we are in lan-

guage school. He always

has an entourage of mid-

dle school girls following

him in and out of class,

and his teachers call him

Guapo (handsome) so

much that he has started

to answer to that name as

 well. Our kids are

 blessed to be able to

keep up with what’s go-

ing on with their family 

and friends back home

through Skype. They 

love getting online and to

 watch and listen to their

Grandmas talk and read

 books to them.

Noah and

Juliana have

 both started

attending

Colegio

Cuernavaca.

Their classes

are in Eng-

lish at this

level, but

next year,

Noah’s will

 be in Span-

ish for half of 

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