A Few Pic's From TX

Elaine

Granddad Crawford at the Family Reunion

"Uncle" Stew and the girls in Austin

Craziness, Now and Forever

As always our life is insane! We took a super quick trip to the metroplex and were able to enjoy:
~ the Crawford family reunion
~ DBC's Mission Women's Meeting
~ some great time w/ our families
~ some great time w/ our friends/supporters
~ lots of yummy "American" food
~ lots of yummy Blue Bell (it's in a category all of its own)

Then we traveled to Austin and stayed w/ the Stewart's for several days! In Austin we were able to hang out with lots more people, attend the Austin Stone, go on 2 dates (thanks!!!!!! Stew & Kimberly), play Wii for the 1st time, hear the most awesome sermon (click on What is Pure and Undefiled Worship?)I've heard in a VERY LONG time, be challenged in pretty much area of life, have intense fellowship w/ the Stewarts, and Wes saw Midlake, Lucinda Williams, Wilco & Bob Dylan at ACL.

You can see a few pictures from the Austin leg on the Stewart's Blog.
I'll try to post a few more soon.

Now that I have my real curriculum we have begun our intense homeschooling! Wow, this is great material! It's also a lot of work for me and the girls! We'll see if we can keep up with it all! It's definitely going to take some flexibility and creativity to make it all work. But we are definitely having a good time!

La Hacienda de Santa Ana

The ceiling of the church right next to Santa Ana's house

The church

Maggie with Bates Moody! We miss you (and the rest of the Moody family:)!

Though you might not see Jono peering out at you from Santa Ana's house, it's still worth the trip.

Elaine

More Xalapa

Elaine with Daddy at the beach in Casitas.

The family that lent us the house in Xalapa also invited us to join them at their beach house!

Our friends the Moody's joined us for several weeks in Xalapa. Marcus led an outreach to a local village. He and a team of local doctors provided medical consulations for the community. Here he is sharing about everyone's need for the only true Savior - Jesus!

Faithful servants from IBUC Xalapa & DBC led a time with the children at the village.

Sunday at IBUC Xalapa - a sweet and faithful group of believers that we love dearly!!!

A little glimpse of our 6 weeks in Xalapa, Veracruz

This is the house we were lent for our stay in Xalapa. It was perfect! Thanks Lupita!!!

Check out this yard! Our kids enjoyed many many hours playing here!

Just beautiful!

Here was our view from the living room balcony.

Our picnic with the Hernandez family at the Botanical Gardens. Very fun & beautiful!

Texas Tornado

This past week we had to take our van to Texas for some repairs. We were blessed that the repairs turned out to be minor and relatively inexpensive. And though our time in town was very brief, we got to enjoy Easter celebrations with our families! (We miss you so much already!) On the way home we stayed overnight w/ Jason & Jenny in Austin & visited their church Austin Stone Community Church. It was such a delight to have childcare for all the girls & sing praises to our Risen King in english (led by such a great worship leader too - Andy Melvin). All the pics are taken at Jason & Jenny's darling home (and with their awesome camera). And the cute dog is Dora. My girls LOVE LOVE their dogs! Thanks again guys for letting us crash at your place & for letting the girls enjoy your sweet pets!