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10 May 2018

Retro: Art and Cars Birthdays!

Is there a rule that you can only post one picture in a retro post? I guess not, since I’m the one making the rules!

However, I can’t post this on the day it happened, because it was two days. Ah well. This is about half-way between. 🙂

So, it’s birthday month! Ten years ago this month we had an “art party” for Hannah, which was a lot of fun. Here’s Hannah with her cake and cupcakes.

Art party cake! Shari was the cake-maker, of course, but I think Hannah drew the rainbow that you see in the cupcakes. 🙂

And Nathanael had a “Hotwheels party” that year! I thought the piÃ±ata turned out pretty well…

Car piÃ±ata And to finish off, here’s Nathanael actually ready to take a whack at the piÃ±ata on party day. Now you can see the bottom of the piÃ±ata – Hotwheels, of course…

Hitting the car piÃ±ata

9 October 2012

Parties and Studies

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The last few days have been full of them!

On Sunday we were at Rod’s house celebrating his birthday. Certain persons conspired to get a piÃ±ata which looked suspiciously like Rod himself.

You can imagine seeing Rod’s wife and kids hitting the piÃ±ata with unusual enthusiasm… 😉

Actually, there was another party for Rod tonight – people from the church threw a tamale party after this evening’s study.

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and we were thankful to have some friends over for a fun evening. And we were reminded once again that we have a lot to be thankful for!

Oh, and our kids made these cool posters (see the bottom of this post) yesterday. Do you think they might be a little obsessed with food?

The theme of tonight’s Bible study was How can I study the Bible? (Hmmm… maybe that should be the first study, not study #39!) We talked about how to approach our study of the Bible in a way that’s useful.

This week I’m getting ready for my study/class on Thursday, helping with the kids’ school, preparing for Saturday’s study, and lest I forget – there are still visa issues to resolve! 🙂

8 April 2012

Resurrection Sunday – and Despedida

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La Despedida
Today we were up well before 5am getting ready for the sunrise service at Samuel and Aurora’s home. We went to Jesús María to pick people up, then we headed up to the service.

I was leading the service this morning. I decided to share a series of passages that related to the resurrection throughout the service. In case you’re interested, here they are:

1Corinthians 15:3-6, 12-22
Philippians 3:8-12
2Corinthians 5:14-15
Colossians 3:1-4
Romans 8:10-11, 28-39
1Peter 1:3-9, 17-25
The team taught a children’s song, and three of them shared their testimonies. Rod shared the message.

After the service the men started grilling meat, cactus, and onions – and we had a fantastic meal. We hung out for a while, and the kids swam in the kiddie pool.

Then we had a despedida for the team – that is, a farewell party.

Everybody thanked each other and praised God, and the team received some gifts. It was great to see the relationships that have been built in just a few days. Finally, Ismael prayed for the churches in Canada that the teams come from, and Dave prayed for the churches here in Ixtapaluca.

Just in case anyone doubted we were in Mexico, we had a piñata. Tiffany chose this fantastic bird piñata – a bird that was quite angry. And we smashed it and got candy.

The team members are hanging out with their new friends this evening, and packing up for the trip back to Canada in the morning!

A great way to spend Resurrection Sunday! Praising the Lord for all that He has done in so many lives – in Canada and in Mexico!

25 April 2011

Adults and Piñatas. Be Afraid.

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Tiffany had a birthday party on Saturday. A piñata was provided for the children, and another for the adults.

I’ve seen my share of adults hitting piñatas, and I’m convinced that they have more fun than the kids.

They’re also more violent.

And they cheat more.

😉

If you want to see for yourself, here’s a short video from the party…

Warning: If you really like Strawberry Shortcake (Rosita Fresita), you might want to forgo this particular video.