Mu̱eca, the word for a toy doll, is a common term of endearment for a young girl or even baby who is Рwell, pretty as a china doll (probably prettier Рsome china dolls are kinda creepy)!
So, here they are, three muñecas! These three are MarÃa Fernanda, Kathryn, and Hannah, at the fourth anniversary of what was then our church in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Ten years ago today!
Our first Three King’s Day in Mexico, ten years ago today, was spent with friends and fellow missionaries the Thiessens. Here we are in our kitchen in Cuernavaca with our rosca (the traditional cake of the day). I believe atole was also on the menu. For more about the traditions of this day, check out my original post: The Cottrills and the Magi
Above you see Peter and Grace, with their youngest Ivory and their boys Ivan and Ira. Sadly, less than a month ago, Peter passed away suddenly, due to complications related to a ruptured appendix. I’m sure the family would appreciate your prayers.
For once I’m posting a picture that has none of us in it! I guess we were all sitting on one side of the room here. This was a missionary Christmas party that we went to only three weeks after we arrived in Mexico, ten years ago today. As you can see (and you can’t see everyone!) it was mass chaos – I believe we were in the middle of a gift exchange!
Any of our fellow missionaries recognize anyone in this tiny picture? I bet you will ….
The 4th of November, 2006 – 10 years ago today! We were on our way down to Mexico, and had the opportunity to visit our friends the Stirtzes. Out on the farm near Enterprise, Kansas, we enjoyed a taste of the farm. Here’s Shari and Hannah, beside the mysteriously hidden driver – Ryan, I believe?
Now here’s a classic picture, taken on this day 10 years ago.
I believe this was at the bottom of the Calgary Tower. We did a lot of “site-seeing” in October, mostly while hanging out with friends for the last time before moving to Mexico. This was just over one week before we left, actually. It was a day off before we got back to work with last minute packing/documents/etc. One last “Canadian” moment, before focusing on Mexico!
Back in September 2006 I posted a vlog featuring Hannah and Nathanael talking about slugs. Unfortunately, some of those old videos are no longer working because of the platform I was using at the time.
But – good news! The video is back! Here they are, coming to you from ten years ago today, in Cochrane, Alberta Canada…