{"id":6932,"date":"2015-01-26T19:41:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T01:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2015-01-26T19:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T01:43:20","slug":"real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2015\/real-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>We&#8217;ve definitely been experiencing real life lately!<\/b> Sometimes we wish we weren&#8217;t! \ud83d\ude42 I guess it depends on how you define it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pozole-with-teresa.jpg\" alt=\"Pozole with Teresa\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6933\" \/><b>Last week we picked up Teresa from the airport<\/b>, and have been enjoying our time with her. Here&#8217;s one of the many times when we&#8217;ve enjoyed Mexican food together &#8211; our first stop was for pozole, a wonderful hearty soup.<\/p>\n<p>We also spent some time doing a little site-seeing and introducing Teresa to Mexican culture &#8211; and, as always, learning more ourselves!<\/p>\n<p><b>I&#8217;ve enjoyed some great opportunities to talk about &#8220;real life&#8221; with people lately.<\/b> For example, last week Teresa was a help at the last minute &#8211; staying with Hannah and Nathanael while Shari and I went to a wake. The mother of one of our friends passed away, and I was asked to speak to the friends and family who were gathered.<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering, I talked about 1Corinthians 15:55-58. Death is <i>bad<\/i> &#8211; which is why we need victory over it. And that victory comes only to believers in the Saviour, Jesus Christ. For us, the good we do can live into eternity. <b><i>Real life.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of doing good, Jessica was out at the community centre in Jes\u00c3\u00bas Mar\u00c3\u00ada tonight, teaching a painting class to over 20 eager students, including Hannah. They were painting our local iconic volcanoes. Looks like it was a lot of fun!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paintingclass2015.jpg\" alt=\"Painting class with Jessica\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paintingclass2015.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paintingclass2015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paintingclass2015-225x150.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also working frantically on some home school issues &#8211; we appreciate your prayers as we try to find solutions to various issues. 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