Finding a blessing a little closer to home

Feeling a little queasy yesterday before church, so instead of opting for a 20 minute taxi ride and a 5 minute walk to Teen Challenge we decided to stay a little closer to home, therefore we visited the church we used to attend when we lived here our first term.

We enjoyed greeting so many familiar faces, and a few new ones. The cutest face of the day belonged to little Fabián. His parents prayed eight years for their little miracle. Felicidades to Vane and Alex!

The video doesn't do it justice, but the musicians and singers led us into a beautiful spirit of worship.

Que todo lo que soy,

alabe al Señor,

con todo mi corazón,

de tu grande amor, cantaré

tu nombre alabaré

Sound familiar?



As always, we appreciate your prayers. Today we hope to firm up our plans for a new language tutor!

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Worship in the Park // Adoración en el Parque

Last Sunday we enjoyed worship at Bosque de Tlapan with our church family.



Hoy te rindo mi ser y mi corazón
yo vivo para ti
en cada respirar
cuando estoy atento a ti
Dios haz tu obra en mi



We also enjoyed good food and a little fun.

Can you hear Stuart laughing at the end?



Then the grown men had their turn with the potato sacks - or maybe they were rice sacks :)

Día Feliz

Worship today at Asamblea Cristiana, Mexico City.

Oh día feliz, día feliz 

Lavaste mi maldad 

Oh día feliz, día feliz 

Jamás seré igual 

Por siempre me cambio 

Eres Todopoderoso

Learning a new language is a never-ending saga. However, I have found it helpful to listen to music because the lyrics are usually simple and the songs are redundant (important necessities for the more mature brain). So, I have downloaded a few tunes by Marcos Witt, Julio Melgar and others. I especially like the song Eres Todopoderoso . . . You are All-Powerful by Rojo.

The words go like this: 

Eres todopoderoso (You are all-powerful)

Eres grande y majestuoso (You are great and majestic)

Eres fuerte, invencible (You are strong, invincible)

Y no hay nadie como tú (And there is no one like you)

Music helps in the memorization process and aids in vocabulary building. However, I kept messing up the words today as I was singing this song to myself. Instead of singing Eres fuerte, invencible . . . I kept saying Eres fuerte, disponible. 


Similar sounds but not quite right. So instead of saying God, you are strong and invincible I kept saying, God, you are strong and available.

Wrong but still right. God is all-powerful; he is great and majestic as well as strong, invincible and he is always available. I guess I needed that reminder today. 

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ~Psalm 145:18

El Señor está cerca de quienes lo invocan, de quienes lo invocan en verdad. ~Salmo 145:18

La única razón de mi adoración

Eres tú mi Jesús

Mi único motivo para vivir

Eres tú mi Señor.

Mi única verdad

Está en ti, eres mi luz

Y mi salvación

Mi único amor

Eres tú, Señor

Y por siempre te alabaré.

Eres todopoderoso

Eres grande y majestuoso

Eres fuerte, invencible

Y no hay nadie como tú

Praise God

I love the Doxology and I am so thankful for the magnificent God that we serve and for the Body of Christ. No matter where we are in the world, right now we can all join and sing:

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow

Praise Him, all creatures here below

Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost