what a wonderful week from a wonderful Father :)

Hey you guys! Wow God has been blowing me away this past week! His Spirit and Grace keep me in awe and sometimes speechless not even able to express how awesome. Forgive me for this past week has left me that way. I'll try and express in words how amazing its been :) I'm praying you are each doing well also and experiencing God in new ways each day. I pray you fall more in love with Him and live out that love :) PRAISES: (ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS THIS WEEK ;)*CRUZ: IS A NEW FRIEND I MADE THIS WEEK WHO IS VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING THE TRUTH OF WHO JESUS CHRIST IS AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS FOR US AND WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR ONE TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE AND LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE HERE ON EARTH! WE WERE ABLE TO HANG OUT SEVERAL DAYS THIS PAST WEEK AND REALLY CONNECT QUICKLY! PRAISE GOD :) *TIME IN THE PARK: I HAD SEVERAL AWESOME TIMES IN THE PARK WITH SOME KIDS, READING BIBLE STORIES, COLORING, AND SINGING PRAISE SONGS....THERE WERE A FEW OLDER GIRLS I WAS ABLE TO TALK ABOUT BAPTISM WITH AND LET GOD USE THOSE SEEDS TO CREATE CURIOSITY FOR MORE OF HIM*MONICA: A FRIEND FROM CHURCH, I WAS ABLE TO SPEND ALL DAY WITH TODAY JUST HANGING OUT AND HAVING SOME GOOD CONVERSATION...IT WAS SUCH A GOOD TIME TO ENJOY SISTER FELLOWSHIP AND A DAY OUT WITH JUST US WHILE HER HUSBAND KEPT THE KIDS...... PRAYER REQUESTS: *YESENIA: SHE HAS HAD A REALLY ROUGH WEEK AS HER DAD LEFT HER MOM A YEAR AGO FOR HER AUNT.....HORRIBLE.....AND THEN HE JUST RETURNED TO THE CITY THIS PAST WEEK....OBVIOUSLY ITS BEEN VERY TENSE AND THEY ARE ALSO WORKING A FEW MORE STORES SO SHE IS JUST PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WORN OUT..PRAY THAT GOD GIVE HER PEACE AND REST IN HER SOUL AND BEGIN TO WORK HEALING WITHIN THEIR FAMILY*CRUZ: SHE HAS SOME ISSUES IN HER MIND THAT SHE GOES AND SHARES WITH A SUPPORT GROUP EVERY NOW AND THEN....BUT I AM BELIEVING THAT GOD CAN HEAL HER AND BRING HER TO FULL RESTORATION :) PLEASE PRAY FOR HER HEALING PHYSICALLY AND HER MIND AND HEART TO BE OPEN TO LEARNING THE TRUTH OF WHO JESUS CHRIST IS*MONICA: HER BROTHER HECTOR IS SEPERATED FROM HIS WIFE RIGHT NOW AND HIS KIDS ARE LIVING WITH THE WIFE....THIS HAS BEEN WEIGHING ON MONICA'S HEART AS SHE IS CLOSE TO HER BROTHER BUT HE LIVES UP NORTH IN MEXICO CITY...PRAY FOR RECONCILIATION IN HECTOR'S FAMILY AND PEACE FOR MONICA AS SHE IS AWAY FROM HER FAMILY I really see the enemy doing a lot to rip apart families here through infidelity, alcoholism, and men going away for years to work in the States. Overall for this town, please pray that God would raise up men to be good Christian leaders for their families and for the family role to be restored to the way God intended. We only have less than three weeks left here, so please be in prayer for all of us students and families here at the base that we not "check out" early. Of course we are getting excited about returning to see loved ones for a few weeks over the holidays, but we also want to be "all here" while here! :)