Really, 6 Years

I remember it just like yesterday, sitting in the hospital waiting room and praying earnestly for God to protect and deliver our first nephew. The Lord was faithful that day and heard our cries. 6 years later we are still thanking that faithful God for our 1st and favorite (I say that while I still can) nephew.
Watching this sweet boy grow up has been a shear joy. We love his passion for life and his love for our family. This year we get to celebrate Elliott's life and birthday along with the most important day of our faith, the resurrection of our Savior!!

Happy Birthday Elliott, our precious nephew!!

Happy Easter and thank you Jesus for dying, rising and being our faithful Savior and King!!!

College Trip

For spring break a group of college students from Second came down to help us. When we planned this half a year ago who knew our lives would be SO crazy. Amongst the stress of the move and everything, we had a great week.

The students were troopers and put up with Preston, Callie and I!!

They spent the week meeting other college students on campus.
They had a game night/hang out with students and then one night they had a Q&A time for the students about God. It was a great night and there were a handful of students there and we really feel like God is moving in their lives. We felt like some are very much seeking and we pray they keep coming!!


On top of all that, the group held a VBS each night in the neighborhood park. They did a story/skit, crafts, songs and of course soccer!

Here are some pictures from those kid's events.









Of course, they sang Sube al Tren.....Get on the Train!!!


Thanks college students for your hard work. We sure do love you guys and we appreciate you spending your spring break with us. We pray the Kingdom will forever be impacted from your efforts!

BTW: This man is ultra amazing. He never ceases to amazing me. He does such a great job running the teams and getting out there to love on the kids and meet the parents. What would I do without this man. Love you babe!

Lost a Dear Friend

This weekend I lost a dear friend.

She was so faithful to me and has been in my life for almost 15 years.

Yes folks, my first t.v died and was put to the curb only to be snatched up before we could even get the remote control out there!! She is gone but my memories of her will be with me forever. My favorite memory is: after I was supposed to be in bed and have turned the t.v off, I would watch the same channel as my parents (who were downstairs) and put my t.v on mute or really, really quiet so they couldn't hear!!! Ok, so that is a sneaky sin and I guess you can see she was also my partner in crime!!
I will miss you my dear t.v. I worked so hard to get you and you were the best 19" top of the line color t.v of your time. You did a great job and made it through many years and a trip all the way to Mexico. May that Mexican man take good care of you. Adios.

October Women's Trip

We have been beyond busy and we are just now getting to the women's trip video from October!! But at least we got it finished. Enjoy this video and keep praying for the faces you see. Pray God would touch their hearts and bring them into our path.

Women Trip 2010 from prestonmex on Vimeo.

The Manger

Do you see something different with the manger scene here in Mexico?

Baby Jesus is not there. He won't be added until December 24th!

Christmas Party

Sunday was our church Christmas party. We had a great turn out. There were 29 people there.
We played games...


Ate tamales and watched a Christmas movie....

Look who is in town...Brigida!!

and then ended the night with a piñata!!

The youngest (aka, Callie) started off







Here is a video of how crazy they get into the piñatas!!



They demolished the piñata and scrambled for the candy in 5.2 seconds.
Overall, it was a great night and a wonderful time of fellowship. We pray some of those people will begin attending services on Sundays. Here is a group picture...sorry it so blurry. This was taken after several people had already left.

Merry Christmas from La Esperanza de Vallarta!!

Silvia's Wedding

Saturday was Silvia and Sergio's wedding. It was a beautiful day for their wedding. The wedding ceremony was beautiful and the wedding reception was A-mazing!! It was right next to a river downtown that leads into the ocean. So we had ocean and river view. It was just a dream wedding.Here are some pictures and videos.

Sergio entering

Silvia the mom

the bridesmaids

the ceremony

This is Silvia coming down the isle.



The air was really cool that night so Preston volunteered to take Callie home. It was SO nice of him to let me stay and enjoy the party. I had such a great time and I am so thankful for him and for the selflessness he showed by going home and taking care of our daughter. I love you P.

My table at the reception



The couple looked SO in love the entire night.




This is a picture of the view from the dance floor. Those lights are a bridge that is above where the river and ocean meet....too cool.

It was SO much fun. You could pretty much always find me on the dance floor :) and I was usually with Silvia and Lupita.

There were lots of props and decorations to dance with.
That made it extra fun!

Lupita

Silvia Magdalena

The beautiful bride!!

This is the bride and groom dancing to the mariachi band. Sorry the quality is not that great.


Silvia, tu boda fue un dia perfecta!!! Ojala que lo disfrutaste como nosotros. Todo fue perfecto y creo que toda la gente se disfrutaron su tiempo. Era una novia MUY bonita y una pareja TAN linda. Espero que tu matrimonia sigue con la alegria y amor que te sentiste este dia. Gracias por tu amistad y por compartir este dia especial con nosotros! Les queremos mucho!!