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At 11:00 pm with heavy drizzle and fog on the road through the mountains with no streetlights or reflectors made the drive from Toluca into Mexico City rather taxing. But we know the road well and it helped that there weren't many other vehicles. But on our way back home as Tim merged to skirt the right lane, which was a foot deep in water, we dropped into a huge pothole - the kind that makes us immediately thank God that our tire didn't pop or our axle break. Just past the hole, off to the side in the water, were four cars with popped tires.


a view from the front seat

A few minutes later we came across flowing water in the highway that was deeper than we had anticipated and the spraying water completely blocked our vision for at least 5 seconds - made particularly harrowing since there was a cement retaining wall on the left and a truck ahead on the right.

Coming out of the mountains on the final stretch towards home we saw a line of cars and commented, "Looks like someone has gone over the embankment again. I can't believe they don't secure down the barricades better instead of just tipping them back up every weekend." But the road had another surprise for us. As we got closer we realized traffic was backed up because the right hand side of the road was completely submerged, and a VW Jetta was bobbing in it with water up to its windows.


Annette taking in a normal driving experience
near our home (it's a bit like North Carolina)

A night like that makes us rail against the systems here that do so little to protect people from difficulty and even danger. But even more, it makes us appreciate God's protection, and your prayers. Thank You.


A girl recently converted from new age-ish occultism, another from nominal religiosity; a girl who has been reading the Bible on her own for several years but has never attended a protestant church and another who has been in our church her whole life; a girl who is still recovering from surgery for a brain tumor and another whose mother-in-law is dying of cancer - these are the 6 girls in my new small group.


Annette with Lynette and Zaida

What a privilege to experience the enthusiasm of new believers and the joy of seeing people set free by God's truth. And what a responsibility to teach them and develop them into people who can then reach out to others with God's love.

Our frequent work-related travel requires me to "reproduce myself"... to train other people to take my place. So two of the girls in the group are "in-training" and really only lack the confidence to effectively take my place as leaders.

The overwhelming needs of this group of girls make me look for spiritual support. So when you think about it, would you please pray for them:

  • for healing from significant emotional wounds
  • for physical healing
  • that God's Word would bring life and freedom to them
  • and that our relationships would be a context for all of this to happen.

: : : Thank You : : :

Annette & Tim

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