A Busy Week

Dear Family and Friends,
Since it was Joshua's birthday on Friday, he had a fiesta with his amigos that night. There were four boys in all who enjoyed games, Pizza Hut pizza (a new restaurant for us here), soda, cake, ice cream, pinata, chocolate bars, candy and of course, each other. They were well behaved and only stayed up until about 2 am watching The Lord of the Rings. We are all slowly recovering from the short night, but it was worth it for Joshua to have such fun with his friends.

Nick, John, Josh and Zach shortly after swatting at the pinata which is now placed on Joshua's head.

We have been attending a new church plant in an area of the city called Colinas de Minerva. It has been interesting in that the church has a building and a pastor, but we are waiting on the Lord to supply the congregation. Each week David and Pastor Daniel walk the streets visiting with the local families about the new church. For the last two weeks there have been two adults and a few children, but to grow a church is work that requires much patience.

Kayley in the children's church area getting ready to help Mom teach the songs.

A street-side view of the church.

Today we had 3 children, but two had to leave early to help their mother with shopping, so here are Kayley and Vivian enjoying their snack during the children's lesson. Daniel is starting a tutoring class in the church on Friday afternoons for 9th grade students in accounting since this is his speciality. Plus, the pastor is also fluent in Kekchi, a dialect spoken in Guatemala, so he can preach in both languages if need be. We are excited to see what happens with this church plant and our prayer is that it is up and running by mid-December when we leave Guatemala.

The kids completed their first week of school with success. It was a good week for them both as they are enjoying their teachers and their studies. We are thankful for a great school here and are praying for a similiar situation in Costa Rica for the next semester.

David and Shelley also had a full week taking exams at language school. They both passed level E and are beginning to learn more about the imperfect subjunctive tense. They are thankful their are only two more levels to complete, which means there are only two more exams! YEAH! They will be doing more training this week in the office each afternoon for an hour or two learning more about the strategies and programs involved in NYI (youth ministry) in this part of the world in preparation for their work in Costa Rica.

We pray you are healthy and well and that God is blessing your work and ministry wherever you are. Until next week...The Webbs