There was always unique food and drinks available from the vendors on the beach.

It was so great each morning as we got up we could go to the beach and buy the fresh catch of the morning and enjoy a great lunch and dinner of seafood. Now that is my (Matt's) type of vacation.

At the end of June we took the girls to a circus. They loved it but we were not allowed to take pictures inside. There were clowns, trapis artist, and even tigers. Wow it was so much fun. 

At the end of June Kaitlyn finished her msic classes at church and she had one final reciatal. She did great and we were very proud of her. She learned to play the recorder, read music and sing in a choir very well. She will start again in September.

During the middle of July the Cassville youth team came to work with us and the national youth group from our church here. One of the first things we did was to have a team building exercise with the 2 youth groups. We paired them up Spanish speaker with an English speaker and made them run the Amazing Race game. It was fun watching them build relationships and figure out how to work around the language barrier.

It was great to see the 2 teams get along. They ate together several times and they played games and sang together. They even taught each other several camp songs in their own languages. Wow God really was drawing brothers and sisters together during the week.

On of the projects the teams worked on were VBSs in 2 different areas of the city. They all did a great job and the kids of the street real did get to see the love of Christ.

As a part of the trip the teams held concerts tagerting the youth in 3 different areas of the city. The concerts were very successful in part to great music and some great skits that both teams preformed. 

By the end the two teams had made some real bonds and I know they will stay in touch and continue to remember each other and prayer for each other.

This is a picutre of the training seminar we held last weekend with a few members of our national church. We will be uniting together to work in a new area. 

Here is a picture of us sporting our beautiful, blue face masks. The only thing we are missing is the scrubs. 

Look at my flowers!  We have a flower market here that is very cheap.  Matt took our wedding picture and got flowers to make the same bouquet that was in our wedding.  It was for our anniversary.  He is so sweet!

Here is a picture of Matt and Jorge.  Jorge is the 16 year old that Matt studies with and wants to be baptized.  Matt and him have become good friends.  

Mexico celebrates El dia de Ninos.  (Children's day).  Here is Kaitlyn and Mckenzie singing with all the kids at church for this special day.  They really enjoyed this.   They sounded great!  

Matt made this fountain for our little back yard.  It is so pretty!  He did a great job!  It is so relaxing to sit outside and hear the water.  

Easter morning.  

The girls wanted matching dresses this year.  They looked so pretty!  Cinnamon also had her haircut before Easter and she got pink bows so they all matched!  

The girls still love coloring Easter eggs.  They were taking it very seriously!

For Kandi's birthday, we went to a little puebla (town) called Tapalpa.  It is a very small little town but is very pretty and very relaxed.  It was great to get away from the city for a day.  This is a picture of 2 catholic churches in the middle of town.  They are very pretty.  

Enjoying lunch together as a family in Tapalpa.

Here are some shots of more of the town.