Birthday time!

Ben will be 1!! In 2 weeks, it is hard to believe, this year has passed so quickly. He has already started to get presents! The first to arrive was from the MacKinnons! He loved his wee book and the pig to go along with it! The lovely coat and hat modeled below and a few other things! A big thank you goes out from Ben! Ben has opened alot of doors for us here and we praise God for this little gift in our lives!

Conference night...

On Tuesday Robin Mackinnon arrived! It has been great to have her here. Robin and her family are very special to our family, so it is great to have her here again! She has been very busy and so on Wednesday morning we had the Pastors' wives breakfast. Robin spoke to us on the working out in our lives what is really important, and how in 10 years what do we want our lives to look like, and how we get to there!

Then on Wednesday night the church held a mini conference for women who were unable to attend the retreat this weekend! Mexico is suffering alot due to the problems in the economy at the minute. We had printed out 40 of all of the pages prior to them coming. However praise God we had to get an extra 40 photocopied! Praise God for all the women who came! The theme is that of Forgiveness.

Today we leave for the weekend! It is very exciting to see how God is at work! We Pray that this time will be one of blessing to all!

Pray for Robin and Shirley as they teach and work with the ladies! Pray for health and strength as there is alot of sickness around at this time!

Retreat...

When we were here the last time there was a womens retreat with our church. We didn't go to it at that time as I was also on bed rest! Well it is happening again this year and Robin MacKinnon and Shirley Carlson are flying in for it! I would just ask for you prayers at this time as they prepare for it. Also for the ladies that are going, that God will already be preparing their hearts for what they are going to hear. Robin has invited our Spanish teacher, Tania, who is not a Christian! The lady Guadalupe who helps us in the house is also coming with me! We pray that this will be a special time for all!

MOPS....

On Tuesday Carol (one of the other missionaries) was speaking at MOPS. At the planning meeting they had said for me to do the introduction, but they always joke like that with me as they know I don't like to be up front speaking in spanish. But this time they were serious! Well I gave it a go, and it went ok! Please pray for the leadership team of MOPS, they are a great group of women and we are starting a book together about being a mother after God's own heart! We will discuss the first two chapters on Tuesday. Pray for me as I work through this with them!

Packing...

We would ask for your prayers at this time as we pack up and get ready to leave. To know what to pack and when, and also for it not to weigh anything! It is an exciting time in which we can see God at work but also a hard time as we say goodbye!

Our wee family!

Not sure where even to start this post! As everyone knows who follows this blog, Jonny and I went on a team in April 2006 to Mexico we were just 6 months married. It was on this team when we felt the call of God on our hearts to come back to Mexico. We did that in August 20o7 for a year and then came home for my sisters wedding, followed by the birth of Ben! We then returned to Mexico at the start of April 20o9 and we are still here. However we feel God closing this chapter of our lives and beginning a new chapter at home.

We have been studying, fasting and praying a lot about what we should do, as I (Julie) would lose my registration as a nurse in March if I did not complete quite a lot of hours. Jonny feels led to be part of a ministry in N. Ireland that God hasn't revealed to us yet, but I feel that God wants to use the gifts that He has given me in nursing.

We have loved our time in Mexico we have learned and grown so much. We are staying on with OMS and will help in different areas. God willing I will go back to work in December. We will continue to pray about what God would have us to do. We are sad to be leaving as we have made alot of good friends here, and this is were we have been most of our married life and really it is the only home Ben has known! However as we step out in faith we have already seen God in a real way providing for us in ways we won't have even though of!

We would also like to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone for everything, words will never be enough to thank you all for your support and kindness and enouragement! We look forward to seeing you all when we get home and we will be available for meetings from the 14th of November!

Our church..

Here are a few photos of our church Jonny took a few weeks back! We have always felt so welcome here! We have three services every weeks and have house churches also attached to the church. Please pray for this church as it grows!