...three new members to our mission family are...chickens, we went to deliver support to the only day care center in El Tigre, the center is run by the very precious Sister Maria,the only requirements of the children are...that they will bring a piece of dry wood to help cook the food that they will be eating (mostly soups and corn tortillas), she saw the need for small children at risk, parents leave to work or other kinds of distraction and often enough the oldest child is left in charge of the household, and that child may be only 5 years old...children at risk are many in number in the outer villages and pueblitos, Sis Maria, oversees 90 children at this point and the numbers only grow more...we at CCPena Blanca have told the story of Sis Maria and have gotten the attention of some private donators, and so we hand deliver the support when we can,many times the people we help, wish to show graditude to us, in this case we were given 3 live chickens;.. a rooster and two hens, we accepted them as they were available and did not wish to offend or hurt... so Eulogio, Leah and the other Leah, were glad to take on the challenge of making a pen, and habitat, as now the rainforest will provide many of the bugs and creepy critters that our egg layers will begin to consume a little song came to mind as I gazed at the birds (the tune of Old McDonald it goes like this "ole McChubins had a farm Leah, Leah, Loque", we do get a little creative out here must entertain ourselves!...as an extra note, the fire flys are big as neon green jelly beans and at dusk they come out and float about in the dark, sometimes decorating these huge trees of the rainforest like Christmas Trees!

...it has been record cold here in Pena Blanca, towards the evening we slip on our "sweats" to stay warm, we continue to make lots of relations and friends, Pena Blanca is a very small town with lots of people, and tons of teens, and as we go into planning our prayer is that we will "fit" into the spiritual needs of the youth' we bring to the table a very experienced trio of youngsters that "slow but sure" are gaining the approval of the wonderful people we/they work with and stand with. We are very excited to see what the Lord is going to do here. As I have explained to others, I feel very much like the opening act of the Southwestern "Rodeos" , horse show, barrel race, calf roping and bullriding it was all so grand back in the late 1960's BUT the opening act featured this "retired" grayhound and on the dogs back, in a tiny saddle, mounted securley, was this little monkey dressed in an "cowboy" outfit, hat chaps, the works and this pair would open the Rodeo by doing laps around the arena...well I feel like this monkey hanging on to this speeding animal as I am in control of nothing, and awsome situations unfold before me and all I did was hold on tight...

...they came and went back to ABQ

...well one more team of serving men came to help get our church and community house closer to finished but we still have a long way to go. we hope to build a cafe and open mike service, something that will cater to the next generation of people up and comming. it was just amazing as the work team from sunny new mexico came, so did the sun! as they left the rain came right back! here we are once again slippen and sliding in our lil mitsubitshi truck, we are thankful that it is 4x4. can't wait for the next team to come as i observe most have a great time of ministry and leave with a complete feeling and an urge to come back. hope they do and our prayer is that the support in prayers and finances will occur thank God.