FAMILY TIME IN COLORADO AND MEXICO

We often struggle with our call to missions in Mexico and the time we need to invest in our family and this past weekend we spent some great time with our two daughters, Kristin and Kelly and Kellys husband Ryan and his parents Jim and Jan. Kelly graduated college on Sunday after we spent a few days at their home in Breckenridge in the mountains. It was quite chilly and rainy on the campus with an outdoor ceremony on Sunday, but the time we spent with them was nothing short of awesome. The views, the snow,the family time and new friends, made for a perfect mini vacation. We arrived back home on Monday evening and the crew from IIT had already spent the day in the colonia building their latest designed house for a very needy family. These students design and build a home to meet the needs of the people they serve in Mexico and this years home is really cool. Our daughter Kelly, my son in law Ryan and His Parents came last night to continue Family time building a house for Damian, Natalie and their two kids. We had always prayed that one day we could build a home for a family together, so this is a special week for all of us, and hopefully an annual event to become a sort of family tradition. We all worked hard today to get all four walls up as the IIT group put the finishing touches on the house they are building. Carmelo and Beto are a huge help as usual and we all worked well together. We are truly blessed with so many willing hands and hearts to sacrifice their time and money to meet the needs of the poor.