Well we have been here two weeks and slowly things are beginning to settle into routine. We have all put ourselves on a new schedule of study to start no later than 8:00 so all of us can be done by noon. This is all of us. Rob is doing online studies while I navigate through the homeschool with the boys. Rob starts an hour earlier so that he can free up the computer.
This weekend Rob is teaching at a little church across from La Posada for an afternoon service. We are currently going to alternate between Calvary Chapel Semilla, a church started through Victor and Sonia, and Calvary Chapel Rosarito, where the services are in both English and Spanish. Hopefully we will get a grasp of the language better that way.
I have attended the once a month ladies bible study and even though it was in Spanish I was able to follow with my English Spanish bible. I could understand more through reading than by listening but it is coming.
I have been asked to share at the Next conference in November. The scriptures are from Psalm 31:10 ~ "her value is far above rubies." I prayed about it and asked the Lord to show me a scripture verse to base my talk on and he gave me, "a wise woman builds up her house."
from Proverbs 14:1.
The Lord gave me this when we were in the process of rebuilding our marriage and now it is even more fitting, as often I have heard my words or tone towards my family and consider the effect.
The tongue is such a beast to harness and gentleness not a trait that I would use to describe myself however one of the fruits of the spirit that begs to be examined against the flesh that holds my bones.
So study begins. Examining my heart before the Word asking Him to show me where I fall short and grateful that He is faithful and amused that He chose that scripture after a huge family move across country.
The boys, well, they are awesome and adjusting well. The only challenge is their loss of freedom as it is not wise to just play outside unless we are there with them. They have made some friends and we have had to instruct them it is not kind to teach wrong words to people and then laugh when they use them wrongly. However the boys they have met have been doing the same in return, but we are to be a witness.
I 'll take the blame for that as that unfortunately is a direct result of my brand of humor, I confess, and continue to pray about.
So other than that this has been a time of setting up home, finding out where to get pure water, configuring our computer to English, acquiring appliances and setting them all up to the gas lines hoping we would survive the first match strike. yay Rob!
One thing I am enjoying is NO TV. What a blessing that is. Every evening is family time. Playing cards, games ,reading, studying or Rob unleashing his ability to tell fantastic stories to the boys. He is so dramatic the boys are mesmerized.
It has been a wonderful time to connect and draw close to each other and the Lord.
This is a visual excerpt from a letter I sent to friend who enjoys a wordy rant so hopefully sharing this will give you a sense of what it is like here:

Every night here is a banquet of fascination and fear as the new sounds test my resolve. As soon as the sun goes down there is a chorus of rabid sounding dogs that begin their nightly hysteria amidst what sounds like a complete lack of mufflers in this country with a burgeoning car rally, coupled with a different fiesta on every corner, in each direction, all playing different tempos of Spanish music.
Weekends bring it all to a different level with a tense crescendo around 3:00 or 4:00 am
A bit unnerving but I am getting used to it.
And right there in a crack of a broken house on a brilliant sunny day this hint of electric fuchsia mingled with incandescent orange Bougainvillea cascading over a sky blue wall stops you in your tracks. Or one dog out of the thousand in varying degrees of dying, that saunters the walk of a happy dog, dare I say, smiling on his way.... to nowhere....yet content as he passes those on a personal suicide mission of lying in the middle of the road oblivious to the car rally about to launch.
Then there are these babies you get to see with coal black eyes the size of saucers anticipating their place in the world with such sweetness it breaks you.
There are some spectacular moments to observe and savor in your spirit just how the Lord manifests his creation in nothing or in what seems little, and yet He does with such precision like the heart surgeon that He is. Continually revealing His majesty in His creation.
It is wonderful to stretch the seeing, past what we come to know as His glory, and see it by the lily that find its way through a join in the concrete to glorify Him as it reaches to the sky, or by a life in humble submission receiving Him as savior this Sunday.
So many moments to be blown away.
I know you would love it and so I try to write as you would hope so that you can SEE it through my words and my heart. Truly beautiful.
Then there are the boys ...the big one too and Jack all just do'in their thing and the cool thing is that, for once, we are all in sync. Like an organism moving together.
So far, although we have accomplished little, we wait in anticipation of where and when His Spirit leads us each day in awe and adoration. This week we are visiting two orphanages that we have been to before. We trust the Lord will show us the needs.
Thank you for the covering of your prayers!
God Bless
The Lees

On our way!

This was written in transit October 1, 2010.

It is completely surreal to be traveling down the road towards a destiny birthed by a simple thought, spurred on by emotions and confirmed by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Our desire is to go to Mexico was second to the desire of not wanting to disobey what the Lord was laying on our hearts.

There are those moments that seem to stand still and several of those came flooding to my mind during the 2000 mile trek thus far.

How we first came to Mexico was a gift. We were unlikely to ever go on a missions trip as I thought the money would be better spent to send one representative so more of the funds to go to the people. It is almost funny now that we are sent as agents fro Riverside Calvary Chapel as representatives of the Love of Christ that has been poured into us. Humbling to say the least.

One moment that stands out to me although would speak little to anyone else was a simple look between Rob and I. We were both at this rather poor orphanage in Mexico both holding children when we caught eyes and just knew there was something extraordinary about that moment something between us and God.

Three years later the Lord has lined up all the details with such intimacy and care. The journey so far was not without trial and challenges but laced with specific provision, blessing, mercy and sufficiency to withstand and even conquer. God is good all the time!

Another moment that stood out to me is when my home was crawling with a mice infestation, a broken dryer, a weeks worth of laundry draped all over my back yard and our only transportation a vehicle we lovingly named Lazarus because it has been written off twice as Rob scrambles to unravel banking blunders that rendered us broke...I had a moment of clarity where I saw that we were being trained to for the very people we would serve.

Four months of work and challenges could not prepare me for the blessings we would receive. Words pale to describe the outpouring of love and support that rendered me speechless and overwhelmed. Everything from dental work that was timely and needed,financing, tenants, transportation and basic furnishings of our new home as well to to the exact amount of money to pay rent in Mexico covering the holding fees and for the time that we had not yet occupied our suite.

So many blessings but the best remain the Love of friends and family. A hug is such a small gesture for what was given to my family. Salvation, restoration, and eternity. It is hard to fully express gratitude for showing us who Jesus is, how Grace is everything, for loving us with His heart when everything was falling apart. Thank you for sharing the Gospel faithfully since it is where the power is. Acts 1:8 For showing us the abundant life in Him because of Him and now for Him. It is Good news indeed!

It is not our mission but His from a work that many had a hand in and it is an honor to present that same spirit to those that cross our path with grateful hearts.

As we step into the unknown with faith what we do know is that He is in control.

In Christ, The Lees