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07:45 PM, Monday, March 3, 2008 .. Posted in Newsletters .. 0 comments .. Link

   Greetings of love across the many miles. The house is quiet here now, except for dear Roger's little voice every now and then - "I want water" and "I have to go potty." I guess he's not very sleepy, since he had a nap this afternoon, but his needs have been met, so he's being quiet now and should soon drop off to sleep.
   We had a full Sunday. A number of people came for the service this morning, and several stayed to eat dinner with us - Joaquín and his grandma and aunt. Joaquín went along with Marcus to help a client get her van started. (Roger again - "I'm not sleepy!" Now he's happily snuggled up with his stuffed puppy.) Joaquín still is not ready to take up his cross. He and his grandma are using a lawyer to fight with other family members over the deceased grandfather's land. And he's not willing to stop fighting and give up the land, to follow Jesus. He does seem to see it as a matter of life or death, but he can't bring himself to die now yet. The life here and now seems so real and important, he doesn't want to lose it. So at this point he's still content with choosing eternal death.  He told Marcus, "I know one thing, I've never before come so CLOSE to the kingdom of heaven. Marcus said, "What self-condemnation!" Anyway, they were here until 7:00, when we needed to leave for a service in a home 15 minutes away. Eugenio and Lucia are very simple folks, and it takes patience to explain things again and again, but they still have a desire to learn. We pray that they will grasp the simple truth of the Word, and begin putting it to practice in their lives.
   The biggest excitement of this past month was due to the visit of Marcus' cousin Wilbur Graybill, his wife Joanna, and their five children, along with Brian Minters, a single brother from Monett. The first number of days we were all with the brethren in Tlaxcala, and Wilburs got good practice with their Spanish there. Then we brought them here to Tehuacán for a week. We enjoyed taking them to Axuxco, where we lived for 2+ years, so they could meet Zenón's family, see the houses we lived in, and splash in the irrigation canal as we used to do. They also got to meet a number of our contacts here, although there were plenty more that we would have been glad to introduce them to if we'd have had more time. A number of evenings the men were away preaching or working, and Joanna and I found out that 10 children can be quite a handful, especially when they're from two different families, and tired...  :-) We were glad there were two of us mommies. And she reminded me that by the time we have 10 of our own (if the Lord wills), we'll have older ones to help.  Our children now (the two families) are aged 8, 7, 6, 5, two 4-year-olds, 2, 1, 5 months, 3 months. The last Sunday they were here, we made a quick trip to Tlaxcala and back for the service at Bro. Raúl's house. The Aragón family came from Mexico City, and we wanted Wilburs to meet them. We enjoyed sharing the Lord's supper and feetwashing together - 5 of us families - what a blessing!
   Joaquín's cousin Roberto (18) was with us for about a month. When Wilburs left for the States, Marcus and Roberto went along with them to the north side of Mexico City, to help them through the city, and then bussed back. They were able to preach in the buses and the subway on the way home. A week ago Roberto went back to his family, who live 1 1-2 hours away in a little pueblo. He had planned to bring his mother and siblings to the service a week ago, but didn't show up, and we haven't heard from him since. So right now it's just our little family here - something that hasn't happened for a while.
   The other day Marcus preached with the sign, "Repent of putting your confidence in the virgen!  The God of heaven does not wink at this ignorance!" Many seemed to receive it. But as usual, others hated it. That's why we have another sign that says, "Ye hate light, because your deeds are evil."
   We plan to go to Tlaxcala in a couple days, and probably will be staying for a week or more to be with the brethren. Marcus always has more than enough work there, and the Barajas boys are able to help him and gain more experience. Megan, Maury and I are plenty busy with school. I'm trying to get Randall finished with his preschool work, so he can start first grade awhile. Roger's biggest accomplishment lately is learning to tell me when he has to go potty. And Clayton is already almost 4 months old, and hard at work on his teeth.  ;-) He's usually a happy baby, and gives us lots of smiles, but he's also starting to display his will, and receive correction.
   "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." (Matt. 24:42)
                                  With love, Marcus, Monica and family

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