Archive for December, 2008

Dec

31

Christmas in Mexico!

By jeff

We’ll we are wrapping up a great Christmas here in Mexico and looking forward to a huge New Years Eve party tonight.  Natasha and I stayed in Mexico to help with the gift distribution and see how Christmas works here at the home.  We had a great time.  We’ve enjoyed the company of several family [...]

Dec

25

Noche Buena

By jeff

 All week the buzz around the home has been building in anticipation of Christmas.  We have noticed this in the mediano boys the most because our house is so close to their dorm.  Today especially the boys have had an abundance of energy.  First thing this morning they were running all around the yard playing [...]

Dec

19

Pajama Party!

By natasha

 Last weekend, we had a “pajama party” at the City of Children.  Usually, a pj party happens at night, with popcorn and movies.  However our party happened after lunch, and looked very different from any of the pj parties I have attended.   Every year a church from Garden Grove, California has a pajama drive that [...]

Dec

17

Winter Has Arrived!

By jeff

Back home in Tennessee we know that winter is coming when the leaves on the trees begin to change color and the temperature begins to cool off.  Here, it gets wet – really wet.  It has been raining for the last 3 days with today being the hardest.  Just to show you how much rain [...]

Dec

15

Feliz Navidad from Maneadero!

By jeff

Last weekend a couple of groups came to bring some Christmas cheer to a very poor community here in Ensenada.  People from both the Murietta Church of Christ just north of San Diego and from the Jackson Park Church of Christ in Nashville brought LOTS of presents, food, and joy to the Maneadero Church of [...]

Dec

6

Building and Construction

By jeff

The home is a bit messy right now.  We are in the middle of a couple of different construction jobs.  Inside the walls of the home, they are building an office for Natasha and me to use at the end of the current office building.  As you can see below, they are really making progress!

Outside [...]

Dec

3

Warmth and Company

By natasha

 Today I planned to write about our trip home last week, but my plans changed when we pulled up to our Mexican hacienda tonight.  While we were away, a couple of the teen girls took care of our lab, Webster.  As we have said before, since Chester, our other lab, passed away a couple of [...]