Friday, October 26, 2007

A DAY TO REMEMBER!

Very recently our dear friend Galen Yoder, his family
and some of their friends
visited us in October as they always do.
And as always rain was the order of the days.
We had 52 days of rain in Nicaragua.
Waiting for the rain to stop they painted, repaired, played,
shared God and their experiences with our children,
but there was something to remember.
A day to go to the beach!
Our bus has just gone through the gates when it got mired in the mud.!
We all pushed back and forth for about an hour
until a 4 wheel drive pickup driver
took the bus out of the mud with his vehicle winch.


All muddy but happy and with something to remember!


All of it made me remember my missionary days
with YWAM during a trip to Mexico,
where we were forced to stay a whole week
in the Indian little town of Tuxpan,
waiting for 2 tires for our bus to be imported from the USA.
They were not available locally.
One of our missionary girls had to fly all the way down
from Arkansas
with the two tires as her only baggage!

Thanks God, this time we only had to spend one hour
pushing and laughing!
Our younger children were the ones
who enjoyed it the most!
Specially our five younger girls!


1 comment:

Emilio Padilla Morales & Gladys de Padilla said...

Emilio & Gladys,
Thanks for the pics! They were a lot of fun to look at and remember the trip.
There was one of the girls "Luce", 15 years old in 6th grade that I visited with, on the bus ride home, Gladys helped us understand each other, my Spanish being VERY limited! My wife and I would like more information about her, how is she doing? When is her birthday? So we could send her something, also what would be the appropriate steps for partial sponsorship? The work you both are doing is so amazing! God is doing a great work through you! Many young lives are changed because of your obedience to God!
God’s blessings on both of you!!
Glendon & Debbie Yoder