Declare His glory among the nations,

long time, no update. but whats new, right? much has happened since i last updated. we had our annual meeting of mexico missionaries in Leon at the end of July, my friend Christa from my OBU days arrived to study here in GDL for the semester at the beginning of August, we started school in the middle of the month, then i returned to the states for a couple of weeks at the end of August to visit my grandmother who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few weeks ago. it has been a busy 6 weeks or so since i last updated, but good (even if a bit trying at times). since a picture is worth a thousand words (and certainly more fun) i will just catch you up with pictures. sorry they're not really in any order. :)



i LOVE chicken and dumplins and enjoyed them so much while i was in the states!



my sweet Ulysses!
and more!


my mom and sister and i
me and my Nanny :)


mal and i w/ our nanny



i was excited to be driving in the states again!
dad and i entertained ourselves by taking self portraits

more entertainment


we had a lil trouble w/ this self portrait....i'm not really sure at all what is up w/ our faces. all i know is we laughed, a lot!

quite possibly the most redneck campaign sign i've ever seen!



so, laura and i had some friends over and they asked us to teach them to "dance country" haha. so laura taught us all the tush push. i will hopefully get a video up soon!
we also introduced them to dr. pepper. they weren't fans! so shocking!!

David and Becky's dog, Bella, had puppies! 7 of them! they are so fun and so precious!



i was SO EXCITED to go to target when i got to miami!

christa and i went out to lake chapala one day....

we also went horseback riding!

i got a lil sunburned at the lake! oops!

super cute puppies!

more of the silliness w/ the girls. we had an all out sleepover....pizza, brownies and ice cream, girl talk, chick flicks and so much more! :)

laura and i were SO EXCITED to find canned biscuits and crescent rolls and cinnamon rolls at walmart!!!

dontcha just love the pinatas? we do!
Susy and i took christa to the flower market, one of our favorite places.


we also went to the VIP theater. so nice!

we started a new ministry in El Tizate. precious kids.