Still sick

Having a high fever as an adult seems to be a lot harder than I remember it being as a child. I'm trying not to complain and even be thankful, but I didn't do too good today. The Lord's mercies are new every morning...and I'm so thankful for His loving forgiveness and that of my family too! Thank you for your prayers. I'm hoping that after a good nights rest tonight, I'll feel better. The past nights I've let the fever run its course to see if it would kill the bug, but I've just been tossing and turning all night, so tonight....Tylanol!! I've already slept for an hour while Daniel took the children to supper....In and Out Burgers...what a great treat for them! American Hamburgers!!! I wish I felt good enough to have joined them, but I'm thankful for sweet hubby letting me get some rest and bravely suggesting to take the whole crew himself.
They just got back to the hotel with big smiles and their In and Out hats :)

Daniel was able to get a 60 day temporary license...PTL. He still needs to get a physical to get his permanent one, and will do that once we get up north.

Timothy took this picture after I washed my hair and was heading to bed :)

The children when they got back from supper. Benjamin looks like a soldier and Noah covered his face...they are just so fun! :)

Traveling Days :)

Praise the Lord for He has brought us safely across the border! We crossed late this afternoon without even having to go through secondary inspection (to which we are often sent due to the amount of children we have and the fact that we have to pull a trailer for our luggage).
We picked up Little Ceasar $5 pizzas :) and took the children to a park with GRASS!!! for supper and play time. After being in the car for over 18 hours the past couple of days, everyone had so much fun getting out and running around.
Tomorrow, Daniel will spend the morning at the DMV and hopefully get his Drivers License renewed (it expired a couple of months ago :) ). I'm hoping to get a couple of loads of laundry washed here at the hotel...when we go on a trip like this, it helps so much if I can wash a load to two here and there so it doesn't all pile up too badly.

Eliseo is doing great now...no fever! Thank you for praying. I've been pretty sick the past couple days. I got a fever on Sunday too, but figured it would go away. Monday, it was worse and as long as I kept taking medicine, I didn't feel horrid. Last night, I decided to let the fever run it's course and see if it would kill the bug. After tossing and turning for hours, I got up at 4 am and my fever had reached 104. I haven't had a fever that high in ages. So I took some more medicine and was able to sleep well for a couple more hours. Tonight I'm going to try again. I thank the Lord for giving me those hours of good rest in the morning and another short nap before we crossed the border.

Here are some pictures from our travels that past couple of days:

Stopping for lunch in San Ignacio...about 6 hours into our trip. By the time we were finished, we'd gathered quite a crowd...the children truly give us many opportunites to witness! Eliseo got passed around quite a bit :)

Breakfast this morning outside of our motel room in El Rosario (about 6 hours south of the US border). Yogurt, bananas, and rolls :)

Josiah and Noah in the motel this morning...their shirts are all wet because they "combed their hair" :)

Crossing the border this afternoon....Tijuana, BC, Mexico....Thank you Lord for bringing us this far safely!

Over the desert and through the cactus....

...to Grandmother's house we go!! :)

Getting ready to pull out this morning...please pray for safety as we travel.

Please Pray for little Eliseo...he's been running a fever the past couple of days...he's just so sweet :)

Our goal was to leave by 5 am...with 11 children to get ready and the trailer to load...that's not too bad :) The Lord is so good!

Family Fun :)

Another week has gone by and while the group has returned back home to Idaho, we thank the Lord for the blessing of their labor and enjoyed getting back into the routine of things as we continue to work and serve and even play together as a family.
Wednesday, we went to the church building in the morning to clean up and sort through the things the group left here for us. They left us more tracks and Bibles to pass out; several coloring books, crafts, crayons, and markers to use with the children here; and they even left us the puppets!
They also left bags of clothes/shoes/sheets that we were able to take along with the left over food and some tracts/New Testaments to a group of workers from the mainland who are renting a large building here in town to live in while they work.
The rest of the week Daniel worked with Brother Macario continuing to teach him as they went visiting and soul winning together. The children and I spent a day catching up on house work and laundry and now everyone is excited about going to the states!
We plan on leaving early Monday morning and will be up there about 17 days. We are all so excited to see our family and friends, and Daniel will be sharing in the churches in our hometown area.
Please pray for safety as we travel and that we will be able to serve and share the gospel while we are there.
Yesterday, it was very hot, and after all the chores and work of the day was done, Daddy came home and declared it to be "time for a cool activity". We just love having fun together and we just had the best water war. I had little Eliseo and the camera, so I was technically "off limits" from getting soaked, but little Noah continually snuck up to my back and poured cups of water down it. :) Water war, watermelon, 11 children, Mommy with a camera and a way too fun Daddy = LOTS of smiles! :)

They're heading back home

Pictures from the Weekend

I wasn't able to post on Saturday...I was too busy running back and forth to all the stores in town buying Gatorade. The poor group all got Montezuma's Revenge....when you get sick from "both ends". This is the most common sickness we see down here, and usually knocks you down for a whole day.
So yestderday, the group laid low...literally in the horizontal position all day. A couple of them didn't get it too bad and one lady (Marie) didn't get it at all. So it was a quiet day as they rested and we kept them stocked with whatever they wanted/needed checking in on them every couple of hours.
That night, when we made our final check, most all of them were sitting outside in a circle praying together. Then today, most of them felt much, much better. Continue to pray for a couple that are still not feeling too good. Yesterday, all anyone wanted was Gatorade and Saltines and tonight, most of them were eating tacos. :)
Today we had a morning service with the group in English and then our regular afternoon church service with the people here. We rejoiced as Hna. Maria Flores and our son Benjamin got baptized.
Benjamin turned 8 this May and trusted Christ as his savior on his birthday. When he found out we were having a baptsim today, he asked me to help him get some extra clothes. I asked him why and he said because Daddy was doing baptisms and since he is now saved, he wanted to get baptised too. I asked him some questions about why one gets baptized and he had a good understanding. I also asked him if he could tell everyone why he wanted to get baptized and he said, "Because I trusted Jesus and got saved on my birthday and now I want to get baptized too."
Daddy cried, mommy cried, and Benjamin just smiled...he was so very happy! After church we had a time of fellowship with the group and people from our church and the children and young people played some games before we headed home.
Thank you for praying! Though this team has gone through some rough times this week, the Lord is truly blessing, using them, and I love hearing their testimonies of their time here.

97 years here...forever with her Lord!

This morning at around 4:30 am we got a phone call that my Grandma Hancock went home to be with Jesus around 1 am. When my parents first moved to northern California I was only 6 years old. We did not have any grandparents near by, and the Hancocks became our adopoted grandparents. As the year passed, they became so very dear to our hearts and truly filled the roll of grandparents in every way.
Grandma loved the Lord with all her heart and loved Grandpa so very much too. Even in their later 90's they were both so full of laughter and love and continually shared Christ with everyone they saw.
We are comforted and rejoice that Grandma is with the Lord and we will soon see her again. Grandpa is without his wife of 72 years now. Due to Grandma's increasing health issues, they had been living together in a care facility. When grandpa's son asked if he would like to move in with him now, Grandpa told him that the care facility is his mission field that the Lord has called him to for as long as he is here on earth.
Noah, our 8th little blessing, has the middle name of Hancock after Grandma and Grandpa. The picture above was taken when we were on furlough in 2006. We love you Grandma and look forward to seeing you soon! Psalms 116:15