Sunday, August 24, 2025

Water, Electricity, Grammar

 Thank you for your continued prayers.  It's been an eventful week!  Wednesday afternoon an elbow on a big pipe coming down from the cistern broke.  We did conserve as much as possible, but thankfully we had enough water to make it through by the time our always-busy maintenance crew could fix it.  By Friday the water situation was back to normal.  In the middle of this, the electricity went out, and we couldn't gauge how long it would take to fix, so the generators were hooked up. Someone joked that this was additional missionary training--little water and no electricity! By the time the generators were in place, the power came back on!😊


  Part of my responsibilities is to teach grammar.  Several years ago my grandchildren gave me a t-shirt for Christmas that reads:   Let's eat Grandma
                                          Let's eat, Grandma
                                          Commas save lives
I have always had a lot of fun with the shirt, and when I wore it this week, the Mexicans laughed too.

The view from my second-story classroom


My view over the treetops and into the valley on this morning's walk

Prayer Requests & Praises
  • Neither the power outage nor the broken water pipe interrupted too much
  • I feel so blessed to be here and part of this staff
  • Pray for all of the staff, their workload, and the hearts of the people they are ministering to
  • Pray for my students who have so much to absorb, understand, and apply
  • Pray for wisdom for me in planning lessons
  • Pray that I would honor God in all I say and do and that I would learn the lessons He is teaching

Thank you!

The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you.  He will never leave you or forsake you.  Do not be afraid or discouraged.                                                                                              Deuteronomy 31:8




6 comments:

  1. That picture is the Rachel I know. You are IN YOUR ELEMENT! God Bless You.

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  2. Jeanine took the words right out of my mouth! You look completely at home in front of that class. How lucky they are to have you!

    I love the T-shirt!

    May God continue to bless you, Rachel! You are doing so much good!

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  3. LOVE the shirt you picked to wear! Great humor for your students to enjoy! Sounds like the lack of water and electricity for awhile was no big deal and your morning walks continue to bring daily beauty. Will continue praying:-)

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  4. Thank you for your compliments and encouragement!

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