fun surprise

Finally the rains have begun! We are desperate here in Hermosillo for rain! We have been on water rashens since I can't remember when (close to a year maybe). We have city water from about 2pm till 10pm. In the morning there is no water pressure but we do get a dribble from our resevior on the roof which fills with city water when there is city water. They keep saying that once the summer rains come the water situation will improve. Well it has been raining off and on this week. Along with the rains though come problems.

On Tuesday I was informed that we had a waterfall coming from the roof of the church and pouring right into the Sunday School rooms. So I was up on the roof in the rain trying to patch up the holes with duct tape and silicon! Went back today in the rain to check on the patch job and it is holding nicely till it can be fixed permanently!

The biggest surprise of all though was a rat! Yes that is right, a rat, in our shower no less! The drain cover has not been screwed down in sometime as the screws rusted out. We have been covering the drain with a rubbermaid small container because of sewer smell. Sheri was in our room and she thought she heard something in the shower, scratching on plastic. So she peeked in and sure enough there was a rat in the rubbermaid container with was upside down over the drain cover! The container is semi transparent so she could see that it was indeed a rat! Sheri called me and I realized that the rat must have pushed the drain cover out of place and then once it was under the container, the drain cover fell back into place and trapped the rat! So I put my foot on it and after considering the possibilities (broom in hand ready for battle) I slowly moved the container away from the drain (rat underneath the container) and then removed the drain cover and slowly replaced the container over the shower drain. The rat escaped with his life and I didn't have to kill a rat!

Now to find some small screws to fix that cover on!

Prayer Request

Hello everyone. These days are busy times for the EFCCM missionaires in Hermosillo! We are currently hosting 2 summer youth teams from Western Canada. One team is from Osler Saskatchewan and the other is from 3 Hills Alberta. The kids club that we are doing along with outreach at 2 different orphanages and some outreach into poor neighborhoods here in the city makes for full days!

Please pray that God works in the hearts of the youth and their leaders who are here until next Tuesday. I have the privilege of speaking to these groups 4 times and my prayer is that God would use those messages and the practical times of serving outside of their comfort zone while they are here to move them from being Believers into being Disciples. Jesus called us to make Disciples, not Believers, there is a big difference. So pray that they would be challenged and go home different people, and that those differences would last so that they might reach out more effectively back in Canada as well. I feel like we are able to have some influence not only here in Northern Mexico but also in Canada through the teams that come. It is a unique ministry and we are blessed to be part of it!

Thanks for standing with us in prayer!

Lane