Greetings,
Well we have just returned from our trip to Tijuana to see off the remainder of Mario’s siblings. And returned strangely enough to see the very lilies that Mario planted in the front yard BLOOMING.
About half of them actually opened up in the space of time that it took us to go to TJ and return! Really wild. They were late this year (usually they come up right on Easter) and it has to be one of Yahweh’s tender mercies to have them open up on a day that has been fraught with mixed emotions.
We took off at around 5:30 am, loaded down with skinny little bean burritos wrapped in homemade corn tortillas given by Mario’s grandmother, Catalina. We breakfasted on the big beach at La Salina.
Aquilino, having just returned from his pueblo,this week, stood in the dust and cried little dirt streaks as we left. They are his cousins and mostly the only children that can bear Aquilino in high doses. So he will miss them just like us.
Vale -age 13,will likely be married when we see her next and Virginia , age 9 will have taken over the housekeeping role most likely.
We were able to get them all on the same bus, which was an answer to prayer. I guess a lot of families get split up en route to Oaxaca and that was something we really wanted to avoid as to us, these are still children. The littlest boy, Irineo, clung to Frank and it was hard to peel him off, while little Marianna, was giggling and excited at the rather raggedy looking bus, and we kept having to tell her to keep her backpack closed as she is amazed by its neon zippers.My emotions were really mixed as they have grown to be like family. we have been through a lot together, cornea transplants, weddings, birthdays and deaths…………………….most importantly though I should be grateful that we are sending the three elder children home saved and baptized and looking towards Resurrection life. Regardless of whether I ever see them in this world again iI know I” see them in the Kingdom.
Ans although it is sad to say goodbye, their departure makes room for new families to get to know and to share the Word and His Love with…………
Blessings to all,
Sis Detra
Month: April 2013
Baja Report
Anyway, in the past few days Frank is back beyond “normal”………………..now I just must help him not to supersede wisdom and go slow and receive his healing. I myself am out of fear and having lots of old families moving back “home” to Guerrerro and OXA and lots and lots of new families coming on in………………all looking for the “House Who Loves……..”
I am blessed to have so many new people old and young showing up as if they already know us. Evidently they have received a testimony from relatives and friends and that is evidence for me that the Seed is unstoppable
In an exodus that started about 9 days go, the remainder of Mario’s family is scheduled to go home to Copala OXA on Sunday. We have been spending lots of time with them as they say goodbye all week…….a long dramatic and painful for me anyway process…………………we will be taking Mario’s sister (Vale, Virginia, Marianna, and his brothers Irineo and Domingo to eat early in the morning and then placing them onto the “Gold Coast” Charter bus to Oaxaca at around 8:30am. We will not have regular church meeting tomorrow as we ll want to see them off from Tijuana.. They could leave from Maneadero here but in trying that they might get split into different buses, so we have decided to get them on one bus from TJ, so they can go together.
It is already sad. I wish I was almost going………………….. most likely some will eventually return but it is hard. I have known Marianna since she was 3 months old and tomorrow she will be carrying her own little backpack ( a garishly pink/purple “Hello Kitty” number) with all of her worldly goods encompassed. Walking on her own two bare feet. Little Marrianna! How can time pass so quickly??
Please everyone keep this family in prayer……………..that they will carry not just caricatured backpacks but the Word of Yahweh embodied in their little selves…………..the Seed Eternal which no one can stop.
Love to everyone at home, keep up the good fight of faith….in Jesus’ Name,
Sis. Detra
Harvest of Faith 