Dora & Diego Homeschool Spanish

Wow!  What a mission trip!  We could see and feel the Lord’s hand on us all the way.  For the last two weeks leading up to us going on our Mexico Mission trip we had a battle waged against our group.  One person thought they should be the mouthpiece of God and tell everyone not to go.  They even went so far as calling everyone from the church that wasn’t going on the trip to tell us not to go.  Well that trick from the pits of hell didn’t work and we were blessed because of it.  And the people of Mexico were blessed because of our obedience to the Lord.

We had to get up Saturday morning, October 17th at 2 am to catch our flights out of Fargo.  It was so dense with fog here at home I thought for sure the flights would be delayed a couple hours.  We went at our regularly scheduled time and drove with caution towards Fargo.  After about forty-five minutes the fog miraculously cleared up and stayed that way until we left for our Mexico mission trip on time.  Praise the Lord!

Our Father’s hand is soooo big.  And His arm is very long when it is outstretched.

After we got our luggage in El Paso, the Tapestries of Life van was waiting for us.  They look like this:

Of course the first thing we thought of was food since we didn’t eat on any of our flights down to El Paso.  Just outside the El Paso airport a few blocks away we ate a burger joint called Whataburger.  I was happy because they had a jalapeno burger.  So our Mexican food begins, well if you can call Whataburger Mexican.  It was probably a really big stretch.  LOL

As we are driving down the highway from El Paso to our home away from home for the week, the Outpost at Tapestries of Life in Fabens, TX, we saw sights we had never seen before.  Not because we live in a secluded part of Minnesota and we don’t see those types of things.  They were more along the lines of different brands and different names of businesses and restaurants, etc.

After settling into the Outpost and unpacking our single suitcases, airlines charge for each bag you take nowadays except for carry-ons, as a team we sat around and got to know each other better.  You know how you go to family reunions once a year or maybe once every five years and you’ve met a lot of your family members.  You know you like these family members because they haven’t been around long enough to get on your nerves yet.  Well that’s how I see a lot of my church family.  Since we were going to be living together for the week we thought it would be good to just kick back and relax.  Of course our bodies all said they needed sleep but who can sleep when you’re excited to finally be at the destination.

A lot of hugging went on in congratulations for making it to Tapestries of Life on our Mexico Mission trip.  Some of us had been fundraising and planning this trip for two years.  We felt like we were on top of the world knowing we had arrived.

One last thing I want to share with you all is during the last two weeks while we were battling with the enemy of this world the Lord kept pouring out His blessings.  One of the couples that went with us, Monte & Jolene Goeson, had received a $250 gift to go towards our trip.  I had received $100 in extra money, which I turned over to Tapestries Mercy Ministry Day (more to come on this amazing ministry), and Dillon our only teenage boy on the trip received $70 on the airplane from Fargo to Denver.  If that doesn’t tell you the Lord is with you then you just aren’t listening and you need to get the wax out of your ears.

Dillon had sat next to a lady on the plane who was asking tons of questions about our trip all the way to Denver.  Her sister was in the seat in front of them.  Between the two of them they gave Dillon $70 cash.  Praise the Lord!  Later on I will share with you Dillon’s story of how the Lord lead him to whom and where that money should go.  As far as I know, I don’t believe Dillon had ever been used by the Lord this way before and Dillon got his socks blessed off.

Well that’s all for now.  Stay tuned to this blog to see and hear more about our amazing Mexico Mission Trip 2009.

Bendiciones,

Michelle Rothwell, Founder

Dora & Diego Homeschool Spanish

http://www.DoraHomeSchoolSpanish.com

The most comprehensive missions-minded Biblically-based Spanish curriculum for Pre K through 12th grade.

Dear Homeschool Families,

      This week I would like to share with you a great fundraiser where you don’t have to pay any money up front.  For those of you getting ready to go on a family mission trip, I recommend a Pizza Hut Fundraiser Pizza Card.  Here are the details:

 “Sell Pizza Hut® Pizza Cards for $10.00 and Make $7.00 Profit Per Card!

Pizza Cards will deliver in approximately 2-7 business days.”

This information comes from the WOW Fundraising website .

     The reason I’m recommending this fundraiser is it works great.  One thing I do recommend is making sure your local Pizza Hut will accept the cards before you commit yourselves.  You wouldn’t want to promote something people in your church and neighborhood can’t use.

     If you haven’t decided on a mission trip yet, please check out our website for possibilities.  We have a trip to Mexico this fall in which we would love to have you all come with us.  Many hands make light work.  Or if you would like to put a team together from your church to help finish the orphanage, please let me know and I will help you get started.

     One last thing, there are other organizations who put together mission trips all over the world and they are listed on the left-hand side of our pages.  If you would like first hand knowledge of each organization, just write and let me know.  I would be more than happy to let you talk others who have worked with these awesome servants.

     Next week:  Repeat, Repeat, Repeat Practice, Practice, Practice – tips for learning Spanish so it sticks.

God bless you all and have a great week,

Michelle Rothwell, Founder

Dora & Diego Homeschool Spanish