Rudy the Cuban

Hey family!  I hope things are going great with each of you.  Things are good here, again just moving along.  For those of you who know him, our favorite Cuban is in town...yes that's right, RUDY!!  He arrived earlier this week and we are having dinner with him tonight.  For those of you who don't know him, he is a brother with an incredible story and a ferocious heart for God.  We are blessed to have him work alongside us.  (He is also the one who continuously pushes me to learn more and more Spanish and to practice.  As he says, you cannot learn if you don't practice.) 

We have been visiting more sites where we held camps this past June.  It is great to see so many coaches and youth being reached with the message of Jesus Christ.  We are again humbled to be here working with our brothers and sisters in the Dominican.  Their heart for God and their community is inspiring.  I pray God continues to use us in whatever way He sees fit and in whatever needs there are. 

This week in ESL we played win, lose or draw with them.  I must say, that was the most heated game I have ever seen.  :)  These Dominicans are pure passion in whatever they do (including class games).  All 20 people were on their feet for the last word shouting and yelling... it was crazy but so much fun! 

J has an Association meeting tomorrow night followed by a Coordinator meeting.  Please be praying for these as we are hoping to start the coordinator position as soon as possible.  These coordinators would not only improve communication tremendously between the coaches/association, but would more importantly help in the development of a discipleship based relationship between the coordinators and their coaches.  Our prayer is this relationship would raise up our coaches to be able to reach their youth with a passionate love for Christ and the skills to accomplish this. 

And just a few pictures for you all:

Aubrey has really started to love on her baby doll.  She will walk around patting it on the back and kissing it.  We thought it was sweet so here is one of her holding it.

And one of her kissing her baby.

We visited a camp area called Madre Viaja to see the facilities.  This was the kitchen area with a GIANT pot and spoon.  We couldn't resist taking a picture.

And another with just Aubrey.  Anyone else thinking Hansel and Gretel??

In honor of Rudy, his favorite verse:

"Sin embargo, les dare salud y los curare; los sanare y hare que disfruten de abundante paz y seguridad."  Jeremias 33:6

"Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security."  Jeremiah 33:6