After a Long While....

Well, it has been a while since I've written...and that with good reason! Life has been pretty crazy, but things are finally calming down a bit.
We managed to finish up the school year--all of us--after making it through the Swine Flu and the resulting extended school year. But, the end of school did not bring rest! My brother, Jeph, and his family arrived the weekend we finished up school and graduations (Megan graduated from secondary school, Andrew graduated from primary school, and I preached the graduation sermon for the seminary!). That weekend before my brother arrived, we moved over to our new house...and not everything was moved! Still, we thoroughly enjoyed my brother and his family--even got to visit some places we'd never been in our area of México: Saltillo and Santiago de Nuevo Leon. The cousins had a great time together--first time in two years! Then, all the Virginia Herrins left....
We put the rest of the house together, got the rest of the painting done, and finally settled into some "do nothing" mode. Of course, that lasted about a week...and here we go again! Jesse started classes this past Monday (Aug. 3) and so did Jeanne. Jeanne has moved from the primary program at the Misiones campus to the high-school (Prepa) program at the Insurgentes campus...so, her classes began Monday, after they hired her last Friday! So, life is going again.
Megan and Andrew and I all start schooling on August 24th...and we'll be happy to see that day come. We'll fall in a rhythm again, and that somehow always makes life a little easier....
Meanwhile, we are thoroughly enjoying our new community. The children gather most evening in front of our house (and did so long before we moved here!) to play in the street and just hang out. Brandon, Francisco, Gregorio, Susanna, Evelin, Eric and others are often there and love to talk to the "gringos." We are also getting to know their parents, brothers and sisters, cousins...and anyone else who might be around! ha, ha. It is wonderful to be in a place where we can know people like this, where we can begin to share our lives in more and more meaningful ways.
We are confirmed in our move here...learning more and more each day about how God is working around us...and striving to live life one day at a time, sharing God's love and grace however we can.