Friday, January 29, 2010

The Ranch is 2010

Happy New Year to you all! Sorry I am so behind on updating this blog. The new year has gotten off to a good start. Last week we had stormy weather as I am sure many of you heard and experienced. We got almost seven inches of rain over six days. Our average rain fall for the year is seven. God is blesing us with more water in our well. Thankfully the Ranch recieved very little damage form the rain. One of our old pine trees fell and one of the staff houses flooded but besides that we are fine. Other areas are no so blessed. Many towns have had their bridges washed out. One city, San Quntin has had to have food flown in becasue all of their brigdes washed out and there is no other way to get into the city. Many of our students parents live in that area so we don't know when they will be able to come and vist.

A few weeks ago a new girl from Chihuahua, Mexico was brought to us by a Mennonite family. Esmeralda is eleven years old. She lived with her mother and their tribe near a Mennonite settlement in the mountains of Chihuahua. Esmeralda is a sweet but strong willed girl. She may not know very much sign but she knows how to get her point across! She is just now realizing that things have a name, that she has a name. Please be praying for Esmeralda to pick up on sign language quickly and that she will come to know Jesus

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