LSM Creation to Church RSM

This year at our school we started a training center. Some of our older students are have been learning how to have a deeper with Jesus and how to teach other Deaf about Him. We are in the process of making videos that will teach through the Bible and share who Christ is. We hope for them to be a way for Mexican Deaf to learn about Jesus and teach other Deaf about him. This is Jose Antonio giving a breif summery of the Bible from Creation to the start of the church. The video is in MSL (Mexican Sign Language. Sorry, right now there are no subtitiles, we hope to add Spaninsh and English ones soon.

Kimchi

I couple months ago two of my girls, Yahaira and Lesly and I made kimchi. I love that stuff. We had alot of fun using the Chow Hall kitchen instead of my tiny makeshift  kitchen in our dorm room where all 18 of us, yes you got that right, 18 live. Making a large amount of lacto-ferments is just more than our  dorm can handle. Some of my girls loved the kimchi, others wouldn't even go near it. I think it's amazing. My goal is to make a differnet lacto-ferment to go with every type of meal. So I guess that means I will be sharing a lot of lacto-fermetnts in the near future. My recipe is based off of Nourishing Traditions veriation of kimchi. 

Kimchi

1 large head of cabbage, shredded

1 bunch green onions, chopped

1 cup carrots, grated

1/2 cup white radishes (I can't remember what kind I grew this year), grated

2 TBS freshly grated ginger

4 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tsp dried chilie flakes

1 TBS of sea salt (Real Salt or Celtic Salt are prefered)

4 TBS of whey (if you don't have whey use an additional 1 TBS of salt)

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Pound with a wooden pounder or whatever you can find, I used a rolling pin for about 10 minutes to release the juices. The mixture will fill two quart size jars. Be sure that the mixture is at least one inch below the top of the jars. Cover tightly and leave at room temperature. After three days transfer the kimchi to cool storage normally the top shelf of the fridge unless you are luck enough to have a root cellar. 

This post is part of Hearth and Soul

Saying Goodbye

Marisol, my girl that just turned 20 left last week after recently finishing secondary school to serve at Colegio Christiano Magdalena Rincon, a school for  Deaf, disabled and at risk children. I am so proud of her and happy for her! Currently she is helping in the class room and the dorm. I had to tease her about helping in the dorm since I took care of her in our dorm for six years. :) I told her, "now you know how I feel sometimes" when we were skyping the other day. I am so thrilled to see how God is going use her to minister to the Deaf!

Please be Praying:

Her health, right now she is sick
To have quality time with God
Love and wisdom as she cares for the girls and helps in the class
Support, she is currently in need of more supporters
Homesickness, for the Ranch and her own family

Mission Minded

This song is very dear to my heart. It is a powerful reminder of what we are called to do, declare  Jesus Christ to the nations. I went to a small Christian high school, with a class of 45. "You Said" was one of our favorite songs. When the year was almost over and the seniors led one of the last chapels we picked this song. Ministry, going out and sharing about how Jesus has changed our lives is what many now are doing. We are mission minded, we've gone to to seminary,  are actively involved in our churches and serve as missionaries in Uganda and Mexico. 

Rain Boots!

We had an early Christmas present arrive for the girls a couple weeks ago. Some of my wonderful supporters sent rain boots for every girl. They were so excited to open up their gift bags. What a blessing these will be as the rains continue. We had fun jumping in puddles right after we opened them.

  

First Day of School

The first day of school is finally here! Now "Mama" can breath a sigh of relief for a short while. I love all my girls dearly but this weekend has been quite long. Time to spend with God, blog, exercise and do dishes is much needed. Only eight of my sixteen girls are here so far. So today embarks the first semi normal day. I love routine, it makes everything else go so much more smoothly! Of course with only half me girls here everything takes twice as long. Go figure, who would say that life is easier with sixteen instead of eight? Almost all my little girls are here and only two of my older girls are here. So that means a lot more work for, Serafina (the new dorm mom assistant), our two older girls (Edith Marisol and Wendy) and I. All the same chores need to be done to keep our school and dorm clean.  All the little girls still need help with hair and learning to do their chores. And I just plain miss them. A few I know why they are late but others, I have no idea why they aren't here. There's always that fear that their parents won't bring them back and we won't know how to contact them or see them again. That's when I need to remember that God is in control. He knows where each of my girls are and what he has planned for their lives. I need to pray more and worry less. We are blessed to have a new ten year old girl in the dorm, Shelly. She is from Ensenada which is about 35 minutes away from us. She knows some sign and is getting along wonderfully with the other little girls. They all became fast friends while playing with the doll house. Let's just hope they stay that way. :) Please be praying that Shelly continues to adjust well and that all our other children arrive safely. Pictures will be soon to follow!

Heading Back To Mexico

Well, my car's all pack up and ready to head back to Mexico. It's a bitter sweet moment, it's my last day with my parents and sister but tomorrow night I will be back with my "Ranch Family". By Sunday all of our staff will have returned. After a week of meetings all our students will start returning on the 1st of September. I will finally be reunited with all my girls!!!! Please be praying for safe travels in the morning and afternoon. I should be able to get to the Ranch by 5:00pm. I'll be back on in a few days to let you know what's happening!