May was an eventful month for our family! Watch the video and/or read our update below.
Some of the best news is that we both had our first language evaluations. If you’ve joined our prayer alert email list, then you already know that Jared achieved Advanced Medium and Amy achieved Advanced High. (Thank you for praying)
This means that Amy was able to “graduate” from language school and no longer has to take language classes. Another benefit is that the kids could be removed from school and begin homeschooling again.
The kids will take a break over the summer before formally starting homeschool in August. In the meantime, they are still being tutored in Spanish a few times a week to help them improve their language.
Jared will continue to go to language school until we move to Bogota, Colombia.
May is a month full of holidays in Puebla, Mexico. Most notably, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated here in Puebla. Although many people in the United States have heard of Cinco de Mayo, you probably don’t know that Puebla is the only city in Mexico that celebrates the holiday because it commemorates the battle of Puebla that happened on May 5, 1862.
To celebrate, we attended the local parades. It was extremely crowded, so we ended up seeing the back of people’s heads more than the actual parade. Nevertheless, it was a fun time of getting to know the local culture better.
We are still trying to get to know families in our local church better and we’re happy to say that your prayers have been helping. We’ve been participating in Sunday school class and we recently had a family from our church over for dinner. Jared will be preaching on June 18th for the first time in Spanish. He’ll be reading from a manuscript, but we’re praying the Spirit would still speak through His Word.
Mother’s Day is always celebrated on May 10th in Mexico. It’s a pretty big deal here in Mexico. The schools organized a special Mothers Day event which included dancing and performances by the kids and a nice catered meal for the moms.
Our church also celebrated Mothers Day with a special fellowship after church where the moms got to eat and play games.
We are extremely thankful for Amy and showed our love to her by giving her a day at the spa with one of her close friends here in Mexico.
We want to ask you to pray for our family in the following ways this month:
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