Jeff & Kristina Sims

Calle Ajusco #9 Casa

20, Col. Buena Vista,
Cuernavaca, Morelos,
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the Sims
62130, Mexico

(903)331-0550

Special
Prayer A u g — S e p t 2 0 1 0
Requests
 For our language


learning.
For our children’s
Learning and Serving
continued adjust-
ment to Mexico.
Kristina and I have been the Ten Commandments so add to a timeline that
 For the upcoming teaching the young chil- far. Every week the kids wraps around the class-
decision about
where we will be dren’s class on Sunday draw their own pictures to room walls. We are very
living following this Mornings for three glad to be able to work
year. months now. It has been together in our service
challenging and reward- for the Lord’s Church
ing. Since we have chil- here.
dren who speak both
English and Spanish in I have also begun lead-
our class, we try to teach ing singing on Sundays
in both languages as and they have recently
well. It has given us a asked me to begin
good opportunity to put teaching the members
some of what we have some new songs soon.
been learning in school It is rewarding to be
to good use quickly. We able to use our gifts
are making our way even at a time when our
through the Old Testa- attention has been pri-
ment and have covered marily focused on learn-
Upcoming from Creation through ing Spanish!
Dates

Central
Mexico Mis-
sionary
Nov 3-6
Celebrating Mexico’s Bicentennial
Retreat In September, our church family!
Mexico cele- Noah and Juliana
brated her participated in their
200th year of intra-school parade.
Independence And Isaiah’s class
from Spain. even put on a pres-
We were able to entation. We were
take part in the blessed to share this
festivities and I unforgettable time
even won the with our new friends
costume con- in Mexico.
test held by
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Team Health
We are so blessed to be teammates! We have
on the field with our continued to be encour-
aged, motivated, and
challenged by the Garcia
and Reyes families as we
learn the language and
culture together. We
have also been encour-
aged by visitors from the
States who always bring a
welcome word from
home. This week we will
be blessed to meet with
School Days
Noah and every day. They both
Juliana have love their school and they
both started frequently come home
attending speaking Spanish words
Colegio that we don’t yet know.
Cuernavaca. Juliana also takes dance
Their classes classes, and Noah is play-
are in Eng- ing soccer on his school
lish at this team. Even Isaiah is in
level, but class while we are in lan-
next year, guage school. He always
Noah’s will has an entourage of mid-
be in Span- dle school girls following
ish for half of him in and out of class,
El Ratoncito Perez
So many things are When a child in Mexico
different here in loses a tooth, it is not the
Mexico that we’d Tooth Fairy who mysteri-
like to dedicate a ously exchanges it for
portion of each money or a small gift.
newsletter to this No...Here in Mexico, that
subject in order to job falls to the Tooth
highlight some of Mouse, affectionately
the most unique known as el Ratoncito
and interesting of Perez. While this tradition
these differences. seems more realistic than
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Paul Dowell from Sunset
Church of Christ and Jay
Jarboe from the Missions
Resource Network as a
family and team. We are
looking forward to this
time to refocus and be
refreshed. Our team con-
tinues to meet regularly
to fellowship, plan, and
dream together. I cannot
imagine living here with-
out their support!
and his teachers call him
Guapo (handsome) so
much that he has started
to answer to that name as
well. Our kids are
blessed to be able to
keep up with what’s go-
ing on with their family
and friends back home
through Skype. They
love getting online and to
watch and listen to their
Grandmas talk and read
books to them.
the Tooth Fairy to me, it
does raise questions as to
which version our family
with follow. There is no
question that either way
our children will soon be-
come very well acquainted
with Señor Perez, the
Tooth Mouse as their
friends and classmates
begin losing their teeth.