Nov Conference 2009

For this post to make sense, 'ya hafta' start reading at the bottom. Then look at the pictures starting from there.

-Management. :))

Austin, Mom, me, Dad, and Nicole.

The 3 girls that got baptized. Cousins.
Angelica getting baptized in Jesus' Name!

Maribel getting baptized. She is also one of my kids from Sunday school.

Jazmin going down under.

Bro. Bufford and Caleb, Bro. Billy, Elder Wakefield, Sis. Wakefield, and Sis. Bufford.
One God, Bro. Bufford!

Pastor Trevino and me.

Hno. Jorge and Hna. Natalia praying with her dad, Hno. Fidel.
He's from our church.

Pastor Trevino preaching at our church.
And Javier getting used as a prop.

Bro. Mario's brother, Isai singing.

The last night was a singspiration then Pastor Trevino preached.
These are my kids singing.

Eating lunch.

Altar call.

Bro. Omar Guzman.
He preached "Not for Sale". He really connected with the people while telling stories about his mom's life in Guatemala.

Pastor Trevino, Bro. Curtis Wakefield, Bro. Bufford, Bro. Billy, Bro. Alfredo Perez from San Juan del Rio, Bro. Mario (Elder Wakefield's assistant pastor), and his brother that pastors a couple hours away, Hno. Irvin.

Church getting started.

Making rice for the conference lunch.

This is what was out in front of the church after Bro. Billy preached.
A Day of the Dead parade. It was WEIRD. Guys dressed like girls...gross.

Hno. Israel (the builder) is really maturing and was really blessed during this conference.

Keyla and Eliana.

Hno. Israel was so happy and proud to be getting his picture taken with all the preachers.
Israel with Bro. Guzman and Bro. Fontanes.

Bro. Trevino and the kids from both churches.

I think this lady got the Holy Ghost. Gramma, correct me if I'm wrong.

I was on the platform singing and just saw everybody suddenly get really excited and start jumping and yelling, then hugs all around.

I just think this is a really funny picture.
What is Hno. Gelacio thinking?

Gramma and Jazmin.

Pastor Trevino from Bell Gardens, CA.
We were so excited to have him in Puebla for the first time!
The people fell in love with him and his dimples. :)
But seriously...the quality and depth of his preaching really helped our people. The first night he focused in on the men and their support of their pastor. The presence of God was so powerful.
The second night he preached on God separating the light from the darkness. A message on holiness and separation from the world. Both messages were outstanding.

Austin eating his pizza. Hna. Natalia made the pizzas and they were so good that she is coming over this Saturday to teach us how to make them.

All of these pictures so far have been from Saturday, the first night.
This is Bro. Billy preaching, my dad translating.
He preached an awesome message. You can't get to heaven without repenting, getting the Holy Ghost, and getting baptized in JESUS NAME!

Hna. Hayde on the piano, Hno. Mario, Bro. Curtis Wakefield, Bro. Billy Graham Mimba, and Hno. Baltazar.
And who is that slim, handsome man behind that gorgeous pulpit?
OH! Is that you Grampa? I wouldn't have recognized you except for your brilliant hair.
Elder Wakefield is starting this 90-day exercise thing, and let me tell ya. He is droppin' them pounds like...big stones down a steep hill. HA!
Dropping pounds as fast as a...really fast thing. As Harlow Doyle would say. Lookin' good!

"Idols, idols, come get your idols. A Jesus for every one of your needs."
Mary, Peter, whichever one of the saints you could want. This is your place.

This is Austin and Bro. Billy Mimba 5 minutes after they met.

I think Austin's favorite person is now Bro. Billy Mimba.
He said:
"I have never been so educated in all my life."
"I have never met such a particular person."
"It's not every day you meet someone like this."
I think they are friends for life.

Bro. and Sis. Bufford, Bro. Billy Graham Mimba from Vandalia Missouri. They come down usually about twice a year and we LOVE having them! Bro. Bufford is a cut-up, but when he gets in church...It's time to have church! The ladies from our church told me he looks like a soldier. The way he shakes hands and how he is in church. He gets behind the preacher!

The conference was on the weekend of Halloween/Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.
So basically the theme of this conferece was "while Mexico is celebrating the dead, the Apostolic people of Puebla are celebrating the LIVING God."
This skeleton girl was in the motel where the preachers stayed.
This is me (Bethany), Matilda, and Nicole.

Long time, no post, right!?

For some reason this computer today is not letting me arrange my pictures, so that's why you have to read this post backwards if you want it to make sense. Or at least look at the pictures al revers-o.
It feels really good to post. I haven't been on the internet, this blog, or my email for...I don't know how long. Whatever the last post date was. It feels like a month.

Well, this past weekend was our November conference. It was really good and...fun. Fun b/c the two churches haven't gotten to see each other in a few months and also b/c we got to play tourist for a few days. Americans came! Hallelujah! The people here call this getting to visit with people from "my land". It felt really good. Just to speak English actually. Now Nicole and I are kind of in a recooperation/depression-because-the-Americans-are-gone mood.

But anyways. The conference was really good, the preaching was awesome, and most exciting of all--we made a First. One of my girls from Sunday school got the Holy Ghost! This month is her and her family's one year anniversary of starting to come to church. Those of you who read this blog might remember the builders. Israel--he is her dad. We are really excited!! Jazmin got the Holy Ghost the first night then on the last night got baptized with 2 other girls.

Now for the pictures...
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