Howdy, y’all!!!

There’s been a bunch going on…we got our permanent residency, which is cool, and our new driver licenses which last 4 years, which is cool…and we did both those governmental actions in ONE DAY!  Woot woot!!!  Talk about miracles…

At Crossfire we had the middle school and high school retreats…both talking about our identify…how we see ourselves, how others see us, how God sees us.  And of course for high school my small group discussions ranged far and wide covering the breadth of the entire Bible…as per norm!  And in middle school we had wonderful discussions on identity and where our identity SHOULD come from.

Vince and Gretta asked Allison and I for some help and we were eager to oblige…they loaded us down with a bunch of stuff and we took the La Mulita through the mountains to the village where they minister.  Wonderful drive!  We loved it!

Most of the school’s open positions have commitments for next school year, so that’s great.  Still just short on 2 or 3 spots!  So if you think you want to teach…let me know and I can get you in touch with the right person!

For Sunday school Allison has been hammering through the book of James.  The last 2 times I led the discussion in combined Sunday School (both Spanish and English) with my awesome friends Ricardo and Jorge translating!  I believe we’ll be together next time as well since we got through only about 1/2 of what I wanted to discuss which was really only 1/2 of 1 verse!  But, hey, you know me…lots of history and discussion in there!!  It was a great learning experience for all of us and I’m pretty sure we all learned something about God in the process.

For Friday nights we’ve been going through the book of Hebrews…and we’ve had some mind-blowing times in that study as well!  This past week was awesome as we learned about God’s faithfulness to keep his promise to Abraham and how he made an oath, swearing by Himself.  We then turned back to the book of Genesis when God “cut the deal” with Abraham and showed how this was really God making a deal with Himself to do what he promised to do for Abraham.  Abraham was basically out of the picture…in fact, God knocked him out!

Anyway, it was awesome!

Pepper got a phone call from Moody Bible Institute this evening…which was fun.  Granted, it’s a bit early for him since he’s in the 4th quarter of his Junior year, but it was good to get some personal discussion from them!  Right now it seems Moody is at the top of his list…we’ll see how that goes as he progresses through school and through searching for schools to attend in Fall of 2015.

Drew has really developed spiritually…it’s easy to tell because he’s been asking all the awesome questions!  These are questions that most folks don’t even begin to think about at all!  Things pertaining to being made in God’s image and what that means.  Things pertaining to missionary work and why we don’t just build walls around places that haven’t heard the name of Jesus…stuff like that.  Great convos happening in the Pill household!

Two friends/colleagues just had their baby yesterday after a year of marriage, so that was cool.  And another friend of ours just moved from WAY OVER THERE to closer to here where he goes to church and does youth ministry and tutors students in math and teaches chess…great times!

We had one Senior and six Juniors go on a mission trip to the interior just last month and they came back fired up with ideas even for our own school and how to improve the culture of our school from a student point of view.  That’s what I’ve been wanting my whole career!  Students to police themselves and take care of their own issues with the guidance of the older folk when needed.  It’s beginning to happen…slow going, yes, but moving for sure.

Lots of great theological discussions going on during classes as of late…I love that!  The Gospel is being preached by faculty, staff, and students alike.  Apologetics is being done by faculty, staff, and students alike…and that’s really where the rubber meets the road, eh?

Please continue to pray for the school and that we find a few more folks to fill in a few spots that we have left over.  Also, please be praying for Pepper as he finishes out his Junior year and moves headlong into college searches.  Pray for Drew as he grows and matures into the young man that God would have him be and that he becomes more secure in his standing amongst his peers and his identity given to him by God.  Pray for Allison, she’s a mom…need I say more!

Again, if you believe you want to teach in a Christian environment, please let me know as we do have a few openings left!

See ya!

Soli Deo Gloria!