Hurricanes, Rain and Fruit

Have you ever heard of having a "dry spell" in the middle of a hurricane? We sure have and let me tell you all about it!

Thanks to hurricane Dean, our climate has been rainy, muggy, buggy, sticky, stinky, (well, I'm sure you've got the picture now) while our weather spiritually has been in a mini drought. We've been faithful, but just haven't been seeing great results...until recently! (It's amazing how much you appreciate your fruit when you haven't been seeing much of it.)

This past week a teen boy, Samuel, placed his faith in Jesus. On Monday, Eddi, a young man with whom Jeff had previously shared a salvation Bible study, finally accepted Jesus as his Saviour. Then it just keeps getting better....Oso, a young adult in our youth group asked us to pray about possibly being involved in full time Christian service! It's awesome to see God at work in lives here in the Yucatan.

James, one of Jeff's younger brothers has been staying with us for the past several weeks and has been a big encouragement to us. Likewise, he was present for both Bible studies given to the young men.

In our off time, we've taken him to see a local cenote (sink hole) (see picture above), tour a Mayan museum and "see" some pyramids...

Be sure to ask him about the presence of horses there in Dzibilchaltun and the guards on bikes. Hey, come to think of it, he even knows the best spots to change after swimming in the sink holes! LOL

Keep us in your prayers as we continue to keep the ministry going in Dad Carney's absence.

Targeting Youth in Central American,

The Jeff Carney family

Birthdays

August is the month of
birthdays in our home.

Victoria celebrated her 7th birthday, Tyler turned 5 and Jeff...well, let's just say that I want to stay happily married.

Therefore, I will not be divulging his age! With so many birthdays, home school, ministry, and just life in general it seems like this month has been a whirl wind of activities. Nevertheless, everyone enjoyed their own special day, complete with decorations, the meal of their choice and their own birthday cake...I am so tired of making cake this month!

Thanks for the phone calls, the birthday gifts and all of the cards. We are so thankful for wonderful families and friends.

Until next August....

The Party Animals!

Ooh Rah

This August, the youngest of Jeff's siblings, John, graduated from marine boot camp!
He is now in the second phase of his training and was just recently promoted as a squad leader.


I'm sure that he has "no regrets..."

Ooh Rah, Booch! We're proud of you.

Tyler learns to share?

Thought you all would appreciate this little window into our daily lives...

The other day I overheard Tyler telling his older sister that she could have his G.I. Joe toys. Well, if you know anything about Tyler, he LOVES his army men and isn't very keen on even sharing them...much less has he ever given one away!

As my heart began to swell with motherly pride (Yea, I know pride is a sin...not to worry, God quickly brought me back down to my humble state!) over my child's "generous spirit" as I overheard him say, "I don't want to pick 'em all up, Tori. You can have them all and since they're yours now, put 'em all away in my room where they belong"!!

*Sigh* I think we've got to work not only on the sharing principle but also on the laziness as well!

Summer Part B

Towards the end of July, Victoria graduated from her ballet class. She participated in a recital which was held in a nice theater and done up in Mexican style! If you've never been to a Mexican "obra del teatro", I encourage you to go when the opportunity arises-you'll never forget it! Nonetheless, Tori did excellent and we were very proud of her achievements. Her classes will begin again in September; likewise, Tyler will continue with his Moo-du-kwan studies in September as well.

Speaking of classes...both kids started up home schooling in July. It's been pretty tough balancing the two different routines, but it's been coming together. Thanks to our friends: Matt and Debbie and Peter and Natalie, we were able to get our "home schooling station" established. (Thanks, guys! We really appreciated your help!)

Tomorrow will be our 25th day of clasess...and counting! They both seem to enjoy "video school"; however, Tyler does seem to struggle a little more with the "attention detail". (LOL...Are we really surprised at that??)

Enjoy the 1st day of "school" pictures!

Summer Part A

Where do we start? Wow! There's so much to tell you to bring you up to speed....
Hmm....well, let's start with our group in July.

We had a youth group come and stay with us for just about 2 weeks the first part of July. This was our second time to host them here in Merida and as before they are always so much fun! The pastor and his wife have become dear friends of ours and as you see from the pictures...Jeff feels quite comfortable with them! Not only did we help to build the church family through children and youth programs, but also we were spiritually enriched by the good friends that God sent our way. Peter and Natalie-we love you guys! Thanks for the awesome memories!

Summer Time

This summer has been busy, busy busy! Whatever happened to those long lazy days when it seemed like the sun never set? I can not believe how much time has passed since we've last updated our blog. I'm sorry for the tardiness; however, you should find some neat stories that we've accumulated to bring you up to speed on our "happenings".

Happy reading!