Monday, February 18, 2008

IBP's First Mission Conference

On January 13th of this year, we were so excited
to host our first mission conference!

My father, missionary Peter Ard, was our guest speaker and we had a great attendance on both days of our conference.

We started out on Saturday evening with an international supper...it was so weird to be eating food from other countries prepared by the Mexican ladies in our church! There were Honduran, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Costa Rican, and also American dishes to just name a few of the countries represented at the buffet line. Besides someone making Lasagna with peas (YUCK!), all in all, the dishes were pretty good.

Sunday we had a mission emphasis in both the morning and also the evening service. There was special music, of course our guest speaker, and we even had several visitors! The people in our church-some for the first time ever, are participating in faith promise!

Please pray for Iglesia Bautista Peninsular as she strives to move forward as a church and also for God's continued blessing upon our mission program.










January 2008


Happy New Year!

Well, I don't know about you, but I sure started off my new year in the best possible way-my parents came to visit for a few weeks! (I guess you can tell that Jeff is NOT typing this section of our blog....)

Dad had several Jewish emphasis meetings here in the city and he was also the guest speaker of the first mission's conference in our church, Iglesia Bautista Peninsular. So, God wonderfully worked out a visit with my parents for me!

Unfortunately, dad sprained his ankle while he was here so, that cut into our sight seeing adventures.

Nevertheless, mom and I got some serious shopping done and even made it out for coffee one morning.

School started back up on the 6th of January (much to the kid's dismay). It's always hard to get back into a routine after vacation, but so far, they've been doing pretty well.

Please keep us in your prayers as we try to finish up the school year by the first part of April.

We pray that this year will bring many blessings your way and we'd LOVE to have you visit with us this year! Keep us posted and we'll try to do our part of keeping you updated on the happenings in our clan.




Jeff, Beth, Tori and Tyler

Christmas 2007

This year for Christmas we were able to enjoy a visit from Josh and Joanna and also Jeff's youngest brother, John. It is always a blessing to be able to share the holidays together with family.

Because of our trip to Argentina, Tori and Tyler only took off a few days of school during the Christmas season (they were trying to get caught up on their school work). However, the time that they did take off from school was very appreciated...by students and teacher!

Iglesia Bautista Peninsular "produced" a nativity drama and all of the primary aged children in the church were angles (We wont disclose what CATEGORY of angels!). They sang several songs and did a great job of looking adorable.

Christmas day we celebrated the advent with Jeff's family. We were so thankful that it wasn't overly hot. (For those who aren't familiar with the heat here in Merida, every Christmas we pray for a cool, cloudy day.) Actually, it was such nice weather, that we were able to sit outside and enjoy our meal. Of course, that morning TnT were able to open their Christmas gifts up and then Jeff and I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how to put them all together and get them working for the kids! All in all, we had a nice holiday.

For those that sent cards, gifts, and made telephone calls...THANK YOU! You helped to make our holiday season a little extra special.


Behind...again!


I never knew having a blog would involve so much work...I can NOT believe that I'm behind two months...again! After several emails and phone calls from our friends, it's been brought to our attention that the blog is in need of updating. So, here we go...hopefully, we can bring you up to speed on what's been happening down here in Merida!