Ministry Traning

From Jill: September is BACK TO SCHOOL time!!!!! Our teachers/hosts Vince and Gail Trujillo (see photos) are imparting years of training and wisdom on us in two and a half days!!!! It really has been wonderful, though intense. We will be leaving here with a set of goals that we can share with you, a better idea of when we plan to move to Mexico and miriads of other tidbits that will hopefully be retained and used! Another blessing is that the Trujilos will be acting as mentors to us, and we will be checking in on a regular basis with them on how we are doing with financial support raising, on-going training and spiritual wellness. It will be great having support and accountability.

Gail has been a terrific hostess as well, preparing the most wonderful meals for us.... we feel spoiled! They even have a Starbucks coffee bar! Now that's spoiled!!!! We have been spending each day learning, observing and even have homework! The Trujillos' have looked at what we've been upto so far and have provided guidance and correction that will enable us to better serve as "pre-field" missionaries. We're excited to share some of the results with you!
We have also enjoyed two the company of Ryan and Cade, two of their sons, and their cute little dog Roxie! The Trujillo's are planning an East Coast expedition this fall to visit some of their children and we hope to connect with them in Boston.

It feels like we've been gone a month, rather than a week and a half, with all the mini-visits and trips we've made: LA, San Diego, Puerto Nuevo, The Gabriel House, San Diego, the Trujillos', then LA on Friday and NH on Saturday! Quite a full two weeks! As you can imagine, we've taken MANY photos!!! It's been fun sharing some of them with you!

With all of this "schooling" I thought this Proverb would be good to share: Proverbs 8:10-11 "Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her (wisdom)".