HAPPY NEW YEAR ~ HAPPY JANUARY

HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY JANUARY!

Where did the month of January go! I'm finally getting around to blogging! We had a great start to the New Year with Rossy, our friend from Cancun, coming home from the hospital. Rossy's surgery went well and the doctors, nurses and everyone were such a blessing! We are so thankful for all the prayers and God's grace and goodness for having all of this happen!

I would like to share Rossy's story with all of you, but first I need to explain our story and how we met Rossy and got to this point in time.

Les and I have been going to Cancun since 1992 for the best vacation we could have ever dreamed of. We like it there so much that we always go to the same place and never trade our week in Cancun for any other vacation spot. Over the years we have prayed that God would make our trips to Cancun more than just a vacation.

So over the past several years, since the big Hurricane Wilma in Cancun, God has been opening doors for us. The year before the hurricane, we met Rossy at our resort, The Royal Caribbean, on the hotel zone. Rossy was selling jewelry in a booth set up by the pool at the Royal Caribbean. We had our dear friends, Brian and Marlys Bernhard, with us. We bought some jewelry from Rossy and she had a poster made up with a Christian symbol, so as I inquired, I found Rossy had some property in a nearby town where children would come after school for crafts and Bible teaching and treats.

We started communicating through e-mail and Rossy e-mailed us about how Hurricane Wilma had devastated her property and tore the roof off her school building So on our next trip to Cancun in 2006, Rossy took us to Bonfil to see the devastation from the hurricane. We collected some money for Rossy to make temporary repairs to her property but were praying that somehow we could get a team to go down and help her make permanent repairs to the roof, etc.

I had mentioned something to a friend and missionary, Mark Simpson, that we would like to get a team to go to Cancun. Mark said that's what he does, is take missionary teams out to various countries. I registered that in the back of my mind and prayed for something to happen.

Finally last year when we visited Rossy, she was having medical problems. We were praying for Rossy, and when we got home I e-mailed my retired doctor and asked him for advice on what we could do to help Rossy, since he had come from a missionary family and helped missionary families in the past. God answered our prayers and my doctor e-mailed me and said he knew a Christian doctor who would be willing to do the surgery and a hospital who would be willing to help also. This was beyond my wildest dreams. What an awesome God we serve. Which brings us to this point in time. Rossy was able to get a visa and come to the states in December and the doctor was available to do the surgery right after Christmas. So praise the Lord for his goodness and mercy. We give Him all the praise and glory for what He has done. Rossy has taught us so much about giving and being in tune with what God would have us do ~ being obedient and trusting in Him.