Yep, we're expecting and very very excited! We found out Erika was pregnant the beginning of November, but we didn't want to tell anyone until we were able to have an ultrasound done. We pretty much refuse to go to a doctor in the US because of what they did to us before, so we waited until we got home here in Mexico.
Our appointment was last Wednesday, and everything went very well. The baby is already 12 weeks, and is 5 centimeters long! (if you remember, we had the miscarriage on September 15th, which means Erika got pregnant right at 2 weeks later)
There's a bunch more to say about all of that but I don't have time to write about it now. Later!
Days (daze?) in the life of Chris Lanier and Family, Missionaries to Arteaga, Mexico. Contact Information, Information Packet and Prayer Letter Archive below!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Ya Llegamos!
So we're finally home in Mexico! We arrived on Monday afternoon, after praying about going in a day early. We had gotten to the border early enough to cross, so we prayed and felt it was alright with The Lord to go ahead and cross a day early. We had absolutely no problems getting across the border. They didn't tax us or give us any kind of hard time. There were police and Army patrols all the way from the border to Monterrey. Surprisingly, there were hundreds (literally) of folks in line for inspection at various checkpoints along the way, but we got waved on at each stop. Praise God!
We got to where we live (owned by Bro. Paul Deem of Directline Ministries) and found out our water pump that supplies water to the house had burned up. So, we assessed all the damage and went to visit family. We stayed with my mother in law for 3 nights while everything was getting fixed (the water pump, air tank, water leaks underneath the house) and finally stayed in our own bed last night, Dec 9th.
We also found out that someone stole some copper piping from the back. More work to do!
During the day, we've been keeping busy cleaning up the yard, the house, and trying to get everything fixed. It's been very tiring and VERY expensive! So far, we've had to replace almost $1,000 of "stuff" just to make the house livable. Who knows what it will cost to fix all of the stolen pipes from the back of the property, but surely God will provided.
We've been able to talk to our people and plan on making some good visits tomorrow. We still need to clean up the church building (the last hurricane did some damage) and get ready for services on Sunday.
I've also been busy giving out cases of Bibles and tracts to national pastors from the big city. There has been a dearth of them for about a year. Thankfully, God allowed us to bring 15 cases of tracts and 6 cases of Bibles.
We're trying to win the drug war by pointing people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We can't wait to be here permanently! There is such a need for evangelization here and the fields are truly ripe.
I found out that not only will my cell phone not work in Mexico, it won't even accept incoming voice mail messages. So, I could check my messages periodically, but my cell phone service provider will not let people leave voice mails. Email cclanier@gmail.com for anything!
We got to where we live (owned by Bro. Paul Deem of Directline Ministries) and found out our water pump that supplies water to the house had burned up. So, we assessed all the damage and went to visit family. We stayed with my mother in law for 3 nights while everything was getting fixed (the water pump, air tank, water leaks underneath the house) and finally stayed in our own bed last night, Dec 9th.
We also found out that someone stole some copper piping from the back. More work to do!
During the day, we've been keeping busy cleaning up the yard, the house, and trying to get everything fixed. It's been very tiring and VERY expensive! So far, we've had to replace almost $1,000 of "stuff" just to make the house livable. Who knows what it will cost to fix all of the stolen pipes from the back of the property, but surely God will provided.
We've been able to talk to our people and plan on making some good visits tomorrow. We still need to clean up the church building (the last hurricane did some damage) and get ready for services on Sunday.
I've also been busy giving out cases of Bibles and tracts to national pastors from the big city. There has been a dearth of them for about a year. Thankfully, God allowed us to bring 15 cases of tracts and 6 cases of Bibles.
We're trying to win the drug war by pointing people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We can't wait to be here permanently! There is such a need for evangelization here and the fields are truly ripe.
I found out that not only will my cell phone not work in Mexico, it won't even accept incoming voice mail messages. So, I could check my messages periodically, but my cell phone service provider will not let people leave voice mails. Email cclanier@gmail.com for anything!
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