Blog time!! -- September, 2015

These blog entrees are a BIG catch-up after the passing of time.  So many ask me about where I live.  My life on the mountain.  Of course, my first love is the church in Cordoba! And it's growth.  Since I am spending more time at home than in Cordoba city right now, I decided to try and give you more of  a glimpse of  where I live.  Because my internet connection is not good enough to publish from my house, I have to find a moment in the city to sit down and write.  The day has finally arrived!! I hope to soon be able to do more writing and publishing on this blog from my place.  For now,  it is when I can collect/organize myself and sit down and write.  Some of you I see in Facebook but many of you I don't.  For some, some of the pictures may be a repetition.

This above picture I love.  On a clear day as I drive back to my house (2 hours away) I can see from the Punilla Valley where Cordoba city is to my valley, the Calamuchita Valley. In this picture you can see the two mountain ranges.  The higher mountains in the background are the mountains near my house.

Views Around the House

Here are a few views of the house, our flowers and veggies from the garden:

 Lane coming into the house.....

Coming into the place....

Patio and porch area of the main house.....

The Acacia trees in bloom.....

Peach trees in the Spring......

One of the many Dalias around the house.....

Lots of raspberries.........

Hermelinda's pepper and tomato crop......

Delicious fresh cabbage.....

Rubarb and summer squash.....

Back patio with lavendar that I use to make jelly......

Animals in the Campo

A question I get alot is about the animals on my place.  Besides wild critters that live on the mountain (snakes, montes and puma wild cats, fox, wild ferrats, javalin), I now have reduced the horse count to 11.  There are 4 dogs, 3 cats. One cat is 1/2 "montes". Lots of chickens, roosters and fresh eggs!! Here come a few pics of our "pets":

 Hermelinda out riding. The fields were in full bloom with the cosmos.....

 Toby Leo saddled to ride....

Rosie and her new babe, Echo..... (she feel out under the fence and Evaristo was getting her back to her mother)

 Peca and Mica (1/2 montes).....

 The 3 cats: Mia, Michi and Mica.....

New chicks.  All our chickens have been born on the place.  With all the wild critters around we have to always keep the production going......

The hens know where the food is!  Crazy rooster stands guard and sends the hens in raid the grain bags....

Special Family TimesI

It is always so special when we can get together as a family.  Christmas 2014 everyone was home except for Laura and Eric who were not able to come.  Here's a few pictures of our time together!

 Karen-Fede-Vera, Marcus-Luciana-Emilio-Clara, Jeff-Josefina-Tato-Jose's friend, Matias. I'm surrounded by love..... 

 Jeff-Marcus-Karen....

 The grans:  Josefina-Tato-Emilio-Clara-Verita.....

 Luciana with Clara and Verita.....

 Karen and Fede headed to the river with Vera.....

Karen and Vera about to take a nap.....

Clara with fresh lettuce from the garden.....

Christmas gifts for Vera and Clara.....

The guys getting a small goat ready for the wood oven.  Really, Fede fixes the goat and Jeff and Marcus watch.....

New Grandbaby!

It is always a grandmother's blessing to announce the birth of a new grandchild!  Elena Mitchell was born July 22, 2015 in Buenos Aires to Marcus and Luciana.  She is my #8! 

LST

Just a bit about the church in Cordoba.  We have been delighted to have 2 teams come to work with the readers.  Also an intern, Ellie Cornett, from ACU and returning visitor/worker, Judy Stewart.  We also had the pleasure of hosting an LST camp led by Ashley and a group from the Harpeth Hills church in Nashville, TN.

Kay Frazier and Ladell Young from Ft. Worth, TX

Keely White, Stacie Dickson and Ellie Cornett.  Great workers and examples!!

 My niece, Kathy Musick who came with the Hapeth Hills group.  Myself and Ashley!

The group from the Harpeth Hills church in Nashville, TN.

Cordoba church. I send my love and blessings to each of you. Thank you for your continued prayers and support for the work in Cordoba.

News Update 2014

Dearest Friends and Family,

This year 2014 has been a big year of adjusting for me.  Since Feb. I've been more in the campo catching up on several tasks that I just can't get to when I live between two places, Cordoba city and the campo.  This has also been a busy year for traveling North.  In March, I came to TX to help with Karen and Fede's new baby, Vera.  Then in May and now in Nov. I've come to spend time with mother.  In May we celebrated her 93rd birthday.  It's a true blessings to still be able to spend time together. 

I'm going to change my way of posting on blogger. After my experience with Facebook, I've decided to try and post more often focusing on different parts of my life in Cordoba. This post will be centered around the church in Cordoba city.  A very important part of why I am still in Argentina.

In Feb. Ashley Musick, my great-niece, moved from Buenos Aires, to work with the LST students. She's doing such a wonderful job!  Well..... Ashley and I rent an apartment together for her to live in and where LST workers live when they are in Cordoba city. The apartment is 2 blocks from the building. Great location.

Ashley Musick

The new apartment

Ashley on the balcony

 

This year several friends have come to help with the LST ministry.  Jake and Marilyn Vincent

were here Feb-March.  So good to share Cordoba with them.  Then Berta McLemore was here the whole month of June. Ashley works with the readers Tues.thru Fri during the whole year.  It's been good for the LST ministry to have more hours and groups offered. More than I could offer working on Mon. and Tues. I'm pleased with how the ministry is serving the church. Of course, we always wish for more students!

Jake and Marilyn

Berta reading with a student

Ashley reading with Susana a dear LST friend

LST party

LST party

 

The church continues to grow for which we give thanks.  Hugo and Judit Fuente are full time workers. Great servants for the Lord! You can always look at Hugo's blog to see what is happening in the Alto Alberdi church. www.family-fuente.blogspot.com  Here are a few pictures from weekly youth meetings to weekly Bible study and home groups. Also I want to share a picture of Paula Luna's baptism earlier this year.  She came to the church through the LST ministry. 

Hugo and Judit with their children Zoe and Eliam

 

Good fellowship at the Fuente's

Wednesday Bible study done online.

Small group in Elba's home

October birthdays!

Paula's baptism.

 

 

Ladies meeting

Thank you for all your support and prayers for the church in Cordoba city.  Please continue pray....  Our greetings from the Alberdi church!