My Birthday and a New Sister in Christ

My birthday was pretty much awesome and I felt really spoiled! The girls made a special breakfast of cinnamon rolls and a breakfast pie. Afterward Megan curled my hair and took me to get my first pedicure! While we were out everyone was arriving at our apartment for a surprise party! I had no idea and it turned out to be really fun! The best part was being surrounded by my family and friends here. I will definitely remember this as one of my most favorite birthday's. The girls even borrowed my phone and (without my knowledge) found the numbers of some of my friends here and invited them too. They were pretty sneaky, but I didn't even suspect a thing. I also got to talk to my family over Skype and one of my good friends who is an AIMer in South Africa waited up to give me a special birthday call (the time difference between here and there is 8 hours).

My Birthday Breakfast



Getting my pedicure!


Chillin' at the party

Present time!

Megan, me, and J'Lae

My cake! (Thanks J'Lae)

Mordida! There is a Mexican tradition where you are supposed to take a bite of your cake. Usually the people surrounding the poor birthday victim try to push their head into their cake covering their face with frosting as they go in for the "bite". Luckily the frosting on my cake was coolwhip so it was easy to clean off. Clearly the culprit's arm in this picture is that of my teammate Donovan...good times.

Afterward...yes, it was up my nose.

Missionary kids: Maddie and Maicah

Lety,me, and Andrea

And now for some Good News!

A girl named Itzel decided to be baptized into Christ after studying the bible with Roberto(one of the preachers and missionaries here). She has been staying in Leon with relatives who are a part of the church here. She is 15 years old and is from Mexico City. She is now the only Christian in her family. Please pray for her in her new walk.

My teammate Donovan and I have been studying with a girl named Montse. Today we studied about the temptations of Jesus and other passages about how he has been tempted in all ways we have been and is now able to understand us. We read about how Jesus is our High Priest and intercessor in Heaven. Please pray for Montse to be open to recieve the gospel.

Also...Today marks our year and a half anniversary for us being here in Leon (18 months)!!!

Thank you for your support and prayers!!