Going Home

In about an hour we begin the drive back into the mountains of Las Moras. We are going home!
Both Pete and I are so ready to be home, and ready to get back into the routine of ministry and doing life with the Nahuatl.

However, as you know, when we left we had no internet connection. We will be attempting to fix the internet when we get back, but there is a chance it will not be able to be fixed with what we have access to out there. That being said, it is remotely possible that we will not be part of the world wide web until October!! So, if there are no blog updates, newsletters, or prayer emails you know why.

Your prayers for a quick repair of the internet system are coveted, but we also know that God knows what’s going on, and all that is happening is according to His plan and we can rest peacefully in that.

Please know that we love you all, and appreciate you so much! Your prayers mean the world to us, and we could not be out there doing what we are doing without you all.

Have a wonderful summer, and we’ll be touch again as soon as we can.

Blessings,
Pete and Liesl

Update from Las Moras Part 2

Hey all! I feel bad that update “part 2″ took almost a month in coming. However, there have been extenuating circumstances that have prevented me from finishing this post until now.

Back around May 16th we lost our satellite internet signal in Las Moras. It happened without warning. And honestly, we do not know what the problem is at this point. Please pray we are able to fix it when we return in about two weeks. At this time Pete and I are in the city. Which is why I am able to post.

Now where did we leave off…oh yes, our last workteam.

In early April following our most recent language evaluation we hosted a work team. Five friends (from Liesl’s high school years) came from Nebraska, Texas, and Illinois to help us with some finish work and “wish list” projects on our tribal home!

Here’s the group.

This team worked so hard, had so many creative ideas, and made our house feel like a true “home.” Thank you, each of you, for sacrificing your time and money to come. We know it wasn’t easy,  but you blessed us in more ways than you will ever know.

Here are some of the pictures of the projects that were completed!

Ben laying our “wood look” flooring.

That’s our hallway upstairs. Pretty nice right?!

Pete working with the planer to get wood ready for door frames and shelving.

Rob

Chris framing up our doors.

Putting in our last window in the guest room upstairs.

Chris and Matt putting in the supports for our outdoor car port.

Pete and Ben mixed the concrete.

It was a team effort.

Tara helped me (Liesl) with the cooking for the week,  but she did so much more than that. When there was something to be done she did it whether it was hauling water, cleaning up after the guys, or helping paint or with other projects. It was also fun to have a friend along, and we worked some afternoon coffee and catching up into everyday.

We also took the work team around the village and introduced them to some of our Nahuatl friends and some of the culture.

All the guys at the edge of the canyon.

Our hope is that through this work team that the Nahuatl people were again able to see the body of Christ in action. They often don’t understand why people would come to help us if they are not part of our family. Please pray for the day we are able to explain that to them clearly in Nahuatl…how amazing it is; the body of Christ.

After taking the work team back to the airport, buying supplies, and returning to Las Moras we were able to press into language again full time. The more we learn about how they speak the more we are able to communicate. Being with the people, in their homes or ours, is something that Pete and I both really enjoy and when you can communicate with them…even if it’s not nearly perfect, it’s just that much better.

I (Liesl), celebrated my 31st birthday at the end of April. I spent it with my language helper and friend Julia taking dirt from the dry creek bed with pick axes, and hauling it in large sacks in the back of our truck to her family’s house. They will use the dirt to make a “enjarre” or protective coating of mud, donkey poop, and water to put on the outside of their adobe house to protect the bricks from the rains.

Julia’s nephews carrying some tools for us.

The last week of May we made the trek out of Las Moras to the city where our mission headquarters is located here in Mexico. Last week our entire team attended the bi-annual missions conference. It was a great time of fellowship with other missionaries and opportunity to hear about what God is doing throughout all of Mexico in each of the different tribal church planting locations.

Our team being prayed for after our presentation about what the Lord is doing among the Nahuatl.

This week we find ourselves attending an Advanced Language Workshop which lasts for eights days, and is a study on 10 things that people, worldwide, do when they communicate. The information is interesting, but the assignments and homework are well above my (Liesl) paygrade, so any prayers are appreciated. Pete has been very patient in helping me.

After this workshop we will buy some supplies, and then begin the trek back to Las Moras. The rainy season should begin at anytime, so we would appreciate your prayers for safe travel back and for an uneventful ride up the mountain road. When it begins to rain the road gets more and more slippery and makes travel very difficult.

I think I can speak for our whole team and say that we are all very excited for rainy season. We are trusting the Lord for some amazing opportunities to build deeper relationships with our Nahuatl friends and for His strength and wisdom to begin to understand even more about how the Nahuatl communicate.

Thank you for your prayers and great sacrifice that so many of you have made to be a part of the Nahuatl work from afar. We appreciate all of you very much.

“Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.”  - Jude 1:24,25

Update from Las Moras Part 1

It’s been almost two months since we last posted, sorry for the lack of updates, and thank you for bearing with us and praying us through this busy time.

During the month of March Pete and I were out of Las Moras renewing our VISA paperwork in the city. Our VISAs for another year took about 16 days to be processed, and then we made a trip to the border to renew our vehicle papers on our truck. During the wait for our VISAs we did some supply buying for us and errands for the people, also I canned some chicken for the rainy season.

Fresh veggies and fruit!

Our trip to the states took longer than we expected as we took the truck in for a routine check and walked out of the Ford dealer 4 days later than expected and with $1,000 less in our pockets. However, God always shows Himself faithful and provided for every need along the way. In total we traveled about 48 hours, to the border and back, and spent almost an entire month away from home.

Driving the spine of the devil back to Las Moras.

A portion of the devil’s spine road has been recently re-done. The tunnels help us cut through the mountains much faster without the dangerous curves.

Pete and Radley in the truck.

Upon arriving back in Las Moras on March 24^th  our house was full of guests. Our co-workers Tom and Teresa Elkins, and Rachel and Katie were all here, plus the well drilling team from Living Water. We unpacked the truck and were up and running, helping the well drillers with the hauling of water and other supplies, assisting with cooking for the group of 8 of us. What wonderful fellowship we had as we got to know Chema and Olaf, the two men sent by Living Water to drill. It’s always fun to have visitors and to share with them about our lives and also hear about theirs.

The well drilling site.

Chema and Olaf the two drillers who came from Living Water.

After drilling for almost three weeks and only going down about 95 feet, (the team had been drilling in pure rock for almost 65 feet) one of the drilling tubes broke deep inside the well. The team from Living Water did not have the necessary equipment with them to remove the broken tube, so drilling was stopped. After much prayer, and consultation with our team and also with the Director of Living Water Mexico, it was decided that the drillers should pack up and head back to the Living Water base, fix parts of the drilling rig and tools that were broken, and brainstorm a plan to come back at a later date and finish the well here in Las Moras.

It was a hard decision for all of us. Living Water was discouraged, and felt terrible that they had not finished what they had come to do. Our team was also experiencing stress and discouragement as we were not sure how we could best help them in accomplishing their goal. However, we all agreed that the Lord is in control, and in His timing He will bring clean water to Las Moras. We also are trusting Him to give the Nahuatl the true living water, in the form of salvation and His living Word.

Also as we settled back into life here in Las Moras we began to cram for a Nahuatl language check that was scheduled for 10 days after our initial arrival! We were able to spend some time with our language helpers, but we both felt pretty rusty after not speaking Nahuatl for an entire month.

Talking with people began to help us get back in the groove.

Visiting village friends and cutting nopales. (cactus)

We have had great opportunities to practice speaking in Nahuatl as the tribal people come to our home for seeds. The people are very excited about the seeds that were sent from Walnut Hill Bible Church and also Johnny’s Select Seeds.

Pete and Hermilo looking at the seeds

We are so grateful for all of you who donated seeds! They are making a huge difference in the lives of the Nahuatl people. One lady from our village named Maximina planted radishes weeks ago, enjoy them, and is now saving the seeds from the radish plants for her garden next year. Thank you for being a testimony of God’s love to the Nahuatl through your donations of seeds.

Liesl helping ladies select seeds.

On April 3^rd our consultant, Jonathan arrived along with another missionary couple who are language consultants for another tribal church planting team about a 25 minute flight from us. Pete and I, along with our co-workers Katie and Rachel, were all tested on our progress in the language. We all did well, and were given more direction for our studies in the coming months.

It was so good to catch up with my friend Starr during the consultant visit. I look so tired in this picture.

April 5^th saw the consultants leaving by plane, and Pete leaving by truck to go down to the coast and pick up a work team that we had invited to come and help us with some last detail projects on our home. The members of the work team traveled from Illinois, Texas, and Nebraska to help us.

The picture is a sneak peak, but, you’ll have to wait until Part 2 of the update to see all that they accomplished and get a tour of our “finished” tribal home.

As we spend the next weeks in culture and language study please be praying for His faithfulness and love to be shown through us to the people. We know that without Him we can do nothing and we are trusting Him with our days that He would be glorified through us.

“You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.” 1 Peter 1:8 NLT

Our Favorite Part of Living in Las Moras

This is Pete again. My time running this blog may be coming to an end, so I figured, why not take the minivan out for another spin. That’s a lame joke based on the lame joke I made in my blogpost earlier this week.

Is this the face of someone who would repeat a lame joke? Yes, yes it is.

Those of you who wrote in had some great questions, so I figured I’d answer another one. One of you…I won’t make up a fake name this time…asked us this:

What’s your favorite part of living in Las Moras?

I think my favorite part about Las Moras is its remoteness. After living in a city of a million people while we learned Spanish, it was a stark contrast to move to a village of 250 people – a contrast we both enjoy.

The urban jungle we used to call home

Instead of the pollution and smog of the city, there’s fresh mountain air and the occasional wood smoke from our neighbor’s cooking fire. Instead of concrete, there’s dirt, grass, and trees, and every month, a different wildflower seems to be in bloom. The view out our window isn’t radio towers or concrete jungle, but canyons and mountain peaks as far as you can see. So few vehicles come through Las Moras, that people stop and stare when a truck comes into town – and it’s so quiet you can hear the engine when it’s still 10 minutes away. At night, there’s no streetlights, and few homes have lights – all you see is the light of the moon, and the vast array of stars; if you stay up late enough (or wake up early enough), you can even see the Southern Cross. Oswald Chambers once wrote that “Nature is communion for the saint.” When you live in a place like Las Moras – where the world around you seems bigger and more tangible – you’re reminded of the One who made it on a daily basis.

Our home in Las Moras – not exactly urban

Despite all that, our favorite part of Las Moras isn’t Las Moras the place. It’s the people. Liesl and I considered three other locations before settling on Las Moras, and the big pull for us wasn’t the beauty of the place – it was the people. Many indigenous groups in Mexico are closed to outsiders; they often refuse to let people from outside their own village live among them.

Some smiley Nahuatl kids

Yet the Nahuatl of Las Moras accepted us and even helped us build our home. They are warm and generous, quick to offer you a seat and something to eat. Their culture is different than ours – for example, a compliment is often met with simple agreement. (Liesl: “Your hair is pretty.” Random Nahuatl lady: “Yes it is.”) But their generosity, their friendliness, the way they look out for us, recognizing we’re in a land not our own, and trying to make us comfortable there – means that should we ever leave, it’s the people we will miss the most.

More Questions Answered, This Time by a Man

Most of you who read this blog know that Liesl does most of the posting. However, I offered to take over the blog for a little while as Liesl gets her new blog, Fitness in the Kitchen, up and running.

Liesl’s new blog, Fitness in the Kitchen, is about getting you to jump like this

I won’t lie – I’m kind of excited about taking over our blog for a little while. It feels a little like the first time my parents gave me the keys to the minivan.

That’s right – l learned to drive in one of these bad boys

However, just like with my parents’ minivan, I knew if I didn’t take good care of it, I would never get to drive it again. So I’ll do my best to take good care of this blog, too, so Liesl lets me keep writing on it.

A couple weeks ago, we asked many of you what questions you had about our lives here. I’ll spend this week answering some of them. First up, a question from Suzy in Cleveland (I actually have no idea who submitted this question):

What is the biggest challenge, besides learning the language, in really building relationships with the people?

Well fake Suzy, that’s a great question. Most of us like to think we’re likable people – that we could develop a deep relationship with pretty much anyone. But generally we gravitate towards the people that are most like us. For example, I enjoy watching and playing sports, especially basketball, listening to good music, and discussing books and theology. And I enjoy people I can discuss those things with. Most of my friends back home in Wisconsin (or wherever they have since dispersed to) have at least one of those things in common with me – my best friends have most of those in common with me.

However, here in Las Moras, there aren’t any people with those same interests. Nobody plays basketball, nobody thinks my music is “good,” and no one has read the books I’ve read. I am an outsider here, and most people view me as such. Last spring, I was even shown a document where I was referred to as “Pedro Gabacho” – “Peter the Foreigner.”

Can you tell which one is Pete?

I would say that is one of the greatest challenges in developing relationships here: the simple fact that we’re different, culturally, from the people here. Yet we believe God called us to Las Moras – we believe He’s the one that led us there – so we also believe that He didn’t call us there just to sit in our house and feel bad for ourselves (even if, in the midst of culture shock, that can sound like an appealing option).

So what do you do then, when you know you’re different from those around you?

First, you find some similarities. Sometimes this feels like small talk, but at the end of the day, when you live in a house with little to no insulation, talking about how cold it was last night is actually a worthwhile topic of discussion. Talking about family is something we all have in common. We have family, they have family, and we miss our families, just like they do when they don’t see them for a while. Last summer, I even planted a large garden – partly because Liesl and I both like fresh veggies from the garden, but also because I wanted to have something in common with our subsistence farmer neighbors. Losing half my sweet corn to worms and cows wasn’t fun, but it gave me something in common with my neighbors.

Our garden early last summer

After a while, you begin to find that your desire to build relationships with people different than you actually changes you. Over time you become interested in the things that interest them, and your former interests, which you thought defined you, become less important. You in a very real sense adapt and become more comfortable in your new culture, and that allows you – us – to feel more at home in a place like Las Moras.

In some ways, that’s like what Jesus did by coming to earth. In Philippians 2:7-8 it talks about how Christ humbled Himself and became like us. In his 30-ish years on earth, He taught us what it meant to know God by becoming like us and showing us God incarnate, right before our eyes.

It’s our hope that as we build relationships with the Nahuatl, and in many ways become more like them, that we can point them to the living God as well, following the example Christ gave us.

Thanks again for your questions! I’ll keep posting, answering questions (feel free to add more to the comments section) throughout the week – or at least until Liesl takes back the proverbial keys to the proverbial minivan.

Recent News and Your Questions Answered

About one week ago we left Las Moras to start the paper work process of renewing our VISAs to serve in Mexico another year. This all has to be done in the capital city of Durango State. We have handed in the papers, fingerprinted everything, and now we are just waiting for our new VISAs to arrive from Mexico City.

However, before we left Las Moras we finished some much needed cleaning projects. As well as getting the woven bags that the Nahuatl ladies make ready to take down to the coast to sell in a few shops there that are interested in helping the tribal people in that way.

Pete inside the tank that holds our drinking water. He was cleaning it out with bleach to keep our water supply as clean as possible.

Some of the beautiful hand woven bags made by the Nahuatl ladies of Las Moras. We have found two stores on the coast interested in helping the tribal ladies by selling their handicrafts, and we are praying the Lord provides more opportunities like these.

While we are out of Las Moras we have been helping our co-workers, Tom and Teresa Elkins pack up their home here in Durango City, to make the permanent move to a home they were able to purchase on the coast. This was a strategic move for our entire team as it puts the Elkins closer to Las Moras, a one day drive instead of two, and they will also be living in the town where we have all our work teams, dental teams, and family fly to in order to make the trip out to Las Moras. We are all excited about the move, and praising the Lord for providing an amazing house at an affordable price for the Elkins. They hope to be completely moved by April.

In other important news, we have a date!  After talking with Living Water yesterday, we’ve set March 17th for the official well drilling date in Las Moras. They’re estimating it will take a week to complete the two wells  – one on each side of the village – to provide the people of Las Moras with clean water. Thank you for your continued prayers for the well drilling as it officially begins.

It will be nice to no longer have to haul water with our truck every few weeks to keep the tanks we have at our tribal homes filled. Mike experienced hauling water on a very cold day in December.

A month or so ago I put out a request for your questions about life and ministry out in Las Moras. I have received a list of great questions, so while out in town I would like to take the time to answer them. I will answer a few in this post, and several others next week. If you think of a question that you would like to ask, it’s not too late! Send your question to me via my facebook, or to our ministry email, peter_hypki@ntm.org.

Thank you to those that did submit questions, and now your answers…

Q: What are the Nahuatl people like? 

This is a great question. As we live amongst the Nahuatl people in Las Moras each day is a learning experience. We learn more about their culture, their beliefs, their way of life, how they show love,  what kinds of things are important to them, what they think is funny, and the list goes on and on. However, I would like to answer at this point in our ministry as to what we think the Nahuatl people are like.

The Nahuatl people are friendly, some of them a little shy at first, but very welcoming and curious about us and our way of life. For the most part the Nahuatl are trustworthy, they believe that doing what you say, talking good about people, and respecting other people and their things are important values. The Nahuatl love their children. A respectable Nahuatl man provides for his family by working in the fields all day and building a home.

Pete helps Evodio and his family harvest corn in their family field.

A respectable Nahuatl woman isn’t lazy and works in the home taking care of the children, making tortillas, doing the laundry, sweeping, and sewing clothes. The Nahuatl people love bright colors, especially neon yellow, orange, and pink. They wear these bright colors in their clothing or carry woven bags made from brightly colored yarn.

Eve weaves a bag while her daughter watches.

One of the Nahuatl men and his brightly colored bag.

The Nahuatl eat corn tortillas, that is their main diet staple. However, when they have access to them they like to eat beans, drink instant coffee with milk and lots of sugar, and eat bread; they love bread. They also plant small gardens near their homes. Their favorite vegetables to plant are radishes, cabbage, onions, zucchinis, tomatoes, and chili peppers.

Making tortillas with a Nahuatl friend in her kitchen.

The Nahuatl like to pass the time talking and visiting. Part of their culture is visiting each other’s homes, just for that purpose, to visit. Since we are part of the community now they come and visit us as well. These times are perfect for us to practice speaking Nahuatl to them. They like to talk about all sorts of things, from clothes, to planting, to food, and even strange and unusual topics like birth control.

Some of the Nahuatl ladies like to dye their hair when they can afford and find a way to buy color, and the younger gals really love nail polish. The guys like to borrow tools, look at our tool catalog, and drink coffee. The little Nahuatl boys love playing with matchbox cars, and trains, and learning special skills like arm wrestling.  All the Nahuatl love pictures, especially of themselves and other people in the village.

Some Nahuatl boys playing with toys in our living room.

Most of the children love our cat, Quito as well. They say he feels so soft.

Liesl sits on the couch and looks at photo albums with two Nahuatl boys.

What I’ve written above paints a lovely picture of the Nahuatl, and they are an incredible people, but like many people across the world they live in fear. Fear of things they don’t know exist, but believe stories and myths they have heard. They are gossips, hurting one another with their words. They are a non-confrontational people, hoping that time alone will heal wounds between them and other family members or people in the village. Many of the men have problems with drunkenness and drinking related violence. The women live life believing they have no worth; Nahuatl legend states that they are descended from dogs. These are their realities, the truth of who they are without Christ.

Thanks for praying for the Nahuatl. They need Jesus. We love them dearly, and know He does too, and desires that they would come to know Him.

Q2: What do you and Pete do for your down time?

Ahhh, downtime, if only we knew what that meant. Often our days are busy from when it gets light in the morning, until the sun goes down in the evening. During the summer months we can have some very long ministry days. In the evenings we usually get a few hours of down time before we go to sleep and we usually spend these reading, or watching a few different shows that we have collected on DVD and enjoy together.

Pete likes to read all sorts of books from books about sports, to literature, poetry, and spiritual enrichment books, and Liesl enjoys lighter reading like mystery novels, or fitness/health/healthy cooking related books and magazines.

Usually once or twice a week we plan a team time with our co-workers Rachel and Katie as well. These can include a movie or game night, dinner together, bonfires, making pizza, or coffee night.

Launching a globe outside our home with our co-workers and the local Mexican teachers of the tribal school in Las Moras.

Also, I would say our daily workout time, usually early in the morning is a down time for both of us. Working out has always been something we enjoy doing together, and it keeps us healthy too.

This is an old picture.

Q3: When is Pete growing a mustache?

When do you think he should grow one?

I think…never.

Thanks for the questions, this is all for today’s post, but check back soon as there are many more good questions to come, I am looking forward to answering them all. Also, we will do our best to keep you updated with pictures and the progress of the well drilling once it begins. Thanks again for your prayers and support!

New Traditions and A New Year

Happy New Year from Las Moras!

The year of 2012 flew by so quickly for us, as I’m sure it also did for many of you. This last year brought many new experiences and life changes for us as we settled into our home and ministry here in Las Moras. We have seen God do many things in our lives, in our team, through our church families back home, and in drawing the Nahuatl people to Himself. Many of the highlights are included in our past blog posts. If you have a few minutes to rejoice with us, read these and see what God has done. 

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This holiday season we were blessed with the gift of having Liesl’s family with us for the Christmas and New Years holidays. Not only was it refreshing and relaxing to spend the holiday with family, but also meaningful and special to us that they wanted to come and spent their holiday in Mexico and traveling to Las Moras with us to experience our lives here. 

We both prayed that Liesl’s parents would have a meaningful experience here in Las Moras and really see what our daily life and ministry is like. It is one thing to write newsletters and blog posts that show pictures and explain why we are living out here and learning the Nahuatl language, and a completely different thing to experience life here personally. We prayed for new adventures, and memories and God was faithful in all that we asked. We’ll take you through a short picture tour of their trip, but if you know Mike and Alice Muscanero we encourage you to ask them about their trip and what they saw and did, and how God molded their perspective of the Nahuatl people and their need for hope in Christ. 

Upon their arrival, we welcomed them to the beach for a few days of relaxation before the supply buying and travel up the mountains to Las Moras began.

Adventures at the market on the coast.

Dinner out for Christmas. The next day we would get in the truck for our 7 hour drive up the mountains to Las Moras.

Mike and Alice experienced the drive of 5 hours off road to Las Moras.

All of us arrived in Las Moras on a Wednesday, and on Thursday many of our Nahuatl friends came to visit and to meet Liesl’s Mom and Dad. In fact, people were coming to the house from about 9am until 5pm. It was a busy day.

This is the lady who does our laundry, Leucadia. She is here visiting with her son and grandson.

Alice and Liesl made sugar cookies to decorate with some of the Nahuatl children one day. They loved it!

Preparing the cookies for the kids.

It was precious. We had to help them spread the frosting as they aren’t used to using knives quite like this.

Alice helping the kids decorate.

Enjoying the sugar cookies.

Pete and Mike were able to work on many home projects that Pete had not had time to finish. They set up our hot water heater for once our well is dug (this month!) put in faucets and shower heads, and staked and planted a few more fruit trees among other things.

Mike and Pete even took a trip to haul water for us. We are looking forward to our well drilling in a few weeks!

Pete chalk draws with some of the kids on the patio while Alice and Liesl visit with the children’s Mothers inside.

One day, Liesl took Alice visiting to a few of the Nahuatl homes. The women seemed honored that she would come to their home. Liesl did her best to translate for Alice and the Nahuatl women as they met and chatted a bit.

Ready to go visiting with our Nahuatl tribal bags.

We visited my friend Benita and her girls.

The kids were all smiles.

We also went to visit Emelia, and two of her daughters. They live on the other side of the village and loved meeting Alice.

On News Years Eve day the weather changed. The clouds rolled in, it began to rain, and got very cold. Since our house runs on solar power, and there was no sun, we spent New Years Eve playing games and snacking by candlelight. New memories for sure!

New Years Eve games before it got dark and we brought out the candles.

With the rainy weather we even got a little time to relax and read.

Once the rain stopped more visitors came. We visited while packing up to take Mike and Alice back down to the coast to fly home.

It was two weeks of many new and fun memories with our family. God sure blessed us this Christmas! 

On January 3rd we picked up our co-workers, Rachel and Katie, and headed back up to Las Moras. We are all getting settled back into daily life and language study after spending the holidays with family. Thank you for your prayers for us, the team, and our Nahuatl friends. Next week Tom and Teresa Elkins and the well drilling team will be joining us here in Las Moras. We are so excited to finally have clean water! Please pray that all goes well with the arrival of the well drilling team, and that we would have the supplies and materials needed to complete the project in good time.

Happy 2013 from the Hypkis!

We believe that God has some amazing plans for this year, and can’t wait to let Him mold us and use us in the ways that He choses to bring the Nahuatl people to Himself. Would you please pray that all we do would be for His glory.

We appreciate you all, and your faithful support, love, and prayers, we aren’t here without all of you.