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We are excited and encouraged to once again be writing you. It has been laid on my heart to return to Reynosa, Mexico again this year.  Through our church in St. Louis, Rooftop, I will be participating in the Homes for the Homeless projectwith Strategic Alliance again.

This year, the costs are right above $1,000 to send a servant to Reynosa.  This will cover travel, lodging, the building materials, and basic necessities such as blankets, towels, clothes, and other items the people in this area are unable to afford.

Last year, when we both attended we were incredibly blessed and filled with joy. We were amazed that the people of the colonia were happy and content with so little.  We immediately knew that our lives would never be the same.  With Stephanie's recent career change she is unable to go this year.

While in Reynosa, our group of 20+ people and around 6 other churches from around the nation, we will build houses for Mexican families who are in desperate need of adequate shelter. Strategic Alliance has been involved in building homes in this area since 1993.  This week is one of the largest programs through Strategic Alliance, as they also offer medical services, haircuts, worship times, children's ministries and a resource center with clothing, shoes and necessities.  We will also continue to build relationships with the people of the colonia and visit the families we built homes for last year.

We are asking for your assistance in anyway that you can provide it, not just financially.  We want to be in your prayers, thoughts, and conversations. We are hoping to continue to get more out of our encounters by sharing Christ with the people in the Reynosa colonia.

We need your encouragement and prayers. Please email or mail us a phrase or Bible verse that has inspired you as these will be reflected on while on the trip.

Hanging in Tremont!

The Birthday boy had a trip to see grandma, grandpa, uncle bill and cousin Noah in Tremont : )

 Uncle Bill and Noah decorated the driveway!

 E calls bikes "motorcycles"....here they are!

 Had to test drive Papa Lum's tractor!

 Cousin Noah is SERIOUS and determined to mow the lawn!

 Didnt quite figure this thing out, but still loved to play "motorcycles"

 The boys on the beach--getting ready to FISH for the first time with Papa Lum and Uncle Bill

 They ARE a pair!

 CAUGHT ONE! And it scared the poop outta him! He tried to "pet" it!

 Papa was celebrating Memorial Day with his Veteran Buddies.  Eph wanted in the action!

 Seriously cracks me up! The kid wanted a tooth pick like papa!!!

 Even more fun!

E tried on Papas hat after the event! 

Kiddo makes friends with people while we are driving around.  He waves, people honk wave and smile. He is SUCH a sweetheart and such a stinker at the same time. Growing quickly and he talks NON STOP, really.  He talks about "Noah did it." (Usually when something is broke, its Noah's fault!) He talks about stories from daycare, he tells stories about fishin, Papa, Grandma Rena, Noah, Aslice (Grandma Alice!), Ash Ash, HeyHey (Auntie Hailey!) and Ryan and Kari. We just had a big trip to Tennessee for Aunt Kari's wedding.  We were able to spend lots of time with the Batson/Swetland and Collart families. Photos to come below!

Birthday Boy Turns TWO years old!

MY BOY IS TWO!  I can't believe it, but we have been busy celebrating it, that is for sure!  Trying to stay updated on his blog is hard! Someone wants to "help" EVERY time I'm on the computer. Using nap time today to get caught up!  Birthday post, wedding post and then some fun times post!

 Grandmas Alice and Grandma Rena with the birthday boy!

Blowing out the Candles

 Cousins sharing!

 Cousins sliding together!

 Momma and the cousins.

 Grandma Rena and Eph

 Playing outside!

Happy Easter! HE IS RISEN!

My guy LOVES being outside..."side...side...side"

Finally, a pic of momma and babe :)

He climbs, crawls and gives his momma a heart attack by
just being a boy!

I'm amazed at the cute ones I got from this guy! HE NEVER
STOPS MOVING!  He is such a compassionate mover :)

Thinking...and being SUPER cute!

Yelling is normal outside....its quite fun to be around this guy

Playing ball with the neighbor's dog!

Daddy-o and E man. Being cute :)

He is SO sweet. I still get lots of kisses and hugs and SMILES!

Bunny tattoo--Easter style!

Cutie pie COUSINS!  I love this one!

Being silly on the chair during momma's photo shoot

Easter stuff at Rooftop church. Stamping fun.

Found some eggs at church! Woot woot!

Another cheese for momma! Gettin ready to color eggs

Dad is an expert!

Excited about the money in the eggs!

Cute face for the basket!

This is us!  Our family of THREE!
We are SO blessed

Poopster

Yes, the title of the blog is Poopster....so, you can only imagine. My little guy has really blessed his mommy and daddy in the midst of a pretty busy time. He decided he would ONLY learn how to climb out of his bed at daycare.

He ALSO decided to ONLY do this at daycare: take off his diaper, climb out of the crib during nap time, POOP on the FLOOR and go back to sleep naked.

SERIOUSLY!?!?!?! This happened twice before the sitter could figure out WHO did WHAT! My little man is apparently a Pooping Houdini!

EVERY single day I laugh with this cute, adorable, smart and compassionate kiddo of mine. Jerret and I are amazed at the things he says (ALREADY!) and we usually do the whisper "hey, check out _______" multiple times per day.

Words and phrases we hear often: "EEmote" (remote), TV, Sadie NO NO, "Its eraining" (Its raining), "sow?" (snow?), LOVE YOU MOMMA (uh...yes, tears to the eyes!), LOVE YOU DADDA, he closes our nightly and dinner prayers with a hearty "AAAAMEN!", (when a loud knock or bell rings) "COME IN!", Pants (and then he takes them off), Poop, stinky!, and he loves to "Go bye bye" or "church". He also makes cute noises for airplanes, "rucks" (trucks) and "carsh" (cars)!

This month, our guy had ear infections all month :( I think he is finally feeling a little better. Lots of doc and ENT visits, but we could be on the mend!

As always, we are thankful to God for our little blessing and ALL our other blessings! (Especially the E-man being a poopster ONLY at daycare!)

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http://www.JesusCompanion.com

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