Greetings friends! I believe you are all aware that Irma, Ana, and I are in the USA. We are presently in Minnesota where it is very cold for us. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here seeing family and eating a excellent meal. Our travels have been full of blessings staying with great people like Pastor Ubaldo & Isdelda at Mercedes Christain church, then Robin Walker in Austin Texas. We then jumped on the Amtrak train and went up to Longview Texas where we enjoyed a few days with Dale and Janis Simpson who have the Mission Support Team ministry. Next stop was St. Louis and we had our first Thanksgiving with my son Jeremy &  Socorro at their new home. Great time there! St Paul Minnesota was next  where we were hit hard by the cold, but many warm blessings, and yes Thanksgiving number 2. It was so nice to see most of my family; Rachel, Dan, and Steven, and the rest of my 10 grand children, dad, and brother. Tomorrow, 10:30 pm we leave here on the Amtrak heading for Oregon. We have had great time with family and doing some important fund raising. Thank you for your support and prayers as we continue on and heading eventually back to Tepic.

Tamales!
There is allot to learn from a tamale! To start with tamales are one of my favorites, but like many foods it has to be done just right. There are bad tamales, very good tamales, and hot tamales. I will only be able to open up one valuable principle that is within this tasty treat. Tamales are so much like we are. Husks that we would just throw away are used to put this wonderful combination of ingredients inside. I believe God's design was used when tamales were invented. If you were just to look at this food you may never want to know what is inside, but you need to open it up putting that outer shell to the side later just getting rid of its temporary home. Then you get to what the tamale really is. Such a wonderful combination of things that are inside.
Are we any different? Do we reject many because of what we see on the outside? This is our work at Casa de Ninos. Getting to that taste inside. You may get you fingers messy, and it is usually hot to the touch, but there is a very pleasant tasty surprise inside. Our body is just that outer shell that will one day be discarded. Our relationships need to focus on the inside.