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December 2001
Dear Friends
¡FELIZ NAVIDAD! from the Thomas family … (you´ll
notice that the first letters of each capitalized word spell MERRY
CHRISTMAS).
MÉXICO. Where we are now serving as mission workers with
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in partnership with the National
Presbyterian Church of México.
EDUCATION. Jennifer is now a junior at Patagonia High School,
17 miles from our home, with only about 100 students in the entire
school.
RELATIONSHIPS. One of the primary goals of our program, Compañeros
en Misión (Partners in Mission), building bridges of understanding
between the U.S. and México.
RUTAS. The city buses that we took to get around in Cuernavaca,
México, while we were living there from March to September.
YOU. Someone we would like to hear from soon via telephone, snail
mail or e-mail: phone: 520-287-9741; snail mail address: 3 West
Sagebrush Rd., Nogales, AZ 85621; email: Thomas3@theriver.com,
MacDaveT@excite.com, sonorasue@excite.com, Sunflower_jen22@hotmail.com
CUERNAVACA, México. Where we lived for six months with
Señora Judith Pérez de León and Sofía
while our family attended Cuauhnáhuac Spanish Language
Institute.
HEALTH programs. Something we are hoping to begin at our five
mission sites in México, as soon as funds become available.
RUINS of pyramids we visited while living in México included:
Teotihuacán, Xochicalco, Teopanzolco, Monte Alban, Tepoztlán
and Templo Mayor.
INVITED? Yes, you! To come to the border and be a part of this
exciting mission in the state of Sonora, México.
SONORA. The second-largest state in México, where our
mission program has five churches—in the cities of Nogales,
Hermosillo, Caborca, Guaymas and Navojoa.
TORTILLAS. We’ve eaten them for years; now we know how to
make them, thanks to our Mexican friends in Cuernavaca.
MISSION teams. The groups that we coordinate and accompany on
their trips to Sonora for cultural awareness and construction
projects.
ARIZONA. Where we are living while working with Compañeros
en Misión (also home to the World Champion Diamondbacks
baseball team).
SHARING. What we help people on both sides of the border to do
in the process of a short-term mission trip, as we all become
"partners in mission."
Since the September 11 events, many people in the U.S. are feeling
renewed patriotism and spirituality. Alan Jackson, one of our
favorite country music singers, recently wrote this song about
the tragedy:
"I’m just a singer of simple songs; I’m
not a real political man. I watch CNN but I’m not sure
I can tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran. But I know Jesus
and I talk to God, and I remember from when I was young …
faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us …
and the greatest is love."
From the Thomas family
Dave, Sue & Jennifer
The 2002 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 248
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