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Issue 14 Princeton Palmer December 2010

'Tis the season...

It seems that León is getting
colder and colder by the day
and although there are no signs
of any snow here, it sure feels
like festive season.
Dance of the Apaches
Christmas isn't as big
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other parts of the world such as
in the US for example. My co-ordinators and I along with
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tradition can't help but provide held by the church there. Nick

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Send-off
It was sad seeing another teammate
Jedda Bragg finish his field time here
and head back to the States. He is
going on to study Advanced Spanish
at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Please pray for his future and for his
Dinner with teammates and co-
transition back to the States. rdinators in downtown León

'La Posada' (The Inn)

We held a youth Christmas event at church called 'La Posada' in which we
re-enacted the prophecies about Jesus, the angel's appearance to Mary
and Joseph and finally the baby Jesus in the stable and all the many
visitors that came to see Him. The 'Posada' is a traditional part of the
Christmas festivities here.
About 20 youth attended the event and we also held a Skype
conference call with Shawn & Barb Gary who were part of the missions
Prophecies about
team that planted the León Sur church, and Shawn used to be the youth Jesus : I was Isaiah,
Ramiro was Malachi
minister. Now Shawn and his family are back in the States worshipping
and Jazmin was Micah.
with the congregation that meets in Knott, Texas.

Ladies' Retreat
We had a ladies' retreat at church with the theme of 'How to possess the heart of
Mary in a world with that of Martha's?'. Many women from different parts of
Mexico attended the event. Some of them brought their kids with them; so the
AIM guys were in charge of taking care of them and keeping them busy during
the retreat. I think we did a pretty good job..although it seemed like the kids'
favorite thing to do was to scream!!
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Thank you
I would like to thank all of you who are
partners with me in the Lord's ministry,
helping me through financial means, prayers
and cards of encouragement. You enable me
to be here and and be a part of the mission
that God is doing in here in León, Mexico. It
truly is a blessing to be doing what I am doing
and I thank you all for making it possible.
January...going home
I am going to England this January to visit my
parents and also to renew my UK Residency.
The Residency status allows me to stay in the
UK indefinitely and also helps towards visa
requirements for other countries such as the
US and Mexico.
I haven't been back to the UK since I
started AIM and so I am very excited for this
trip. I'm looking forward to spending time with
my family and catching up with friends. I will
also be visiting the Scotland and Ireland AIM
teams as they are so close by.
Wishing you all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year!!!
December 2010
Me at the end of 'No-
shave November'
Alejandro
Discipling
I met a guy here in downtown León called
Alejandro a few weeks back. He is a business
administration student at the university and is now
off on Christmas vacation. Some of my teammates
and I have got to spend some time with him in the
very short while we've known him. He came to my
small group twice, helped us at the orphanage sort
out clothes and also came to Jedda's send-off party
even though he had never met him before! Our
third meeting was at his sister's wedding!
Alejandro has a cool character and although
he was brought up in Catholic tradition, he is very
open to God's word and very real about his
perspective on how God wants us to live. So please
keep him in your prayers that God may use him and
mold him and make him into a great witness in His
kingdom.