I want to share some about my experiences from the past four weeks. Because so much has happened I will try to be brief. The way all this affected me was I went from going along doing my RA thing to leading the entire FYM Mexico team through a time a crisis. Week one: Hearing the news and tying to make sense of it; removing the team from Mexico for a few days to try and find out what was going on; being very thankful Scott (my boss at AIM) came down to help; debriefing the team when we still had little information; helping the team process the many thoughts running through their heads; and realizing I was the one leading the team.

Week two: Returning to Mexico and staying at a different AIM base then where we were; helping with a week long mission project; trying to find out more details; accepting help from the AIM family as they reached out to our disconcerted team; introducing the team to Tony and Kelly-American missionaries that live in Mexico and are helping us; looking for a house to rent; finding the house and working out the details; talking the team through everything; and watching as five team members leave; realizing once again the team is looking to me for direction.

Week three: Figuring out how to get rent money from a bank account is in someone else's name; working out house contract issues; cleaning and packing at the church where we were living; helping move the owner of the new house out and to another house; us moving into the new house; more talking through things and processing with the team; buying food so we didn't have to continue eating sandwiches all the time; opening a bank account so I can get money to pay for things; more meeting and conversations discussing what had happened.

Week four-last week: Picking up guests who were scheduled to come and teach the FYM's during our morning class time this week; teaching Erin and Jason how to shop for food; realizing I had no money for my new, FYM bank account; talking to people so money could be transferred; getting a budget that I did not know how to read; learning how to read the budget; running out of minutes on my phone from calling AIM people so much; getting an AIM cell phone so I can continue talking to AIM people; figuring out our schedule for the next two and half months; and last but not least writing this blog along with what seems like a hundred emails.

This list is a brief overview of my life lately. It has been somewhat exhausting but I am seeing a turnaround. The team is doing very well. Ministries to the Mexicans are going better then expected. The house we moved into is so nice and perfect for what we needed. I am adjusting to being the leader. Things are getting better but please continue to pray for the situation with Bob and for his family, the team as they adjust, myself that I will be able to fill this role God has placed me in.