Gimenez Family Life

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Happy Birthday Elisabeth !!!

Today, March 14th, we have our first 15-year old girl in our home! Happy Birthday Elisabeth!!!

She is our "quiet" girl who loves books, family games, and is a lady in every way...On an average day you will find her taking care of her chores without ever having to be reminded, always faithfully having her prayer time/Bible time devotions, making sure she is done with school (even if it means that she is studying outside in the evening time) and faithfully giving her daddy hugs throughout the day.

Oh...and you will find her at some point trying to sneak in some "book" time!

(Look at that smile...I told her she owes me $6,000 for those straight teeth!)

(It is amazing how much she looks like her momma...There have been times that I have seen Beth from behind and called out to her, "Hey Babe.." thinking it was Kami.)

We love you so much Beth and we hope that you continue to grow each day in Christ. You are as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside. You are definitely an example of a fine Christian young lady.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

It's easier to start a zoo..

We are quickly learning that it is easier to start a petting zoo than it is a church!

Our last post mentioned that we received a baby goat on Sunday...Then today our children ran into the house yelling, "There are baby chicks!"

(Yes, it's true...one of the chickens that we nick-named "POX" (because she looks like she had a bout of serious chicken pox..she's ugly!) brought her new brood of chicks to visit us. )

(All 11 of them!)

(I told Kami that I hope these little guys don't take after their momma!)

The only problem is that there is another hen that has disappeared...one we have named "Roosty"(because she looks more like a rooster than a hen.) We believe she is on a nest somewhere out in the woods...just waiting for her chicks to hatch to bring them for a visit!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

As Kami says, "Welcome to the Zoo!"

So far, we have had :
-rats staring at us through the window
-stray cats
-turtles
-albino doves
-snakes
-large teal lizards
-a long-eared rabbit
-& 12 chickens who have shown up in our yard.

Then this morning, Leo (the one who made us the chicken coop) dropped off his latest find for us...

Yes...a goat. One that he found on the road that obviously was raised as a pet. She follows you around and wants to come inside the house!

And she loves to be bottle fed!

When we pulled Micah's old bottle out of the cabinet and filled it with milk, our new baby goat recognized the bottle and went crazy trying to get at it! The kids (no pun intended!) have named her Kiddie. Of course, their first question was, "Can we keep her?"

Of course the 5 who came for Bible study just laughed and asked what our next animal will be...the consensus was a donkey or a pig! As for me...well, I will be looking in the local paper for an ad that reads, "Lost : pet baby goat..."

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Tropical Updates...

The temperatures are starting to get warmer and it reminds me of how hot it was last summer...Oh how I love cooler temperatures! What makes things worse is that our A/C in our car doesn't work so we are really looking at a hot summer!

With the inevitable heat coming, we have been without rain for quite some time. We really need rain and plenty of it! Everything here is dry, dusty and brown from the drought we have been having.

Our home church has graciously purchased all of our needed materials to continue the distribution of the Gospel here on St. Barths. The items will hopefully be shipped via boat (Tropical Shipping) next week. It will be good to get back to our efforts of delivering the Gospel to every home here on St. Barths.

Both gas stations here are closed and have been for the past 5 days...no gas. There is supposed to be a shipment of gas delivered via boat this week so hopefully we will be able to purchase some gas for our car by the end of the week. So for now....we have been staying close to home!

(Brenna & I on our way to play Domino's)

On Tuesday nights, Brenna and I go to play some Domino's with my uncles. One of them is Claude who just recently accepted Christ as his Saviour and came this past Sunday to our Bible study...we have been praying for him to come for quite some time! The other man is Henri. Please be in prayer for him as he needs to accept Christ as his Saviour. We are hoping to be able to have a good witness on him via these Tuesday night games.

Thank you all for your continued prayers for our family and the people here on this precious island.

Until next time...

Family Tips For The Taking:

"I CHANGE NOT".....That is what the LORD tells us in Malachi 3:6. As a child of God, I am able to fully depend upon my Heavenly Father to never change. He is stable, reliable, and always keeps His word and standards! This makes it possible to serve, obey, and have confidence in my God. I am able to succeed and live a true Christian life, not because I am great, but because I have a God who never changes and I know what He expects and how to succeed.

It would be hard to be a Christian if we served a god who changes his mind and flip flops on his laws and expectations. We would never have full confidence in our God nor fully trust Him because we would never know what to expect or what is right/wrong from day to day.

Thus, our children would have the same difficulties if we as parents are not consistent. One of the worst things that we can do, is to flip-flop on our convictions and standards before our children.

Let me explain....we have a rule in our family that we will never watch a movie or read a book with any curse word, no matter how "small" the curse word may be. If at any time, we continue to watch a movie or to read a book that has a curse word, we have just destroyed the "trust" and "standard" that we have set up for our children. Our children will then question in their hearts, all of our other standards, convictions, rules, and beliefs. They will never see them as "Biblical", but rather as "optional". This sets up a double standard or double mind in our home and there will be no consistency. Why does our younger generation struggle with Biblical standards and righteousness today?....Why is it that our younger generation is so unstable today?.....because we have failed to set a Biblical standard that does not change and that they can follow and believe in. Thus they become double minded. The Bible says, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."

Parents, it is of the utmost importance that we be consistent and Biblical in all things. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might!!!

Prayer Requests & Praises:

Prayer Requests:
1) Please continue to be in prayer for Kami as we continue down the adventurous and trying health issues that Kami is dealing with. The doctors are still searching for answers.

2) Please be in prayer for Victory Springs Ind. Baptist Church. We are praying for one more 'solid' family to join that would be able to jump right in and faithfully help us in the ministries of the church.

Praises!!!

1) Praise the Lord for what God has been doing thus far at VSIBC! We still have a long way to go before the church is self-standing but to be where we are after 15 months is exciting!