Thursday, August 21, 2008

Praise God

After months of discouragement and false allegations against my family the day has finally come where we are not viewed as wrongdoers. The Lord has kept his arms around our hearts and our family and Alex has finally been dismissed of any allegations that were brought against him. Thank you so much for prayers.

Benavides family

Friday, August 15, 2008

Alex's last weekend in Corpus

This trip has gone by so fast for us. We headed for Texas on August 1st and then we met up with the Curiel clan in Branson, Missouri to have a mini vacation. We were on our way to Eureka Springs, Arkansas to view the Passion Play when Aleida's father got the call that her uncle was in the hospital. We immediately started heading to Texas and we pulled over somewhere in Arkansas called Mena. After we got situated Mr. Curiel was told that his brother would not make it through the night. The next morning we drove for about 3 hours when we got the call that his brother had passed away earlier in the morning. We finally made it to Corpus around 10ish last Thursday. The entire family came in again which was a sad time because they had a family reunion at the end of July. We have been spending time with the Curiel family and trying to make sure the Benavides family gets a good amount of our time as well. We were able to see Alex's cousin get married on Saturday. We are so drained. The funeral took place on Wednesday and yesterday we finally realized that Alex's time here is coming to an end because he needs to go back to work. This saddens us because there were so many people we wanted to catch up with while we were down here and now we don't see that happening. Please pray that we enjoy the company of everyone we spend with these last few days. Aleida will be staying here a little longer so hopefully she can catch up with some friends of hers she hasn't seen in a while. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Benavides family

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Texas Bound

Well we will officially be in Texas tomorrow evening specifically Corpus Christi, Texas. We have been in Branson, Missouri for the past couple of days but today we got a phone call from my grandma telling us that my uncle on my dad's side of the family has been admitted to the hospital. Apparently his kidneys are shutting down. We should be home tomorrow and we will just have to see how he is doing. Please pray that there is just peace for everyone no matter what happens.

Aleida

Friday, August 1, 2008

Prayer for our trip

I just wanted to put a little request out there for safe travel. We leave today in about an hour or so and we will be heading down to Texas. We are meeting my parents in Arkansas before heading to Corpus but we would love for you to keep us in prayer. I pray you all have a great weekend and hopefully I will get to see most of you soon.

Aleida