Jeff & Kristina Sims

5606 37th St.

Lubbock TX 79407

Follow the Sims

806-795-9360

V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 2 M a r - J u l y 2 0 0 9

Special

Cuerna What?
Prayer
Requests
 One-time
support for
moving and Our team has chosen to study Spanish in Cuer- move farther north to
language
school needs move to Cuernavaca, More- navaca while learning from Aguascalientes. Cuer-
to be raised.
los, Mexico in early 2010. them and working along- navaca’s citizens have
 Thanksgiving Much of our shown them-
concerning
Isaiah, gradua- decision was selves to be re-
tion, Kristina’s based on the ceptive to the
successful
surgery, and opportunity gospel, and
our new team-
mates!
we’ve been more workers
given to work are definitely
 Financial
Support for with and learn needed. It is a
our Team- from an estab- large city just
mates.
lished mission- south of Mexico
ary team that is City that is re-
Upcoming already nowned for its
Dates there. Doug language
and Sandy Hol- schools. We are
Jeff is 08/02
comb, Paul and Sharita side them for a year. Dur- excited about the chance
preaching
@ Alpine Nash, and Ben and Karen ing that year we will make we’ve been given to work in
Jenkins (and daughter the decision whether or not Mexico with such great
Jeff’s 30th 08/07 Madaí) have invited us to to stay in Cuernavaca or to mentors.
Birthday

School 08/10
Begins

Noah’s 4th 08/20

S.I.B.I. Graduation
Birthday
Jeff and Kristina graduated
Mission 11/02 on May, 23rd from S.I.B.I.
Sunday @ in Lubbock, Texas. Jeff
Alpine
received a Bachelor’s de-
Finish School 12/18 gree in Biblical Studies
of Missions
and Kristina received an
Associate’s degree also in
Biblical Studies. Jeff and
the other men on our team
were among a handful of
graduates who were hon-
ored for completing their
degrees with a G.P.A. of 95
or higher. These last two
years have not been easy,
and we could not have
done it without the gener-
ous and overwhelming sup-
port we’ve received from
family, friends, and Alpine
Church of Christ in Long-
view, TX. We will never be
the same and we are so
thankful and blessed that
we’ve had the chance to
study God’s word in such
depth. Jeff gave his senior
sermon on May 15th and
streaming audio of his les-
son is now available
through www.sibi.cc.
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Noah & Juliana
Noah and Juliana
are both so excited about
the new baby. Juliana
wants to hold Isaiah and
“help” Mommy all of the
time. Noah is very curi-
ous and has been asking
questions like “When can
he throw a ball?” He
went to school the day
Juliana’s 2nd after Isaiah was born and
Birthday Party proudly announced to
everyone that he was a
Our Family is Growing
We are proud to
announce the birth of
Isaiah Daniel Sims Isaiah Daniel went
extremely well. He
was born on March 5th
at 1:17 AM in Lubbock,
TX. He and Kristina
are both healthy and
are doing fine. Isaiah
is such a happy baby,
and he brightens every
day with his smiles. He
March 5, 2009
5 lb 13 oz 18 ¼ in is even beginning to
laugh and “talk.”
Our Team is Growing, too!
We would like
to introduce
you to two won-
derful families.
First is the
Reyes family.
Recardo and
Monica have
four daughters:
Dominique,
Jasenia, Deasha, and Se-
renity. They are from
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big brother and always
uses Isaiah’s full name
when people ask. Noah
and Juliana seemed to
have doubled in size
when we brought Isaiah
home. Juliana did turn
another year older. We
had her 2nd birthday
party with family and
friends at home. She was
so excited about the Cin-
derella cake and decora-
About a month after he
was born, Kristina un-
derwent surgery to re-
move her gallbladder and
to alleviate the associated
pancreatitis. She has
now recovered fully, and
is able to enjoy the bless-
ings of being a mother of
three.
Thank you for all of the
cards and prayers during
this time of transition
Washington State . We are
all overjoyed that we’ll be
working alongside such a
humble, generous, and
hardworking family. It is
clear that their hearts are
fully devoted to the Lord
and to His purposes. Sec-
ond is the McDaniel family.
Ozzy and Jenifer have one
daughter named Abigail.
They graduated from
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tions. She got a large
plastic tub of dress-up
clothes from Mommy
and Daddy, and the kids
had a great time dressing
up like firemen, police-
men, pirates, cowboys,
and even a butterfly. It’s
hard to believe that she
was just three months
old when we moved here.
They grow up so quickly!
and need. So many of
our classmates and
church family went out of
their way to take care of
meals and our children.
We could not have made
it through this last se-
mester without the gen-
erosity of our Christian
brothers and sisters. We
are continually humbled
by your love, encourage-
ment, and sacrificial giv-
ing.
S.I.B.I. a year ahead of us
and have spent the last year
working with the Land-
mark Church of Christ in
Kaufman, TX. They love
bringing the Good News
message of Jesus to the
lost. Both of these families
have committed to join our
team and move with us to
Cuernavaca in 2010.