{"id":1168,"date":"2014-04-03T16:58:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2014-04-04T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T18:19:58","slug":"my-oaxacan-family-the-zarates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2014\/04\/03\/my-oaxacan-family-the-zarates\/","title":{"rendered":"My Oaxacan Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first arrived in Oaxaca in August 1998, Isa Zarate and her family welcomed me into their home and their lives with joy! \u00a0They were my go-to people for any question about Spanish or the Mexican culture that I had, and they never made me feel stupid for asking or for making mistakes. \u00a0They went out of their way to make me feel welcome and part of the family. \u00a0I remember Manuel, Isa’s adult single brother, gave up his room and moved into the study so that I could have the biggest room in the house! \u00a0Isa has 4 brothers and sisters. \u00a0When I arrived, her parents, three of her siblings and her niece were all living in that house, besides me. \u00a0Then, in November Isa’s youngest brother Juan Carlos got married, and so his wife moved into the home as well! \u00a0Sometimes I felt bad for having the largest room in the house all to myself, but I also really appreciated the privacy.<\/p>\n

The Zarates taught me so much about the Kingdom of God – how to live in a large family together without fighting about who gets to take a shower first, how to share my most prized possessions – like the Reese’s Peanut Butter cups that a group from the U.S. brought for me (who says Mexicans don’t like peanut butter?) , how to pray hard and long together on your knees when times are tough, how to laugh at my mistakes, how to be grateful for each blessing that comes from above, and the list goes on…<\/p>\n

One of the blessings of living in Oaxaca again, is being close to the Zarate family. \u00a0This morning I\u00a0talked with Isa and she is asking for prayers for her mother Matilda<\/strong>, who fell down the stairs and broke her nose and bruised her face pretty bad. \u00a0I believe she is around 80 years old. \u00a0Also, Isa’s father passed away just last year and they are still mourning his death, especially Matilda.<\/p>\n

In January, we invited the family over to our house (which it just so happens that the owner of our house is a relative of Isa’s mother!) for a BBQ after church.<\/p>\n

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Isa grilling burgers and hot dogs in our back yard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had so much fun! \u00a0One of the young ones was celebrating a birthday, so of course there was cake and a pi\u00f1ata as well.<\/p>\n

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Isa’s mom hitting the pi\u00f1ata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Estas son las ma\u00f1anitas (the birthday song they sing in Mexico)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also, the newest member of the Zarate family had just arrived and his name is Mat\u00edas!<\/p>\n

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baby Mat\u00edas Zarate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And, here’s one from the past…<\/p>\n

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The Zarates, Erika and Covenant missionary Kristen Carlsgaard, visit Hierve el Agua in 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

God taught me so much about Himself, about myself and about His Kingdom during that year in Oaxaca, and He used the Zarates to help me learn and grow. \u00a0Now I have the blessing of living close to them once again, and I am grateful.<\/p>\n

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