Thank you for your prayers. Outside of some strong winds, we had very little excitement today. We never really had any strong rain. It was mostly just water being carried around by the wind. All in all it was a very mild in comparison to what it could have been.

The peninsula had little damage to populated areas. The latest reports I heard said there were no injuries or deaths in Mexico being reported at this time.

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We are preparing for the arrival of hurricane Dean. We should start feeling the effects of the storm within a few hours. We don’t seem to be in physical danger, though we could lose electricity for an extended period of time. I will either update this space in a few days if we have power, or have someone do it for me.

Meanwhile, if you would like to contact my parents for the latest information they have, you can email them and they will be glad to share that information. I should be able to get messages back to them through the wonders of radio.

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Camp went well this week. Since we had a day camp, we did not have a consistent number each day, and there was some turnover in the people who came. That said, we had 29 different people during the 4 days. That is a great number and about what we had anticipated. This is our first year doing camp in Yucatan.

There are two who attended camp who, as far as we know, are unsaved. I started working with them very specifically about their salvation recently. They are both very new to learning and using sign language. One is in his 20s and the other in her 40s. Pray for Memo and Mirna as we work with them.

Hurricane Dean is sighting us in. We are not concerned that our house will be severely damaged (you get a strong sense of confidence from a solid concrete house), however we know that there is no way to keep water from coming into the house. As solidly built as these houses are, they are not at all weather-proofed.

Currently we are planning to stay here to be able to start clean up as soon as possible. If we leave it could be quite a while before roads would be cleared enough to get back into town. We will keep our gas tanks full and probably become more fervent prayer warriors over the next several days.

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I am excited to announce the Missionary Talks podcast. It is a project that I have been working on for a few months and am ready to announce to the visitors of www.dpeach.com.

In this podcast I interview missionaries each week for about 15 minutes. You have an opportunity to hear about missionary life from the missionary’s perspective.

There are different mission fields represented in the show. So far we have talked with missionaries in México, Perú, Boston and Cuba. There are interviews with missionary kids as well. Each week you will hear a from about a different missionary and their work.

A podcast is an Internet radio show that you can download and listen to via your computer or any portable MP3 player (you don’t need to have an iPod). You can also listen to the show right from the website. If you would like to know more about how to listen there is information at the Missionary Talks website.

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There is now a new family photo available for churches. Please feel free to use this photo for your church’s missionary board. When you go to this page you will see a link to be able to have the photo professionally printed.

The photo was taken in December 2006. In this photo James is 8 years old and Leyla is 2.

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We are celebrating our third Thanksgiving here in Mérida. It was on this day 2 years ago that we met many of the missionaries who have become good partners in the ministry here as well as people we can turn to for cultural help. Just another reason to give God thanks.

Look for a new prayer letter coming soon!

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