Engagement & Wedding in Mexico

Isn't she beautiful?

As most of you probably know i have gotten engaged to my amazing and wonderful Lupita. Friday the 20th we went out walking in the morning, this Friday we had free because of work the previous weekend.

So Friday morning at the monument of the Mexican revolution i asked her to marry me, and she said yes :)

This is really exciting and we have already set the date which will be 30th of June in Mexico. Everyone we know in Denmark is welcome for our wedding, but we understand that it takes planning, money and time. Therefore we will also be having a celebration of our marriage in Denmark, but it will be some time before that.

We know that 2 months isn't a long time, but with our work here in Mexico we wouldn't be able to get married this year if we do it later, and also we see no reason to wait on this when we know we want spend our lives together in good and in bad.

We're both really excited about the wedding and especially for my family (hopefully all 5) who will be coming all the way from Denmark to Mexico for the first time.

So now we're working to plan the wedding, and we have already been doing a lot. We're set on the place which is a beautiful small place (we don't count on being a lot 50 - 60) in the historical center of the city.

With the upcoming wedding Lupita and I know that we will get in some debt, and though we don't like it we think it's acceptable since we're planning on going to Denmark in February 2013 for a longer period. The thing is that after the wedding we will still be paying staff fees, and by then i'll most likely be completely broke.

The organisation YWAM functions that not a single person (of 60.000 worldwide) recieves a paycheck. Their idea of finances is based on openness, and personal contact. So people who work in YWAM all have personal supporters. Lupita also have supporters who help her so that she can pay the 4.000 pesos we pay here as staff fees each month.

The thing is that i don't have any supporters, and I've always known that i would need it if i wanted to stay here in Mexico City for a full year, but until now I've been able to postpone it with the help of working when i was in Denmark and with my wonderful parents who have blessed me a lot.

So now i'm looking for people to support me financially so that I can stay here until our commitment to the base ends in February. Most of this time is already planned because Lupita and I will have some of the key roles in the upcoming discpleship training school in July (in which we already have 5 applicants with more on the way)

We don't plan on living on the base but in a cheap apartment nearby so the staff fee won't be as high, but we've still calculated that we both will need at least 5.000 pesos (2.200 kr) a month for us to pay staff fees, rent, metro card, phone, etc. to get by this year. (Lupita almost have this amount monthly)

Therefore i'm now looking for people who can help me either with a one time donation, or with a monthly donation, so that i can stay here and keep being a part of what God is doing here in the city and continue establishing the foundation for this new christian school here in Mexico City.

If you are interested i supporting me and us in this I would love to be in contact with you and talk or explain more, even just a little will be a blessing.

My email is Lars.borty@gmail.com

Lupita with her ring i bought together with her best friend Montse one day that she had to go to a meeting. She asked me to not put this picture in my blog, but i can't help it, she is so cute <3