Mexico & Culture

My first rather lengthy experience in Mexico as a 23 year old single guy was teaching Bible, Science and Phy Ed at Puebla Christian School. I was invited to teach by Bernie and Phyllis Hill, retired school teachers from the Detroit Public School system. Bernie was the (retired) principal at PCS, and Phyllis taught 5-6 […]

This early 2024 has been an exciting time in many ways, as Mayra and I began the year in Mexico, the returned to PA for two mission conferences at Cairn University and Lancaster Bible College. Rod was also pleased to be able to participate in an all-church conference for Mt. Joy Church of God at

I was humbled and honored recently to be invited by the Ecuador Liebenzell field director to speak at their annual missionary conference. Good friend and Mexican pastor Fernando Amezcua from Guadalajara, Mexico went with me. The topic that I was given was church planting, and although I have rarely been invited to give a conference,

Mayra and I are taking a deep breath today, after being involved with a series of short-term experiences here, as well as a trip to a very rural (think dirt roads) part of Oaxaca (pronounced Wa-HA-Ka). Our summer started June 10 with a group of 12 students and young adults from Leroy Community Chapel, near

I was watching the news last night here in Mexico City, and was reminded of something that we’ve become keenly aware of…prices continue to go up. Not only that, the dollar, which historically has constantly grown stronger against the Mexico peso, is currently at its weakest point since 2016. For several years the peso:dollar ratio

This summer we are pleased to host three Liebenzell USA interns, one for 4 weeks, one for 6 weeks, and one for 8 weeks. Amanda Chacon was here last summer, and will be joining an elite group of repeat interns; helping me coordinate some of the summer.  Amanda goes to Dallas Baptist University, and is

This past Sunday the Path of Life Bible Church–Palmas celebrated the recognition of its first two Mexican leaders. As we’ve been mentioning repeatedly in our leadership studies, there are really several terms in the Bible for the principal leaders in a local church: elders, supervisors, bishops, pastors, overseers. The purpose of a church planting missionary

We hear about unreached ethnic groups, villages scattered all over the world who have never heard the gospel, and that very likely do not have the Bible in their own language. Fernando Amezcua pastors a church in Guadalajara (Iglesia Bíblica Gracia) that decided to take seriously the challenge of reaching a new ethnic group, and

Elizabethtown Grace Brethren Church, or E-town Grace, as it’s now called, has supported me (Rod) since way back in my Teen Missions days (1984), my Puebla Christian School teaching year (1989-90), and on through my formal acceptance with CAM International, way back in 1990. When Mayra and I were married, the support increased. But E-town