Mexico & Culture

In one day of promoting next week’s baking classes on Facebook, we reached the limit of 40 women from the neighborhood that responded, excited to take part in this year’s baking classes. A number of ladies from Word of Life Chapel, guided by expert baker Shari Cottrill, will be teaching six classes over the next […]

This past week, 17 of us traveled in three vehicles to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and enjoyed a wonderful, challenging week of ministry with pastor Gaspar Chable, his wife Estela and his kids Abishai, Celicia and Hiram. We’ve had the privileged of partnering with the Chable family in a number of different ways in

Still playing catch-up with this blog…during the month of May we were privileged to be visited by old friend Kurt Horting, his wife Beth, and members of the leadership team at Still Water Community Church, from Rowlette, TX. The featured image above is Kurt preaching from Romans 6 at the Jesus Maria church on Sunday,

Today Mayra and I were returning from downtown Mexico City. Mayra had an appointment with an orthopedic specialist to have her back checked out. She has been experiencing significant back pain lately. On our way back, on the bumper-to-bumper main avenue called Viaducto, we were passing under an overpass, and a man literally fell off

Cathy graduated from Mt. Calvary last Saturday! Below…a tribute I wrote to her. There is not just one world, but many, as diverse and colorful as language and culture, as tasty as food and as warm as human relationship. Concepts of space and time, of friendship and family, of worship and faith. God, of course,

I went up to PA last week for three reasons. The most important one was to be present at Cathy’s baccalaureate service, as we’re not able to be at her graduation from Mount Calvary Christian School (which is this Saturday, June 1). But we wanted at least one of us to be present for Cathy

Kids have off school for two weeks over Easter, and the city empties out. Everyone, it seems, goes to the beach. It’s the best time to be in the metropolitan area. This year we once again had David’s cousins with us, Israel and Santiago. And we enjoyed the laid-back, slower pace of Easter week. Nearly

A bunch of guys primarily from a couple of the churches here have been playing basketball for a while, but they now have new, official-looking jerseys. Their numbers: 0—Fry (David), 00—Ro (Alan), 1—U. Anleu (Ulises), 2—R. Anleu (Ricardo), 8—Liceaga (Fernando), 10—Islas (Cuco), 23—Valtierra (Sammy), 11, 25, 30 without names. Their first official game was last

We are happy to report that our Sunday services in the new, rented facility are going well, aside from the normal hiccups of getting used to different settings, figuring out how Sunday School class is going to work, etc… The church purchased a portable, folding tent-like structure, that has been functional. Most people seem to

If you’ve been down to visit us here, you’ve probably met Samuel. He is an elder at the Jesús María church, and has done everything for years now related to graphic design, logos, promotion, banners…you name it. He also is a talented painter, drawer, digital designer, etc… Years ago, Samuel and his friend Luis were