After a wonderful time in PA (coming…a post on pig stomach), we returned to Mexico in time to receive Mike Conteras and Joseph Keith from Youth Missions International. I could have taken several picks of
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Unrest in Mexico
Some of you have heard about the unrest in Mexico, primarily due to several hikes in gasoline prices. Gasoline prices are set to increase by at least 20%, to somewhere around $3.17 U.S. Keep in
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This past week has been full of year-end activities. Some of the highlights…a Christmas youth group get-together complete with a gift game, a devo and of course some food! It was great to have Matheus
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This March a unique Christian wilderness/extreme sports ministry is going cross-cultural, and we’re excited to be involved. Josh Vander Meer coordinates Camp Bighorn‘s Journey program, and visited us for several days earlier this year to
Read moreMinistry and a Mini-Road Trip (Part 2)
Mexico is a beautiful country, with some very unique urban areas and rural landscape. After church last Sunday, we took Marla and son Kyle to scenic Tequisiapan, which was about halfway to our goal, the
Read moreMinistry and a Mini-Road Trip (Part 1)
Rod’s cousin Marla and her son Kyle came for a visit this past week, and we really didn’t change our schedule a whole lot, although we did visit some pretty parts of Mexico for two
Read moreChurch Plant Update
Thanks to so many of you who have been praying for the new church plant in another of the neighborhoods here in Ixtapaluca, an area called “Palmas 1.” We were back in our rented building
Read moreAround 2700 students in 4 days
Matheus, Cheila and Karen, three of the four WOL students who normally visit us on the weekends, were with us all week this week. They were busy! From Monday through Thursday they began teaching at
Read moreThird Church Plant in Ixtapaluca!
Some of you know that this past Sunday, November 6, we officially began Sunday services in Palmas 1, another neighborhood in Ixtapaluca. It was extremely encouraging to know that many people were praying for us,
Read moreSchoolhouse Rock
A couple of weeks ago David, Cathy and I (Rod) went to the Jr. Hi School where Samuel teaches for a video conference with Ella, a girl from PA who came down with a group
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