I left Thursday at 5:30 a.m., and returned home around 10:00 p.m. Friday, after driving 1,005 miles, much of that on curvy, mountain roads. What I saw on the coastal cities of Oaxaca, namely Juchitán,
Read moreA sincere thank you to all of you who have donated and prayed for the ongoing relief efforts here after two strong earthquakes on September 9 and September 19. We’ll be taking at least one
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Our relief efforts continued this past Thursday, with another foray into the state of Morelos, visiting some of the sites we had previously helped out last week, this time providing primarily tarps (16 x 20
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It was a long day, but a very good day today. We found ourselves doing some things we didn’t expect to do, in little towns we didn’t necessarily expect to visit, but God worked it
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“The dog ate our homework” has been replaced by an equally unlikely excuse; two earthquakes in the last two weeks knocked out our internet and electricity, even our cell phone service. So much for cyber
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It’s been great to get back into a bit of a routine with the ministry in Palmas 1. So encouraging to see around 15 young people regularly show up for youth meeting, which began again
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After waiting around 5 hours in an immigration office the day before our flight left, I was able to get traveling papers (remember my residency card was stolen) and we arrived in PA for a
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What a week we had this past week! Sort of a blur, actually, but the results remain. The Jesús María church now has a concrete stage area with baptistry. New LED lights were installed in
Read moreHere are some short video clips of our time with Denny Mohr and the Connect Group from Bainbridge, PA. Among our activities…the first weekend the group was in Ixtapaluca helping with a hearing aid and
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The following schedule will give you an idea of what we attempt to do with short-term teams. Obviously it is a bit challenging to involve non-Spanish speakers in meaningful, effective outreach (does this statement surprise
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