Friends, Family, Ministry and Snow!

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 ...
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Friends, Family, Ministry and Snow!

This early 2024 has been an exciting time in many ways, as Mayra and I began the year ...
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Palmas Church first Sunday in 2024

We were delighted to participate in the Palmas Church's first Sunday of 2024. Afterwards we took a picture...thankful ...
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Ecuador: Where the World Divides in Two

I was humbled and honored recently to be invited by the Ecuador Liebenzell field director to speak at ...
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Short-term adventures, summer 2023

Mayra and I are taking a deep breath today, after being involved with a series of short-term experiences ...
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Summer 2023 Visitors, Part 2

Our summer ministry has gone through some significant changes over the past 10 years or so, from being ...
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Gas Prices and Economics in Mexico

I was watching the news last night here in Mexico City, and was reminded of something that we've ...
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Summer 2023 Visitors Part 1

This summer we are pleased to host three Liebenzell USA interns, one for 4 weeks, one for 6 ...
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An Important Step in the Life of a Local Church

This past Sunday the Path of Life Bible Church--Palmas celebrated the recognition of its first two Mexican leaders. ...
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Visiting Christian Colleges and Supporting Churches, Being with Family

Mayra and I have been in PA since mid-January, and during that time have had the opportunity to ...
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Reaching an Unreached Ethnic Group

We hear about unreached ethnic groups, villages scattered all over the world who have never heard the gospel, ...
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Baptisms! (with photos and video)

Baptisms are always my favorite services, because in baptisms, discipleship comes into focus, and both conversion and commitment ...
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6th Anniversary Path of Life Bible Church Palmas

On Sunday, November 6, 2022, the third Bible Church plant in Ixtapaluca celebrated its 6th anniversary. The church ...
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Precious in the LORD’s sight is the Death of His Saints

Two weeks ago, on a Saturday, Edgar Corona was walking to our house for a men's Bible study. ...
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A Visit to PA, a Conference in Guadalajara

Shortly after surviving a busy summer (see last post), we finally were able to do something we'd been ...
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Summer 2022

Talk about a rebound! After two years with zero visitors because of the pandemic, this summer possibly set ...
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Two Weeks of Fruitful Ministry (part 2)

Elizabethtown Grace Brethren Church, or E-town Grace, as it's now called, has supported me (Rod) since way back ...
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Two Weeks of Fruitful Ministry (part 1)

We have been pleased to host two church groups over the past two weeks. Gary, Kathy, Denny, Matt, ...
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Mount Calvary and Liebenzell Interns

Our summer started off with a bang, receiving three Liebenzell U.S.A. interns (Joshua, Amanda and Rafael), as well ...
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Summer 2022 has Officially Started

These last several weeks have been very significant, especially having been able to participate in the pastoral recognition ...
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Conversando con Friends

We've been back in Mexico now for several weeks, and they've been full and fun. Much of what ...
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The King has Come

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the first day of Passion Week, the intense, final week of Jesus on earth ...
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Winter Ministry

Of course, it never really seems like winter here. Sure, it can dip down into the low 40s ...
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An Important Announcement–Agency Change

If you've been following this site, you know we've been posting quite a bit about Liebenzell USA, and ...
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Fifth Anniversary Celebration

This past Sunday, about 40 of us traveled about 40 minutes from Ixtapaluca, toward our two towering neighbors, ...
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Heading South for the Winter

Yes, it's starting to get cold in PA after a remarkably beautiful and relatively warm autumn. So beautiful ...
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Changes and Transitions

This past year has been different in many ways, but still good. Still very good. Our time in ...
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Spring is Here!

It's been a LONG time since I've updated this space, so I wanted to take time to do ...
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Hope for Oaxaca

I have recently been communicating quite a bit with our pastor friend in Oaxaca, Gaspar Chable. It has ...
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Reality Check

This past Saturday we began our time be checking our average screen time on our cell phones. Turns ...
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Back in the Keystone State

I felt for a while like we were in a game of Frogger, us being the frog and ...
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First Sunday back with Baptisms

Need some encouraging news in the midst of ongoing discouraging national and world news about disease and natural ...
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Family News

Whereas much of the U.S. seems to be entering into a second phase of the covid crisis, here ...
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A Time to Remember

I've mentioned this before, but if you're like me, you've gone through various cycles of opinion about COVID. ...
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COVID Dynamics in Mexico

Mexico is a country that thrives, it seems, on making life more difficult than it should be. With ...
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A Special Prayer Request

Juan and Blanca Martinez...a few years ago. Juan is 52 years old now. The header picture was taken ...
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This is the Song that Never Ends….

Anyone else feel like that? It just goes ON and ON my friend! Here in Mexico we are ...
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The Latest from Mexico

I will spare you any philosophizing on this current epidemic, and simply mention some news here in Mexico. ...
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Prayers for Three Youth

I'm sure that you are getting weary of constant talk about the virus, as I am. Unfortunately the ...
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Mexico Ministry Update

Mexico along with much of the southern hemisphere it would seem has been spared from the worst of ...
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Not So Conventional Wisdom

I tend to be a contrarian by nature. Not sure why that is, but it certainly has gotten ...
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A Funeral and a Party

This past weekend was an exercise in extremes...from sadness to joy, from spiritual darkness to the celebration of ...
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OT Survey Course Begins

The second course, Old Testament Survey, began this past Saturday, the first of seven 8-hour Saturdays, at the ...
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A Sweet Time in Texas

I've written quite a bit lately on this ministry site about our ongoing partnership with Still Water Community ...
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Women’s Outreach Breakfast

This past Wednesday, around 25 women, about half of which were not church attenders, participated in a breakfast ...
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Youth Group Progress Report

Youth ministry is funky...fun but often unpredictable. Great participation...until there isn't. Why does it seem like a youth ...
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Conversando with friends

Conversando with Friends

We are excited to announce the theme for our short-term ministry this year (and probably next year as ...
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Understanding Young People–A Cultural Divide

I like studying and thinking about culture. A recent Kindle purchase that I'm working my way through is ...
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First Class Completed

If you've been following this ministry site, you know that since this past October we began a 40-hour ...
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FAMEX Missions Conference in Guadalajara

Mayra and I had the honor of participating last weekend in a FAMEX missions conference in Guadalajara, organized ...
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Sendero Bible Church, Palmas 1 3rd Anniversary

We celebrated the Sendero Bible Church Palmas 1's third anniversary this past Sunday...hard to believe it's been three ...
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Hermeneutics Week 2 (plus a video from Pastors Conference!)

We had our second 8-hour hermeneutics class this past Saturday, October 26. Once again, the attendance was 51 ...
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Introducing Matheus and Silvia

Matheus and Silvia will be married, Lord willing, on November 1st, in Portugal. Soon after that, they plan ...
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How to Interpret the Bible (class #1)

If you're familiar with theological education by extension (TEE) in Spanish, chances are you've heard about the CCBP ...
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United Service (Culto Unido) 2019

Every year the 10-12 Bible churches in the Mexico City metro area get together and have a joint ...
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Areli’s 15años

This past Sunday we celebrated Areli Abigail's 15th birthday as a church. The quinceaños celebration here is a ...
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Watching and Waiting from Afar

After a lot of agonizing weeks, Mayra and I finally made the decision that academically it would be ...
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A Month of Transition

After a very productive and exciting Spring/Summer of short-term teams, where we were privileged to receive a total ...
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Highlights from DVBS, Basketball and English Week

This year was the second year for our DVBS program in the relatively new (2 1/2 year old) ...
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Friendship Coffee and Mexico Matters

We are pleased to announce a new partnership between Friendship Coffee and Mexico Matters! Some of you may ...
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God is Working in the Church Here

Word of Life Bible Institute Mexico does a super job with their summer camps. Last year, David came ...
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Pastor Kirk Belmont–A Weekend of Teaching

Kirk Belmont, pastor of Hope Community Church, Mount Joy, PA, first came to Ixtapaluca last summer with a ...
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Baking Classes, Remodeling and Outreach Events with WOL

Our second week of team ministry here in Mexico was truly special, working hand in hand with some ...
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Baking Classes and Remodeling Project

In one day of promoting next week's baking classes on Facebook, we reached the limit of 40 women ...
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A Wonderful Week in Oaxaca

This past week, 17 of us traveled in three vehicles to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and enjoyed ...
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Still Water Community Church and Lighthouse Community Church Weekends

Still playing catch-up with this blog...during the month of May we were privileged to be visited by old ...
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Fun, Weird Happenings

Today Mayra and I were returning from downtown Mexico City. Mayra had an appointment with an orthopedic specialist ...
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Cathy’s Graduation–MCSS Class of 2019

Cathy graduated from Mt. Calvary last Saturday! Below...a tribute I wrote to her. There is not just one ...
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Cathy’s Graduation (and a quick trip to PA)

I went up to PA last week for three reasons. The most important one was to be present ...
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Easter Week 2019

Kids have off school for two weeks over Easter, and the city empties out. Everyone, it seems, goes ...
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Church Basketball Team

A bunch of guys primarily from a couple of the churches here have been playing basketball for a ...
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Church Services and Combined Youth Activities

We are happy to report that our Sunday services in the new, rented facility are going well, aside ...
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A Special Evangelistic Project

If you've been down to visit us here, you've probably met Samuel. He is an elder at the ...
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Anniversary and Baptisms 2019

Next Sunday we're invited to the Jesús María church to celebrate their 9th anniversary. How well I remember ...
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Palmas 1 Church Plant 2.0

Thank you for your prayers for a new facility to rent. Our first Sunday this past Sunday was ...
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Saying Goodbye to “El Rincón Feliz”

Last Sunday was our last week at our first (and only) place of meeting for the Palmas 1 ...
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The Pilgrimage of Church Planting

If you have a church building that you go to pretty much every Sunday, and perhaps twice or ...
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Accidents and Vehicle Inspections

One reason no one in his or her right mind would want to live with the borders of ...
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Camp Bighorn 2019

We are privileged to host a group of 10 from Camp Bighorn, Plains Montana for the third year ...
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Back in the Swing of Things

It was good to be in church this past Sunday for just the second time after a four ...
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2019 Ministry Theme

Every year we try to come up with a ministry theme that is both relevant and real; a ...
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Cultural Differences

Everyone is aware that culture plays a huge role in how we view the world, but culture is ...
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Long Lines to Get Gas in Mexico

We are excited to return to Mexico after an extended time in PA over these past 4 1/2 ...
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Hot vs. Cold Climates

Over the years I have seen general trends in short-term teams that come and visit Mexico. Obviously there ...
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Mexico Matters Grows Up

Same ministry, new capacity for facilitating short-term teams and projects. During our time in the U.S. we've wanted ...
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Hooked on Guatemalan!

A friend from Ohio bought 10 packets of Friendship Coffee from Guatemala. Here's what he said... Had my ...
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Cathy’s Health, Daniel’s Plans

Thanks to those of you who have been praying for our daughter Cathy. We had another appointment at ...
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Second Tournament, Dreamers Defend Title

Last Saturday, November 3, we organized our second soccer tournament at the Elizabethtown Poplar St. Park, and we ...
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David’s Season as an E-town Bear

Mini-Neymar. After Neymar's rather weak performance in the World Cup, with all the flopping and crying he did, ...
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Friendship Coffee and Latin Missions

I belong to a small missions agency in Mexico dedicated to encourage Latins to go to all the ...
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Hispanic Heritage Celebration E-town

We're excited about an activity this October 6, designed to bring Hispanics together around two favorite pastimes....soccer and ...
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Hope Community 2018

We very much enjoyed our time with 18 team members from Hope Community, Mt. Joy, PA, here from ...
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MK and Bi-cultural Missionary Families

I've been serving in Mexico now for 25+ years, having come to Mexico as a full-time missionary in ...
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Summer Adventures 2018 Part 1

We're looking forward to a great time with Hope Community Church, coming soon to help with our first ...
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Mexico’s New Political Reality!

This past Monday Mexico played Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Mexico has never gotten past ...
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Mount Calvary June 2018

I didn't have opportunity to post this past week...probably because I was too exhausted to do so! But ...
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What I’m Reading

How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/how-fortnite-captured-teens-hearts-and-minds Mexico's Ruling Party Is a Dead Man Walking https://www.realclearworld.com/2018/05/08/mexico039s_ruling_party_is_a_dead_man_walking_191909.html Mexican ...
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Visit from Lighthouse Community, Torrance CA

Several weeks ago we were honored to receive a small delegation of four people from Lighthouse Community, of ...
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A Preview of Summer 2018 Activities

This summer Lord willing we'll be again hosting groups from three different churches and some individual visitors as ...
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Exciting News!

We are excited to announce that Matheus da Silva, a young man who served with us on weekends ...
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Word of Life/Palabra de Vida Mexico for Kids Day 2018 (video)

This past weekend was the third year in a row that a group of young people from Word ...
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April Conference Mt. Calvary

Last week we had the opportunity to be in PA for a week, participating in Mt. Calvary's missions ...
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Easter Youth Activity (video)

These past two weeks have sort of been a blur...but I did want to post a short video ...
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8th Anniversary Celebration and Baptisms

Below is a video and some pictures of this past Sunday, when we celebrated the 8th anniversary of ...
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Future Projects

We're always thinking about ways to improve community, and foster outreach. One project for this summer is to ...
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Cultural Challenges Camp Bighorn 2018

For the second year, we had the privilege of hosting Camp Bighorn's Journey program. They spend just over ...
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Camp Bighorn Returns

Camp Bighorn is a Christian Camp located in the beautiful state of Montana. After an exploratory trip to ...
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What Are Your “Core Values?”

We just completed a 15-week study on the church's doctrinal statement, and are now transitioning into a series ...
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Community Center Week 2

The total participation for the different community center classes this past Saturday, the second week of activity, was ...
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Community Center Events 2018

As many of you know, the auditorium in Jesus Maria was coconstructed this past year, and services began ...
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2018 Here We Come

Oh, you never know what a year might bring! But a couple of things we do know will ...
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Oaxaca Relief Update

When a 8.2° Richter earthquake hits an area, it does not recover in a week or so. Or ...
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Power in Weakness

A different post this Saturday morning. It's easy to fall into the trap of talking about progress and ...
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First Service in New Auditorium, JM

Many of you have been involved with either praying for or giving toward the Jesus Maria auditorium project. ...
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Visit to Río Blanco, Veracruz

The Fry family had a great time this past weekend visiting friends in Rio Blanco, Veracruz, very close ...
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I Love My Van

Yesterday Francisco and I drove the 3 hours to Toluca to pick up 30 wheelchairs, half of which ...
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Palmas 1 First Anniversary!

Hard to believe it's been a year already! Yesterday our service was dedicated to celebrating the goodness of ...
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Kaycee and Alex’s Wedding

We were privileged to attend Alex Yee and Kaycee (Kaba) Yee's wedding in Torrance, California, on Saturday, September ...
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Anniversaries, Relief Work and God’s Protection

We're in Puebla this Sunday, visiting Chalo and Beth Sandoval's latest church plant, Maranatha Bible Church. I'm preaching, ...
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To Juchitán and Back: The Shocking Power of an 8.2° Earthquake

I left Thursday at 5:30 a.m., and returned home around 10:00 p.m. Friday, after driving 1,005 miles, much ...
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Relief Work, Studies and the Best Cake Ever

A sincere thank you to all of you who have donated and prayed for the ongoing relief efforts ...
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Tarps and Blankets

Our relief efforts continued this past Thursday, with another foray into the state of Morelos, visiting some of ...
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Relief Work in Morelos

It was a long day, but a very good day today. We found ourselves doing some things we ...
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Earthquake(s) in Mexico

"The dog ate our homework" has been replaced by an equally unlikely excuse; two earthquakes in the last ...
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Back in the Groove

It's been great to get back into a bit of a routine with the ministry in Palmas 1. ...
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PA Peacefulness

After waiting around 5 hours in an immigration office the day before our flight left, I was able ...
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Leroy Chapel Construction and Outreach (video)

What a week we had this past week! Sort of a blur, actually, but the results remain. The ...
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Connect Group in Ixtapaluca and Veracruz (Video)

Here are some short video clips of our time with Denny Mohr and the Connect Group from Bainbridge, ...
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Mt. Calvary STM trip–2nd Half

The following schedule will give you an idea of what we attempt to do with short-term teams.  Obviously ...
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Pictorial Review of the Last Four Days.

Mount Calvary Team June 2017, First 4 Daze: Hearing aid and reading glasses outreach with skit and song ...
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Summertime Summertime

As is often the case during the summer, there's a lot going on here. Today, a group of ...
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Oikos (not the yogurt) and English

One focus of our community center activities here is English classes.  I currently teach English every Tuesday and ...
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Wall Going Up! Roof Soon Going On!

The Jesus Maria church property was fully paid for by the grace of God in June, 2013, and ...
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Weekends…a bit quieter! Gracias chicos!

If you've been following this blog at all you are aware that we've been receiving student interns from ...
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Renacidos “Reborn” in Ixtapaluca

This past weekend, as I mentioned previously, two of the churches here hosted 19 students from Word of ...
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Missions, Relationships and Grace

Hard to believe how many spiritual and family connections can be made in one short weekend!  It all ...
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Week of Bible Institute Experience

Last week, three teenagers from the Palmas church, and five kids total, participated in Word of Life Bible ...
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David Crazy…and other prayer requests

David is with his multiple student intern friends at Word of Life Bible Institute Mexico this week, participating ...
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Guano and Seeds

What does the word guano mean? Ok, some of you may be thinking...well, that's a Spanish word, and ...
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What the Church Looks Like (and Gibson City)

I was impressed these past several weeks at the nature of the ministry team here. We had the ...
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Theme T-shirt 2017

Every year we have a theme for the year...here are some past themes: Haz lo mismo en tu ...
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Adventures in Culture

I mentioned in a previous post that Camp Bighorn was going to be with us. We had a ...
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A Short-Term Team Runs on Water and Coke

A group of 11 people from Camp Bighorn in Montana arrive tomorrow, to spend the first week of ...
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Ruth and Elena

We met Reg and Cesca Genter way back in 1997 (I think), before any of our kids were ...
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Energy Price Increase in Mexico

You may have heard that Mexico's gasoline prices have gone up significantly recently, prompting some isolated rioting, and ...
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Video Update

Several videos from this past weekend. http://mexicomatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/excercise-class.mp4 http://mexicomatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/liga-invictos.mp4 http://mexicomatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/youth-matheus.mp4 http://mexicomatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-second.mp4  
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Weekend in Pictures (2)

This past weekend was another great time, with several kids making decisions for Jesus in the soccer league. ...
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Articles I’m Reading

Here are some articles that I've been reading lately...on a wide variety of topics. I’m Pro-Life and Pro-Refugee ...
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Weekend Update in Pictures

Weekends are such fun times around here. Productive ones, too, with a Bible study, kids club, soccer league, ...
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Astro Transmission Issues

This past Friday I dropped the kids off at their school in Puebla, and took advantage of the ...
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PA Dutch Pig Stomach

I mentioned previously that I was going to dedicate a post to making Pig Stomach...so here it is! ...
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Community Center Events January 2017

This past week we created and had printed out 3 foot by 4.5 foot vinyl banners to promote ...
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Soccer, English, Growth

After a wonderful time in PA (coming...a post on pig stomach), we returned to Mexico in time to ...
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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. ...
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

This past week has been full of year-end activities. Some of the highlights...a Christmas youth group get-together complete ...
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Journey Program Mexico

This March a unique Christian wilderness/extreme sports ministry is going cross-cultural, and we're excited to be involved. Josh ...
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Ministry 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, ...
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Ministry 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 ...
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Church Plant Update

Thanks to so many of you who have been praying for the new church plant in another of ...
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Around 2700 students in 4 days

Matheus, Cheila and Karen, three of the four WOL students who normally visit us on the weekends, were ...
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Third Church Plant in Ixtapaluca!

Some of you know that this past Sunday, November 6, we officially began Sunday services in Palmas 1, ...
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Schoolhouse Rock

A couple of weeks ago David, Cathy and I (Rod) went to the Jr. Hi School where Samuel ...
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An Extended Death Celebration

I was explaining a Christian's position regarding multiple holidays throughout the year last night to a couple of ...
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WOL Pastors Conference 2016

Last year was the first year that we attended a Pastors Conference sponsored by Word of Life Mexico. ...
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Play. Eat. Sing. Eat. Teach. Eat, repeat…

Teaching. Eating. Singing. Eating. Playing. Eating. Ministering. Do you see a pattern here?  So was our second weekend ...
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First Youth Meeting (with Sendero and WOL kids)

Had a great time with Matheus, Cheila, Rebecca and about 15 kids from both Sendero de Vida churches ...
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Meet Rebecca Contreras

Rebecca is the third member of a group of students from Word of Life Bible Institute, who will ...
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Meet Cheila Fernandes

Meet Cheila Fernandes! She and Matheus are both from Portugal, and we met them both last summer at ...
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Meet Matheus Da Silva

If you've been following this blog you know that we're super excited to be able to work with ...
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One Neighborhood at a Time

You may remember (ok, probably not) a post from last Fall that mentioned Matheus and Cheila, and how ...
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Two Videos from September

The two videos below are: 1. A very short visual of some of the food we ate as ...
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Remember the Pokémon Go Craze?

It wasn't more than a couple of months ago that it wasn't uncommon to see groups of young ...
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Auditorium Progress

There are a lot of parallels to the construction of a building and the formation of a life.  ...
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FAMEX Conference in Guadalajara

I (Rod) am privileged to participate in a small Mexican missions agency based in Mexico called FAMEX, short ...
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Where Language Divides, Love Speaks (by Kaitlyn Black)

Going to Mexico I wasn’t really sure what to expect, and I guess you could say I was ...
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Hydroponic Projects (and submersible pumps)

I had the unexpected treat of spending the weekend with Gaspar Chablé, a pastor, rancher and friend from ...
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Word of Life Connection

We are pretty familiar with Word of Life Bible Institute out of Schroon Lake, NY.  Although we have ...
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Summer Fruit

This summer has been busy for us. I actually hate using the word "busy" because so often it ...
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Hope Community and DVBS 2016

It's been an exciting week for our annual church DVBS, this week setting some records as far as ...
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Short-term Missions Preparation

Short-term missions trips require a lot of work, both on the part of the organizing church leadership as ...
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Eternal Matters

If you've been paying attention to this blog (and others) and to our FB page, you've seen a ...
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“Immeasurably More!”

It's been a while since I've posted anything here. Sorry about that. I've been running around with 36 ...
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Auditorium Addition

We are extremely grateful for all of your prayers and financial investment in the church in Jesús María. ...
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Mt. Calvary Church–Review of the Week

These past 9 days we were privileged to host a group of 20 people from Mt. Calvary Church, ...
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Summer Power Shuffle Begins

Tomorrow our summer of activity officially begins, with the arrival of a group of 20 (plus our son ...
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Wheelchairs!

I finally got word mid-week last week that I could deposit funds for 30 wheelchairs and go pick ...
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Confirming Details

A group of around 20 people from Mt. Calvary Church, Elizabethtown PA will be arriving June 10, Lord ...
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Preparation

This past week I was involved in a series of meetings, and there are a lot of details, ...
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Book List

I get my book list probably from the same place you do...from friends who say, "Hey, you gotta ...
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WoL/PdV

Usually when I use the initials "Wol" I'm referring to my home church, Word of Life Chapel. Over ...
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Word of Life Bible Institute Zona de Impacto

This weekend we are excited to have a group of students from Word of Life Bible Institute, located ...
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Cantando en Español and English

If you need a prayer request, pray for this woman. Her name is Deborah Giese (pronounced GEESE-Y, yeah, ...
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Hearing Aids and Beautification Project

A fairly new outreach for us here is the donation of hearing amplification devices. All we require is ...
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Exponential 2x2x2 Timmy

Every year we think about a general theme to caption the gist of our we do here for ...
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Mexico City Madness

It's not easy to live in the Mexico City metro area. It really seems like the city government ...
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Our own Sweet 14, and the “Undefeated” Soccer League

This past week we put on two major sports outreach events. The first was our 5th soccer tournament ...
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Rio Grande Bible Institute and the Landrums

This past Wednesday, son David and I, along with pastor friend Erik Morga and his wife Patty and ...
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Make our World Beautiful

The picture at the top of this post is an actually picture of the wall in front of ...
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Daniel’s Recovery from Knee Surgery

As you may recall, our son Daniel tore both his ACL and MCL in the last two minutes ...
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How to Reach Out?

One of the questions I like to ask churches (and ask myself) is this: How do we as ...
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Oaxaca Men’s Week 2016

After our week in CA with Valley Bible we arrived home on a Monday night. On Tuesday I ...
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San Francisco and Valley Bible

The last two weeks for us have been a blessed blur, as we spent a week with friends ...
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Uncharted Waters and Tiempo de Vivir

Our relationship with Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry in Ixtapaluca goes way back to 2007, when a team of ...
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Gracias Kaycee!

We have been privileged to work alongside Kaycee Kaba for the last year as she has served the ...
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ACL Surgery Prayer Request

Many of you know that our son Daniel tore his ACL and MCL (two ligaments in his knee) ...
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Top 10 posts from 2015

Here are the top ten posts from 2015. A sincere thanks to those of you who occasionally visit ...
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Wheelchair Ministry Thank You (video)

This is going to prove to be a classic post. Below, our daughter Cathy doing a short video ...
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Drywalling

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Gethsemane (a poem)

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A Story of Forgiveness and Redemption

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Urban and Rural Outreach

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A Van Full of Goodies

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Good Neighbors

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Summertime Happiness

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Baptisms!

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Cars and Corruption

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Request List #1

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Summer Teams

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Summer Overdrive

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Too Fearful to be Sorrowful

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We Can Afford to be Generous People

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Cursed is the One who Trusts in Man

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Doctrinally Sound, Lovingly Tolerant

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A Broad Definition of Faith

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Playing with Baby Dolls

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Community Center Rationale

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Christmas Weekend

This weekend was a special one, with a prayer walk Saturday morning, an evangelism time Sunday morning and ...
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Quick Trip, Two Purposes

Last week I flew into Harrisburg, PA, then drove up to Boston for three days with son Daniel. ...
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Illustrating God’s Word

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Wheelchair Outreach Recharged

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I wrote recently that many in the U.S. are enjoying plunging gasoline prices. Take a look at what ...
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Theological Fruits and Nuts

I’ve been discouraged lately about the state of the evangelical church in Mexico. For the last two weeks ...
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Day of the Dead Outreach

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Construction and Chicharrón

I stopped by the church around 1:30 p.m. today and found our construction foreman, Miguel, with his group ...
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Mini-Neymar

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Daniel’s Day Off

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The Church and the Building

Necessity is the mother of invention! Necessity dictates that we become more concerned about security after our church ...
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The Volcano is Still There

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Theft and Missions

I just got a call from Samuel informing me that the church was broken into yet again. This ...
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Back in the Deep South

Our trip from Pennsylvania back to Mexico City was full and fun. Adam Landrum and his son Lucas ...
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It's so beautiful in Lancaster County, PA! Daniel has survived two weeks of "two-a-day" football practices, in spite ...
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So...it's been a while since I published here. Everybody needs a little time away, and we are so ...
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MissionXChange Internship 2015

Some of you may have heard that Rod and Mayra Fry are teaming up with Dave Miller and ...
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End of Internship. Lessons Learned

Earlier this week the 5 students that composed this year's summer internship experience boarded a plane and returned ...
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Soccer Tournament Outreach

What a Saturday! Actually the success of last Saturday began about 5 weeks ago. At least twice a ...
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Painting Project

Over the last several weeks the inside of the church has continued to undergo transformation, with the rough ...
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A Blessed Weekend (part 2)

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A Blessed Weekend (part 1)

Through an interesting sequence of events we were introduced to a Christian rehabilitation center in a nearby neighborhood ...
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We're gearing up for a full weekend, preparing for a "Mini-fería" or Mini-Fair in a public area in ...
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Baptisms July 2014

We all have messed up. We stumble through life searching for something to give us purpose, to grant ...
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Teaching and Learning

The interns are involved in teaching English in several neighborhoods nearly every day, and on Tuesday were invited ...
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Nacho Libre

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All in a Day’s Work

You never know what you're getting in for teaching English at the local jr. high school. Today, Peter ...
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Superstar Soccer Status (video)

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Redemption

We just finished week 4 on our Tuesday night study on salvation. Now that we totally have mastered ...
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The Importance of Meals

The Mexico national team won in dramatic fashion today, over a strong Croatian team. Final score...3-1. The victory ...
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Influence

I was talking to a new friend, Hussam, yesterday about the importance of the gospel impacting a community ...
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So How Long Have You Been in Mexico?

Every now and then I get this question. Just compare the two photos below and it will give ...
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Cleaning up the Neighborhood

Those of you who know me pretty well know that one of my requests for a future occupation ...
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That’s just something I do.

This week has been a busy one as far as teaching. On Tuesday I began a 6-week series ...
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Short-Term Missions Done Right

Thinking about a short-term missions experience? Not sure you want to deal with the hyper-activity? Not sure you ...
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Only One Worthy

I've written about the celebration of Ixtapaluca's patron saint, El Señor de los milagros, or "Lord of Miracles" ...
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Some of you know that we're excited about kicking off a new 6-week long mission experience next summer, ...
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Dysfunctional Communication

We're preaching through Genesis as a church, and I've had the privilege of preaching through chapters 25-32. Preaching ...
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Do you really know what tacos even are?

Some helpful hints to help you determine if you are eating a real taco: Taco Bell tacos are ...
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A Three Hour Tour

Depending on how old you are, the phrase "a three hour tour" might bring to mind lyrics like ...
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Daredevil David

If I'm not mistaken, "riding the rail" is Chicago slang for "going to the racetrack." Well no, we're ...
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Blogging with Friends

All of our co-workers, and even a future co-worker, are communicative. Communicative, mind you, can be used as ...
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Blogging with Friends

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Take a Mission Vacation. Come to Mexico.

Mayra and I just talked to the owners of a two-bedroom house in a nearby neighborhood. We are ...
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Milk, Gas and Razors

A gallon of milk in Mexico (at Walmart) costs 51.50 pesos, or about $3.96 U.S. Minimum wage in ...
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Hi there! I've begun to transition over to a new website entitled MexicoMatters.org. Check out the latest post, ...
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Food and Ministry

While at a missions conference at Mt. Calvary Church, lead pastor Richard Vaughn mentioned that book that I ...
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Earth Movers R Us

A bunch of church people showed up at 10 a.m. this morning to move several cubic meters of ...
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Wheelchair Donation Request

I just sent a petition for 50 more wheelchairs to Operation Blessing today. Apparently they do not have ...
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New Logo!

Take a look at our brand new MexicoMatters.org logo, which Samuel just created for us. We are just ...
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New Logo!

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Summertime Preview…and a new 1st

Summers are without a doubt one of our busiest times of ministry in Mexico, largely due to the ...
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If I Were a Mission Agency President (part 2)

I remember graduating from Bible school and talking to the pastor of my home church about the possibility ...
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If I Were the President of a MIssions Agency (part 2)

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Two Videos of Sendero de Vida’s Church Service

Below, several videos of services that we've had at the new property. The first video was made by ...
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If I Were a Missions Agency President (part 1)

I remember a long time ago a number of people told me that I was going to be ...
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If I were a Mission Agency President (part 1)

I remember a long time ago a number of people told me that I was going to be ...
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Getting Missional

Word definitions are curious animals, especially when a new word or word phrase makes a debut. The American ...
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Let’s Get David Back to Uruguay

The video below is about David Gomez's ministry in the country of Uruguay. David is a good friend ...
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Sendero de Vida JM 4th Anniversary Celebration

Check out some pictures from the church's 4th anniversary yesterday. What a great time we had, with both ...
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MexicoMatters.org

Over the course of the next couple of weeks (and maybe sooner) we will be changing the way ...
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Big News for Daniel and Our Family!

A big thanks to Mt. Calvary Church and School. We spent a full, encouraging four days with Pastors Dick and ...
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Daniel will be a Charger!

A big thanks to Mt. Calvary Church and School. We spent a full, encouraging four days with Pastors ...
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Worship Languages…Nature and Community

Quite a challenging sermon by Dr. Dan Sheard, who is also superintendent at the school. Are we beholding ...
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This Weekend at Mount Calvary

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Cornerstone Youth Center Event

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Video of Last Sunday’s Service in JM

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Property Progress Pics

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Moses at Sight and Sound

Thanks to some gracious people who my parents know who are employees at Sight and Sound Theatre, the ...
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Good Conference at Wolc…and Snow!

This past weekend we were extremely privileged to take part in Word of Life Chapel's missions conference. I ...
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All of Us (Daniel too) Made it to PA

After a smooth day of travel yesterday with a slight delay on our connecting flight from Chicago to ...
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Language and Culture…a Barrier, but also a Bridge

Last Sunday David Gómez shared in our Sunday morning worship hour. David is one of several Mexican missionaries ...
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Passport Trauma Continues

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Core Values of the Sendero de Vida Bible Church (part 1 of 2)

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Language and Culture. Barriers, Bridges, Trampolines.

Last Sunday David Gómez shared in our Sunday morning worship hour. David is one of several Mexican missionaries ...
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A Pictorial Rewiew of the Property Development (en español también)

It has been a little over 14 months since we signed a contract to buy a property for ...
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Quietly Extraordinary (part 2)

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Quietly Extraordinary (part 1)

This past Tuesday I ordered arrachera fajitas and he ordered stuffed chipotle peppers. The conversation that followed was ...
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Trip to Veracruz (part 3)

I mentioned before church services practically happened around the clock. The velorio did not lack for pastors and ...
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Trip to Veracruz (part 2)

I was weak because of lack of sleep and literally nothing in my stomach. A 6-hour trip through ...
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Trip to Veracruz (part 1)

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Passports. Grr…

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Seeing Things

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Reflecciones del amor y el matrimonio, C.S. Lewis

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My Temporary Office…and Reflections on Jonah

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Changes and Vision

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20 More Wheelchairs, 20000 more pills

A big thanks to those who have donated for our ongoing wheelchair ministry. To date we've donated about ...
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Less than Circumspect Inspection

Something happened to me today which didn't seem all that surprising to be honest, at least to me. ...
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Mission Field to Mission Force (part 3) The Education Virus

I remember graduating from Bible College (MBI) and thinking I knew something about the local church and about ...
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Mission Field to Mission Force (part 2) Ethnocentrism

I am not a statistician. I am not a missiologist either. But I am involved in missions in ...
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Marrying and Burying People

Part of the reason I wanted to become a missionary was so that I wouldn't have to marry ...
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Mission Field to Mission Force? (part 1)

Much has been said about the potential of Latin American countries becoming a significant force, perhaps even the predominant ...
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Tiempo de Vivir Community Center Activities

The week we kick off another semester of community center activities. I'm heading in to teach our first ...
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A Horrible Accident

On Wednesday, a group of of including all the members of FAMEX (all three of us!) drove up ...
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Wheelchair Events (pictures)

I wanted to put some pictures of the three wheelchair events we did over this past weekend, but ...
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Sledgehammers and Wheelchairs

These last three days have been full and productive ones. I'm exhausted! Really. I can't hardly type. For ...
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Wheelchair Events in New Neighborhoods

Over the next four days we will be donating 21 wheelchairs to needy people in three different neighborhoods ...
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The Decline of a Society (part 2)

I remember when President Bush invaded Iraq. I have no desire to get into the politics of that ...
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The Decline of a Society (part 1)

My recent short visit to Lancaster County, PA, was delightful, and surprising my parents was priceless. I almost ...
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Faith Sees the Unseen

This Christmas season has been full of diverse events, both joyous and melancholy, full of surprises and sickness, ...
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End of Year Surprises

I like surprises, and like surprising. Turns out we received several generous Christmas gifts at this year's end, ...
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Thank You, Feliz Navidad!

The Fry Family wants to wish you a blessed Christmas season, and a new year rededicated to listening ...
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Weddings, Funerals and Festivities

Over the last month we've had the privilege in participating in three of the most significant life events ...
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Exchanging the Glory of the Immortal God for Images

This is one of the rather intense blog posts, so if you're not really interested in getting a ...
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Short-term Teams Done Right (part 2)

In my last post I focused on some misconceptions regarding short-term teams, in this post I'll be more ...
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Short-Term Teams Done Right (Part 1)

I've had several conversations recently with churches desirous of making missions more relevant to their local congregations. Unfortunately ...
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Short-term Opps Done Right. (part 3) Openness and Humility

This is the final blog on Short-term Opps Done Right. If you missed the first two blogs, click ...
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Short-term Opps Done Right (part 2)

In my last post I focused on some misconceptions regarding short-term teams, in this post I'll be more ...
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Guitar, Drums, Watching TV. All at Once. Sure!

Here's Daniel on the drums and cousin Israel on the electric guitar. Oh, can we watch football while ...
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Short-term Opps Done Right (part 1)

I've had several conversations recently with churches desirous of making missions more relevant to their local congregations. Unfortunately ...
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Quinceaños, Weddings and Tattoos

This year's final month is going to be full of special activities, with a girl from our church ...
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You Just Gotta Smile

For those of you who know David a little bit, well, you know he's pretty active. My wife ...
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Justice and Injustice: The Need for a Supreme Being

This past Sunday afternoon Samuel and Aurora invited us up to their house, and we spent the better ...
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20 Wheelchairs, a Drum Set, Random Kitchen Appliances and Two Dogs

Just when Tina thought that nothing more could fit into her garaje space, I show up with 20 ...
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Prayer for Don Ruben

We'd ask your prayers for Aurora´s father Ruben. He had a heart attack, and was transferred from a ...
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Valley Reunion. Good Friends. Same Language

We've had a lot of people in our house over the years, including many visitors from the U.S. ...
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A Church Making a Difference

Mayra and I have the wonderful privilege of being supported by Valley Bible Church, in the San Francisco ...
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Valley Journal. Diversity and Unity in the Church

We first met a group from Valley Bible Church way back in 2002 (maybe). One thing led to ...
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A Child Against the Darkness

I've commented before on how Mexico makes a five-day weekend out of celebrating death, so I won't go ...
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Charlie’s Plowman’s Farm

Check out Charlie Estañol's fascinating new ministry project, The Plowman's Farm, and the video that informs as to ...
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Getting our Hands Dirty…and Transitions

Last week we stopped renting a two-bedroom home, affectionately known as "la casa de David," a house on ...
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Mensaje para Halloween y Día de los Muertos

NO TE DEJES ENGAÑAR…POR ESTAS FIESTAS Y TRADICIONES En este país celebramos la muerte. La muerte es un ...
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Praying to Mary. Part 5 in a Series. Is Mexico a Christian Country?

There is a very common misperception in the U.S. today (and unfortunately even in missiological circles) that Mexican ...
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Gotta be Some Sort of Record

Last night David ordered and polished off 3 orders of his favorite taco, beef without cheese. That's like ...
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My Cousin Ben and the Tragedy of Abortion

Recently a friend in Minnesota, Alyssa, has been reminding many of us of the tragedy of abortion, and ...
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When Mexico Loves the U.S.

My sons and I and practically the whole entire country were watching Mexico's crazy game against Costa Rica ...
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Jour de l’Action de grâce

We're excited to celebrate Canada Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l'Action de grâce) with the Cottrills today...well, at least most ...
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Nuevo curso: la apologética cristiana

La apologética cristiana ¿Cuántas personas que conocemos han empezado a creer en Santa Claus o en los Reyes ...
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The Whole World Will Be Ours…but in the meantime

We are in the process of forming a Mexican non-profit to give our community center ministry here more ...
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Recent Top Blog Posts

Recent popular blog posts. If you missed them, check them out! Stick out Like a Sore Thumb. Translating ...
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Missions Conference Time and “The Call”

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Vocabulario prohibido en la casa Fry

Abajo, una lista de palabras no gratas en nuestra casa. En sí tal vez no son groserías...¡pero tampoco ...
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WoW at Corban

The banner at the top of the blog is the banner that friend Paul Johnson will be using ...
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Stick Out Like a Sore Thumb

Friday at ExpoCristiana I had the opportunity to translate for Elizabeth George during an interview on live TV ...
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Guitar Class and Random Thoughts

First of all, a quick prayer request for Aurora, Samuel's wife. She has been suffering from unusually high ...
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Book List and Community Center Update

Here's a list of books that I've either just finished or am in the process of reading. Most ...
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A Circular Dinner at the WTC Mexico City

After never visiting the World Trade Center in all our years here, turns out going there is becoming ...
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Innovative Organizations

Organizations and websites that are on my radar. Operation Blessingis a huge relief organization based out of Virginia ...
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Miriam, Tashami, Carmen and God

Last night Miriam called us. We met Miriam two summers ago at our first wheelchair distribution event, in ...
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No News and Good News…Property Update

I spoke with Rodrigo today, the architech who is helping us navigate through the legal obstacle course of ...
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Community Center Activities for Fall 2013

This week marks the 7th (I think) semester of classes for our community center Tiempo de Vivir, affiliated ...
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Rain, Rain Go Away

Thanks for those of you who have been praying for Aurora's parents. It would appear that the majority ...
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Prayer for the Coasts

The picture of Mayra and Aurora is from 2010, when a bunch of us (19) took a 5-day ...
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Unimaginable Dangers, Many Secrets

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Wheelchair Video (from event yesterday)

A big thank you to co-work Jim Cottrill who accompanied me yesterday to this event and produced this ...
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Which is Easier, to Heal or to Forgive?

Mark 9:1-12 is a great passage to read right before you donate wheelchairs to a group of people ...
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The Essential Ingredient

I found myself talking for a long while about all sorts of very good stuff yesterday, in a ...
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Land, Mobility and Migraines

So much to write about...so much that is difficult to express and explain in such a small space. ...
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$21 per Wheelchair

Ismael and I cruised into the Mexico City today to pick up 20 Generation 2 wheelchairs to be ...
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Had a great time this past weekend with Josiah Heigel and his (special) friend Heather Nero. We took ...
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Wheelchairs and Oaxaca

Next Thursday Ismael and I will be going into the city a bit to pick up 20 wheelchairs. ...
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Small Steps Toward Progress

Well, the church property project drama continues. Apparently on Monday night, overnight, about 35, 18 ft. lengths of ...
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Tale of Two Trees

Turns out our tree cutting party was shut down because of a minor error on the part of ...
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The Weightlessness of Evil

One of my favorite sections from all of C.S. Lewis' writings. What evil is when compared to the ...
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Progress Being Made, Slowly

With permits in hand, progress is being made at the property. Today, a small door was opened in ...
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Our Little Girl is 13!

Hard to believe that we have two teenagers in the house now. Cathy turns 13 today, and the ...
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LCC Pastoral Visit at 12,000 ft.

After a pretty busy summer it has been great to hang out and fellowship with Jeff Pierce and ...
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How Great is Our God

Yesterday was a full day and another standing-room-only service at Sendero JM. Really a special time of worship, ...
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Mexico City Excursion

The Wolc team and half of Mexico was in downtown Mexico City this afternoon. Highlights of our time--several ...
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Kid’s Club Wrap-Up

I didn't post anything yesterday because we only arrived home around 12:30 last night, after a great night ...
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Day 4

Below, several pictures from Day 4 of the kids club. Marla also helped with a baking class, bringing ...
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Day 3 Kids Club and Construction

Once again, not a whole lot of time to write an extensive report...because it's already about 11 p.m. ...
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Kids Club, Day 2, Craft time Day 1

We really have no idea how many kids we had today...estimates go from 65 to 90, but was ...
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Day 1 Wolc Team

All ten members of the team arrived on time, but we're still waiting on Shawn's luggage! Everyone else, ...
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Teachers Dressed as Flight Attendents

Last night the many in the church turned out to help clean up the área in front of ...
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It’s Not as Hot Here As You Think

This morning I went to the local Office Depot and got a bunch of orientation packets printed out ...
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Sleep-overs, Nerf Wars and Puzzles

This post is dedicated to our kids and our nephews! They've been engaged in a permanent pajama party ...
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Giving a Bit of Orientation

Thanks to those of you who prayed for my prayer this past Sunday. It was a really neat ...
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A Sunday Prayer

When Daniel's football season began, we were happy to see that of 8 weekend games, only two were ...
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Kid’s Club Extravaganza

Every year for the past 10 years, long before the Jesús María church began to meet, Marta and ...
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Minion Birthday

Here's some pictures of David's birthday party yesterday. The amazing thing is that he actually smiled normally for ...
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Internship Program Finale and the Red Dragons

Our 2013 summer internship is officially over, with our interns returning to Dallas/Denton for a short debrief time ...
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Community Projects, Part 2

Today was our second day of community service projects, and the first day of a youth day camp ...
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Serving God through Serving our Community

After a challenging devotional time talking about the last days of King Josiah in 2 Chronicles (is that ...
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Baptisms Sendero de Vida

Lots happening here, but one really special event that we participated in as a church family here this ...
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Visitors and Activities

These last few days have been a blur of sorts, with people coming and going (mostly coming), trying ...
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Football…with Helmets and Such

This past Sunday Daniel played his second official football game, and his team, the Cherokees, dominated the entire ...
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Everybody Needs to Get Sick at Least Once While Here

Mayra and I got a call at 5:30 a.m. this morning. Now, that's never good news! And it ...
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Interns and Vocanoes

Tomorrow our interns return from Guadalajara after being there about 12 days, participating in a youth retreat, being ...
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Honor Guards (video)

Can you find our two youngest kids? This was the official, former transfer of flag duties from one ...
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Cathy’s Graduation from 6th Grade

Here's some pictures from Cathy's graduation this Friday. Where did my Little girl go! More comments later.
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Christmas in July. Sort of.

It's a rare thing indeed to wake up on a 4th of July and find the world was ...
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Summer DVBS Poster and Airplane

Every year we have multiple kids clubs. Just a couple of weeks ago we did a sports camp, ...
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Standing Room Only

Here's a shot of our church service on Sunday, with David Mena outside. Thanks for the picture, Jim ...
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We Need a New Meeting Place!

Yesterday was a fun day at church, with probably a record attendance. I always get a kick out ...
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Do Math First Next Year

Last night we once again had a full house, with a send-off party for Jacklyn Punt. Always great ...
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Truth Stranger than Fiction

In another example that true is sometimes stranger than fiction, several of us were once again judges for ...
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Quinceaños. No Big Deal for Boys

We've begun our annual five-month birthday run. Turns out that the five of us have birthdays in June, ...
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More than Overnight to Deliver

Had a great time of worship and hearing the Word today. We did a lot of traveling over ...
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Rain, Sports and Evangelism

A big shout-out to Mike Contreras and Teo Moreno, and the Uncharted Waters program that they use. All ...
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TESOL and Sports Day #2

Fun night last night watching the 6th game of the NBA finals with Mike Contreras and Teo (or ...
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Sports Week in Ixtapaluca

Check out Tina's blog post and Jim's blog post about the first day of a summer sports week ...
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Is Mexico a Christian Country? Part 6

The following is the latest in a series of blogs entitled "Is Mexico a Christian Country." It is ...
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Post-Conference Interview with Dave Miller

Last night we had a great time celebrating Daniel's 15th birthday with some friends, including Abbie Middleton, a ...
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Rain, Traffic, and Daniel’s B-Day!

I take Daniel to his practices twice a week usually, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. His football practices go ...
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How Much to Rent a Backhoe?

Last night Samuel and I met with a man who will be helping us navigate through the maze ...
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Algebra Class

Daniel has taken a sudden interest in algebra. Could it be that his current teacher, Jacklyn, is much ...
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72 Hours of English Classes…Go!

Marcy Metzger, our first intern to arrive this summer, has already begun to teach English. She will be ...
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Fullback or Linebacker?

I thought I'd post some pics of Daniel during an early practice this morning (6 a.m. to 8 ...
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Let the Games Begin

Tina has a great post summarizing some of the activities of this summer. Check it out HERE. Daniel's ...
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Summer Internship and Activities

We are excited to begin our summer internship program here. Marcy, an MBI student, is the first to ...
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Bulldozers, Pig Sties and Church Planting

Every now and then I am reminded of the differences between ministry in the U.S. and ministry here. ...
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16 kids, 40+ grandkids

I went with Lydia, Allan's mom and a friend of hers to deliver our last Gen1 wheelchair today, ...
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Saying Goodbye to Victor

This past Friday night we had another 40+ people in our house, most of them young people, to ...
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Living Counter-Culturally

Yesterday I took the Green 1999 Chevy that we have to have some minor repairs done. The term ...
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Sillas y Pastillas (Chairs and Pills)

"Sillas and pastillas" sounds a lot better in Spanish because it rhymes. "Chairs and pills" just doesn’t jingle ...
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Equality and Fiestas

Victor Monterroso from the Boston area has been with us for the last three weeks, and has been ...
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Iztapalapa Anniversary Sunday

The Iztapalapa Bible Church, renamed Peña de Horeb a few years back, started Sunday services way back in ...
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FAMEX Missions Conference 2013

This past weekend is a bit of a blur, but a pleasant blur, with much blessing and challenge. ...
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Lost Phone. Pyramids. Cool Stories

Ok, so I pick up Tony Vasquez at the airport last night and return to where Daniel has ...
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Victor’s Adventures at Aztec Stadium

Victor is back with us after a few days in Ciudad Azteca with the Topp family. While there ...
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153 Big Fish

I'm in the midst of studying for a sermon for next Sunday, May 26, at Peña de Horeb, ...
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Residency Exam

Yesterday was a fun day at the Fry household, with over 40 people in our relatively small house. Late ...
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Two Videos about Good Works and God’s Love

Here are two videos related to two workshops that will be presented at the FAMEX missions conference coming ...
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Colorful and Aromatic (!) Xochimilco

Yesterday we took advantage of Teacher's Day (May 15 in Mexico) to take Victor and the family to ...
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Reaching the World is Better Together

Planning continues for the FAMEX missions conference coming up in two weeks. Tony Vasquez will be the main ...
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What? I Have a Car But Can’t Drive It?

This past weekend, after a nice time with Mayra's mother for Mother's Day on Friday (in Mexico that ...
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On the Roof of the Cathedral

Yesterday Mayra needed to buy some things downtown, and the kids had off school (again), so we took ...
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Harvest Bible Mexico City

Yesterday I had the opportunity to preach at Harvest Bible, Mexico City, doing pulpit supply for a week ...
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Families Together!

Rare indeed to have our two families together...but we managed to make it happen earlier this week! The ...
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Remembering A Year Ago With Thanksgiving (A pictorial review)

A little over a year ago, at around 1 p.m. in the afternoon, a got a rather frantic ...
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Mr. Fix-It

Whenever my dad comes to Mexico, we save some things for him to do. Not really. But he ...
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La Antigua, Veracruz

My dad and son officiating mass (not really) in a chapel in La Antigua, Veracruz, constructed in 1523, ...
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One of My Favorite Things

One of my favorite things to do in all the world is fishing, and now I can always ...
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Dan and Dad

Great to have mom and dad Fry down for a visit! Here, Daniel and my dad go head ...
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Generation 3:16

Last night I took my son to football practice, and planned to talk to my good friend Toño ...
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Noah and Claudia

Some of you may recognize the names Noah (Noé) and his wife Claudia, and their two boys, Claudio (17) ...
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Drum Classes and Visitors

Our church is blessed to have a great drummer, Allan, who really lights it on Sunday as part ...
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Promo Poster FAMEX Missions Conference

Below, a promo poster for our FAMEX missions conference, here in Mexico City May 24-25. We're excited to ...
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Not of this World…Visa Process and Citizenship Issues

It always is funny to me when people say things like, "Well, because your wife married you, she ...
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Political and Religious Conquest Do Not Mix (Part 5 in a series)

Check out previous postings on this subject HERE.The Spanish conquest of the New World, including Mexico, commenced around ...
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Top Posts for the last 12 Months

Here are the Top 10 posts from April 2012 to April 2013. Click on the link to check ...
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An Action Packed Missions Conference in May

Friend Erik Morga and I spent a good part of Tuesday morning planning this year's FAMEX missions conference, ...
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Evaluación DISC

Hoy al rato, en una reunión de líderes, vamos a evaluarnos usando una herramiento que se llama DISC, ...
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Women’s Conference April 27

Here's a promo poster for a women's conference that our church is hosting the end of this month. ...
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Phillipines Report, Fish Farms and Finishing the Task

I was delighted to confirm the participation of Operation Blessing Mexico at our upcoming missions conference the end ...
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Wanna Play Football in Mexico?

Yes, I know, when I say football I should mean soccer, right?  Especially because we live in Mexico, especially ...
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Mr. Joe Ata

Over the past year we've distributed around 60 wheelchairs through an organization called Operation Blessing. Marta and I ...
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Is Mexico a Christian Country? (Part 4)

Missed previous entries? Part 1, Part 2, Part 3Pre-Reformation CatholicismMonumental events occurred in the early 1500s, history altering ...
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Third Anniversary Celebration Picture (and update)

Below, a picture of most of us at Sendero de Vida Jesús María's 3rd anniversary service. The church ...
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Is Mexico a Christian Country? Part 3

Check out Jim Cottrill's blog post on some recent events here.What follows is a short entry on what ...
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He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

I grew up attending Easter Sunrise Services in my home church in PA, and now celebrate this super-special ...
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Is Mexico a Christian Country? (Part 2)

Miss part 1? Check it out HERE.Disclaimers I was recently with a friend, and I gave him grief ...
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Space Portals, Cool Trees and Hippies

(Yes, I know I promised to write about Mexican Roman Catholicism, but this is so much more fun!)When ...
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Third Anniversary, Sendero 2

What a great time we had at church yesterday, celebrating the church's 3rd anniversary with a packed house! ...
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Community Center Program

Last evening, after a rather raining afternoon, we had our 8th(?)closing program at the community center. It was ...
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Is Mexico a Christian Country? (Part 1)

If you check out Operation World's facts and statistics regarding Mexico, you'll find that Mexico is 95% "Christian."  ...
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Calculus is a Foreign Language in Any Language

Last night after the Bible study on Daniel 9, I took Charles and Samuel out for tacos. I ...
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Zach, We Have to Board!

We so enjoyed two couples who visited us here in Ixtapaluca for the last week or so. Pete ...
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Egg Hunt

It's been a crazy weekend. I'm still recovering! Fortunately the kids didn't have school today in honor of ...
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Snow on the Volcanoes

Co-worker Jim Cottrill took several pictures this morning of the spectacular view we have from where we live ...
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An Historic Moment

Yesterday Daniel and I were with friends Pete and Beth Gross, Zach and Vonnie Netzly and Abigayle English, ...
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Escape to the Mountains

Great to have Pete and Beth Gross, Zach and Vonnie Netzley, and Abigayle English. A big shout-out to ...
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Hector and Lilia

The power of the gospel is most clearly seen in the transformation of people's lives, and rarely have ...
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Football Family

Yeah, when thing get a bit rough in the Fry residence, we all put on our helmets and ...
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Property Project Update–Crunch Time!

As many of you know, we are smack dab in the middle of a project to raise funds ...
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New Life in Christ Studies, Revive Ministry

Our friend Samuel has been working on the artwork Volume 5 of New Life in Christ, or Nueva Vida ...
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Church Planting Questions

What is your opinion with regards to these important aspects of starting a new church? Is a full-time ...
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Cold Day in Mexico City

This morning when we left home for church around 8:45 a.m., the outside temperature was 37°F. We are ...
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The Uncontrollable Nature of Idolatry

Our daily trip to drop the kids off at school every day is an obstacle course, as we ...
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Radical Grace (Part 2)

(if you missed Part 1, you might want to start by clicking HERE.)Romans chapter six reminds us that ...
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Radical Grace (Part 1)

I’ve been preaching through two chapters in Romans, chapters 6 and 7, and have been learning tons. Perhaps ...
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Father Son Outing at 12,000ft

Just so happens that this year Ismael and I are circuit coordinators this year. Basically we coordinate events ...
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Board Games and Future Projects

I received word recently that Operation Blessing Mexico (click here for U.S. site in English) now has second ...
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Dave and Popo

Yesterday I spent the morning with new friend Dave Miller, from Adventures in Life Ministry. We met through ...
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Authenticity and the Missionary Enterprise

Lastly in this brief foray into authenticity in ministry, I’d like to talk about the missionary enterprise.  I ...
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Valentine’s Dinner!

Ok, time to take a break from the rather intense posts of the past several days and talk ...
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Would Jesus Use the Internet? Part 2

This is part two of an ongoing opinion evaluating the pervasive and corrupting influences of fame and the ...
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Authenticity and the New Evangelical Elite

This is the first of a two or three part series. We all appreciate consistency between the message ...
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Left Behind Remake

Remake of the Left Behind movie, this time with some serious star power, Nicolas Cage.  Check out an ...
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A Mix of Fondness and Fear–A Poem

Below is a poem I wrote a long time ago, somewhere around my early to mid 20s. During that ...
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The Richest Became Poor. Economic and Spiritual Realities

According to a study released February, 2012, by the UNAM (Mexico’s largest and most prestigious university) a common ...
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Thank God for Dirty Dishes

At our family cabin there is a little plaque right by the kitchen sink.  "Thank God for dirty ...
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Church Property Update

The church here is totally committed to fundraising during these days, with different sales and events going on ...
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Michael Oher’s Superbowl Ending, plus Humor

And now...a bit of political humor.  A congressman was seated in first class next to a little girl ...
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Migraines and Teenagers

Daniel experienced his first migraine in November, 2011. At the time, we had no idea what was going ...
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Wheelchair #61

It's a whole lot of fun giving wheelchairs away!  Today's recipient was Rosa, a mother of twin boys, ...
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Superbowl Sunday…Fiesta!

Between today and tomorrow, I'm guessing somewhere around 90 people will spend some time in our house, eating, ...
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Mexico City Metro Ride!

I mentioned that I wanted to write a bit about my experience in the Mexico City metro on ...
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Martín’s Mariachi Celebration

Yesterday I took public transportation into Mexico City, and returned the same way.  The metro part of the ...
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Complicated and Expensive to Drive in Mexico City

We received a friendly reminder in the mail yesterday that we need to pay what is called a ...
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Brigam, Dave, Charles, Pete, Beth

I was listening to the radio (in Spanish obviously) this morning.  Lopez Obrador, the presidential candidate for the ...
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Faith Saves, Faith Sanctifies

The church is going through the book of Romans, and my chapters are 1,6,7,15 and 16.  Yesterday the ...
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Socialized Medicine in Mexico

I stopped by for Miguel and Iris this morning at 6:30 a.m..  Miguel has had serious back problems ...
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Las Mañanitas and Taco Ánimo

This evening was week two for our community center activities...4 people for English (down from 16 last week) ...
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The End Times

Somewhere around 16 people braved the cold last night (yes, it does get cold here!) to attend our ...
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RGBI Report

I've posted some pictures from our time in RGBI.  Thanks to Erik Morga for taking most of them!  ...
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My Trip with David

As the kids grow older, it's been more and more possible to take them on trips with me.  ...
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Property Project Encouragement

If you are in any way aware of what's going on in the ministry here, you know that ...
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Hopelessness and Hope

I've mentioned before that through the gracious gifts of several people in the U.S., and a great partnership ...
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Slow Internet, Rapid Life

I have not been updating this blog much lately for one simple reason: our Internet connection is terrible.  ...
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Rio Grande Bible Institute

Last week was a blur...son David and I, along with Fernando Amezcua, Erik Morga, Tim Blykcer and Samuel ...
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Family Mission Trips

Over the past several two years we've had several families come and visit us here.  One family of ...
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A Bigger Table Needed

Look who visited us yesterday!  Miguel and Iris and their four kids were here for a Día de ...
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Special Adoration Service

This Sunday we enjoyed a special "worship" service, or so we call it, although every Sunday is a ...
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Strategy Games

We were happy to have our friend Denny Mohr with us. Samuel and Aurora, Mayra and I took ...
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The Smoking Mountain!

It can be smoggy and foggy in Mexico City, but if you climb high enough...to over 12,000 feet, ...
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Expensive Toys

I mentioned a couple of days ago HERE that some things are cheaper in Mexico. Labor-intensive work especially. ...
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Give to an Excellent Cause

I've written before that the second Bible church signed a contract to purchase a property for an eventual ...
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Bargain Prices in Mexico (for some things)

Happy New Year's Eve!There are aspects of life that are more expensive in Mexico. Anything electronic you're going ...
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Valley Bible, Part 3

The church of Jesus Christwas one of the best ideas God came up with, and He’s come up ...
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Valley Bible Journal Part 2…and Urbana 2012

The Camino Global team is at Urbana, including teammates Tiffany Taylor and Tina Barham, and our friend from ...
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Valley Bible Journal Part 1

We still have a couple of wheelchairs from the last batch of 25 that we received.  This one ...
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Lunch at the Crazy Rabbit

Friend Denny flew down yesterday, and Samuel and I picked him up at the airport. The airport parking ...
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More Holiday Traditions in Mexico

It really is amazing how diverse Christmas and New Year traditions are in Mexico.  Please take the time ...
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Christmas in Mexico

Yesterday we enjoyed a great Christmas service with Martín and Laura Méndez and the congregation in Santa Bárbara. ...
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Contract Signed!

After a lot of prayer and a few years waiting, we signed a contract to buy a plot ...
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Transparency and Corruption

Here's an interesting chart and article on corruption around the world.  We could certainly tell a lot of ...
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Mexican “Pastorela” or Christmas play

We went to kids' Christmas program last night.  Much of it was fun and quite enjoyable.  One part ...
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Roadside Assistance

I was ready to sit down and watch the Cowboys and Steelers play on Sunday, when I got ...
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Christmas Song Competition

As promised, some pictures from yesterday's Christmas song competition at a nearby jr. hi school.  Thanks, Tina, for ...
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Hallelujah! (Not the song you’re probably thinking) video

Fun day of judging Christmas songs at a nearby Jr. Hi school (pictures later), then at a special ...
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New video from Cru. Good stuff.

Tomorrow, a Christmas carol sing-off in a nearby Jr. Hi school.  Oh, will it be fun!Check out this ...
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Names, Strong Coffee, Enchiladas Suisas

Last Friday evening at our closing ceremony, I came up to a man I had seen in church ...
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Video Closing Program

Thanks Jim, once again, for a video record of our time last Friday evening (below).  Great times!  Check ...
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Virgin Day

Occasionally someone will ask us why we are involved in church planting in Mexico, a country that is, ...
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Community Center Closing Program Dec 2012

I'd first of all like to thank all of you who prayed for our event last evening.  It ...
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Let the Fun Begin!

Allan kicked off our week of outreach with a student-parent basketball time this afternoon. Allan desires to be ...
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Basketball and Bible School

Today, Allan ends this semester of basketball classes.  He has a closing time just with the kids in ...
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What Motivates You?

I mentioned that I had read the book Drive:The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us several months ago, ...
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Heart Art (more)

We're getting ready for this coming Friday...what we still need to do, among other things, is figure out ...
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Stealing Stephen’s Pictures

Spent several hours last night putting together wheelchairs for distribution Friday evening. Here are a few pictures that ...
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Round Numbers

On my way out the door to teach a course on music and singing, and to practice some ...
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Hope Coffee for Christmas

Ahh, the smell of fresh cut pine (well, pine that was cut somewhere in Canada, or perhaps Michigan, ...
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Art that Impacts

This coming Friday is our big event at the community center.  We want part of that time to ...
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Appreciation, Donation, Good News!

Next week is full of some amazing events.Sunday after church we travel to northern Mexico for an annual ...
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Great White Hunters

My dad and some relatives enjoyed their annual ritual of walking their rifles around the woods this year. ...
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Pastor’s Breakfast at Puebla Bible Seminary

Toño Muñoz stopped by today at around 7 a.m., and we headed to Puebla. Toño was speaking at ...
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Hope Coffee

Following the example of friend Alan McManus, I'm also advertising Hope Coffee, a great way to buy some ...
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Veracruz and Progress

This past week we spent three days in Veracruz, and got together as a team for a devotional ...
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Thanksgiving and Sodium

After suffering for a couple of days at a beach in Veracruz, Mexico, our family was headed home, ...
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Mexican Pastor Friends

Several of us from Ixtapaluca traveled to northern Mexico City this past Saturday and attended an event entitled ...
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Sendero Website and Joe Briones

Just got this email...kinda cool.  I posted about this material a couple of days ago, an illustrated color ...
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Anyone Want to Help Put Together Wheelchairs?

A big THANKS to those of you who helped us buy this last batch of wheelchairs.  I saw ...
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Earthquake!

One of the joys of living near a fault line is the occasional feeling of weirdness that happens during an ...
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Initiating and Sustaining Relationships

Stephen P. mentioned these cartoon tracts, available through David Cook Publishing and the Global Church website. I wrote ...
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Sing, Sing a Song…or Paint a Picture

Over the next several months I'll be teaching a singing and music course (mostly singing) to two different ...
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Prayer Request for Martín

A special prayer request today...Martín Méndez, pastor of the first church, has been experiencing severe headaches, and at ...
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Property and Non-Profits

14 people in prayer meeting today...good start to the day. We continued to pray about a property for ...
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Summer Teams and Construction

Our meeting this morning regarding a potential property for the church was very encouraging!  I'll give updates as ...
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Amigas del Alma Event

Tomorrow I'll be meeting with the owner of some property near the second church, to investigate the possibility ...
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Special Service Yesterday

Yesterday we celebrated a special worship service, during which many different people from our congregation participate.  I was ...
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David Fishing (video)

A short video of son David doing what he most loves to do!
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Pátzcuaro, Mixqui, and Spiritual Darkness

Pátzcuaro is one of several Mexican towns supercharged in occult practices that have departed radically from traditional Roman ...
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Death Day

I took my son David and nephew Israel fishing today.  David caught five and Israel caught three, all ...
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A Long Weekend…for Day of the Dead

No school tomorrow or Friday.  Halloween is today, then two days of Day of the Dead in Mexico. ...
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12,100 ft. Above Sea Level

We enjoyed a good T2 team talk with Phil O'Day and Bob Buhler (who is not related to ...
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Pumpkin Smash Video Farrar Mens Dorm

Back in the saddle after several days in the great Northwest, enjoying an edifying and crazy time with ...
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Corban, Charlie and the Oregon Coast

Yesterday I had the opportunity to be involved in three different classes here, two of them with a ...
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Pumpkin Smashing

Yesterday our first full day at Corban began with a great chapel service, the teaching time in charge ...
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Music Ministry, Coro Unido

I continue to be EXCITED about all the opportunities coming up to be involved in various ways in ...
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MBI, Corban, Río Grande, video

I'm re-posting a video that co-worker Jim Cottrill created, summarizing the summer internship in 2010.  Good stuff!  Just ...
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Snakes and Volcanoes

I was studying a future passage on Romans yesterday afternoon when I heard a little neighborhood kid screaming ...
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From Mexico City to Puebla via Paso de Cortez

Yesterday Stephen P. showed up at our door.  He looked lonely and hungry...so we invited him in, fed ...
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David, our Soccer Player

David has decided that he likes soccer better than football after all, and has been very enthusiastically involved ...
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Football and Krispy Kremes

So...the Cowboys lost again.  The only consolation is that the Eagles did too.  And it looks like San ...
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Chan talks Church Planting

I preach tomorrow, kicking off the book of Romans, 1:1-15.  It is probably the least doctrinally intense part ...
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Drums, Guitar, Prayer

This week was a good week for community center activities.  Daniel (below) filled in for Allan Wednesday, and ...
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Honoring Those in Our Communities

I was pleased to hear about a special service honoring local First Responders and Emergency Personnel, hosted by ...
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Where in the World is Allan?

Sam just completed a banner for Corban U's missions week, which begins October 22.  The theme, as you ...
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Soplando Vida/Breathing Life

My wife recently bought a CD of one of our favorite singers in Spanish, Jesús Adrian Romero.  One ...
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Cumpleaños Party

A big thanks to all of you who sent me birthday greetings yesterday.  We had a great time ...
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Taco Cake

I spent a good part of the morning today going around buying things (ok, Mayra actually bought them) ...
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The Moody Chorale

Lots of color in this picture! I made Tina's "picture of the day" yesterday, in part no doubt ...
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English is Crazy!

I'm having fun teaching Daniel English.  Sort of.  Amazing how many rules have so many exceptions that they ...
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Opps for 2013

Thank you to a couple of you that responded to yesterday's email regarding the wheelchairs.  Just wanting to ...
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Donations Accepted

Just got word that we can go pick up another 20 wheel chairs, but we have to pay ...
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Death Rate 100%

Here I am sitting with Sam...it's 8:30 p.m. and he's finishing up some graphic work for Corban University's ...
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Good Day to Worship!

I'm stealing some of Stephen Predtechenskis's photos for this post...I really like the shadows in these pics of ...
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Spiritual Conversations

We knocked on Stephen's door this morning at 9 a.m., and it sure looked like he was actually ...
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Tashami

Some of you know that we've been involved in handing out wheelchairs during the past several months, working ...
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WOW logo, Family Missions Experiences

Corban WOWDaniel and I are gearing up for our time with Paul Johnson and family at Corban University, ...
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Hot Water

Stephen Predtechenskis arrives today...so yesterday we were making sure he has at least a minimum amount of food, ...
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Community Center Kick-Off this Week

At church today, we handed out 400 flyers and 14 small posters to be posted next to stores ...
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Independence Day Video

A short video of the Independence Day activities here last week.  A big thanks to Jim Cottrill for ...
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A Christian Caste System

Ed Stetzer is beginning a series on the concept of "laity" or laypeople, and points out how this ...
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Divine Grace

On Tuesday night I gave a study on "The Purpose of Divine Grace", taken mainly from Ephesians chapter ...
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The King is Coming

A story on CNN caught my attention today.  A French magazine was going to publish a satirical cartoon ...
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“No Reserves, No Retreats, No Regrets”

I received an email from Paul Johnson, or Professor Johnson to his students at Corban University in Salem, ...
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Who are You? Why Do You Do What You Do?

On Sunday we handed out all the 25 banners that were printed out kicking off our "Be Born ...
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Partying Mexican Style!

This weekend Mexico (and most of the countries south of here) celebrated independence from Spain.  Mexico's independence process ...
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Abstract Art and Societal Transformation

In the multi-faceted outreach with the Born Again theme in December we'd also like to feature art that ...
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Mormons and Buildings

I was talking to my favorite Mormon friend Edgardo about the fact that there are Mormon church buildings ...
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If You Want to Change Mexico…

We'll be kicking off a multi-faceted outreach culminating in a community center outreach in December. Here's the first ...
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Subversive Kingdom

Last night we went as a family to visit Iris and Miguel, and their four kids.  They have ...
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What are You Living For?

Daniel went with a friend to a school where his mother, Liz, teaches.  We allowed him to go ...
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Mayra’s Birthday and Ricardo’s Birthday

Yesterday Mayra turned ____, I guess the answer to that is 29.  We as a family tried our ...
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Jesus Thoughts Mowing Grass

Any number of entities should have cut the grass in the park in from of our community center/market ...
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Who is this Man?

Online e-books and e-readers like Kindles and Nooks have changed the way in which we read, and most ...
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Recommended Reading List

I recently had the opportunity to share a bit with our home church elder board a bit about ...
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Vuelve a Nacer

This past July, Mexico elected a new president, and many local governmental positions were up for re-election also. ...
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S´mores and Culture

I must confess when Susan Miller, Tony's wife, gave us a mini indoor S´more make complete with Sterno ...
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Church Planting Movements–10 Universal Elements

I came across this file hidden in our computer and thought it was worth another look.The Ten Universal ...
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Tacos with Sam

Now, one of the activities that I most enjoy in Mexico is eating tacos in the evening with ...
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18 Different Beds

Just one of the random details from our 8Kmile+ road trip.  We're happy to be back home, and ...
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Natural and Supernatural

Life can be lived naturally or supernaturally.  Living life naturally is easy.  The only thing it really requires ...
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In Dallas, Hope Coffee

After driving a bit over 750 miles on Wednesday, we drove another 700 miles yesterday and arrived at ...
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Youth Kick-off Sunday and Comm Center Schedule

Great time with our dear friends of Word of Life Chapel on Sunday. It was youth kick-off Sunday, ...
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Quilts and Quiet

We are back to the digital world after several wonderful days out of cell phone and WiFi range. ...
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New PrayerCard

Today, a church board meeting and rehearsal for this Sunday's worship. Also today, a meal with cousin Tony ...
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Gold Medal Bass

David and my uncle Dwight (any family resemblance is purely coincidental), with two nice bass that Dwight and ...
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Run for the Border

Yes, our kids like Taco Bell...although they will admit that Taco Bell tacos really aren't tacos.  No, this ...
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Sam’s Wolc Mural

Our friend Samuel, from Ixtapaluca, has been commissioned with painting a mural for our home church, and has ...
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

Yesterday, Dave Dilworth, pastor of Word of Life Chapel, organized a church activity to go see the Lancaster ...
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Mexicans in PA and Julie Ellenbarger

Our time at EGBC was great yesterday; good to touch base with some many friends.  Afterwards we had ...
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Where in the World are the Valtierras?

We returned from the beach this afternoon to a beautiful, albeit rainy Fry residence.  The Valtierras went up ...
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David and Me, Fishing in CO

Thanks to Stephen P. (can't spell his last name, and too tired to look it up) for these ...
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Peace, Friends and Sand

A Pennsylvania diner, corner booth with coffee, is a mental image that I have of peace, and I ...
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Great Friends, Special People

We've traveled over 4000 miles since we left Mexico City several weeks ago, and have gone through the ...
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David’s Birthday, Museum, MBI

Great day with the Steeles today in Lake Villa! Finished off the day with a piñata and some ...
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On the Road Again…

Our time at Estes Park, Colorado, this past week at Camino Global's special week of meetings and conferences ...
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Trout and Elk

Too much to write about...yesterday we drove as a family through Rocky Mountain National Park, up to over ...
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Denver

We cruised into Denver and did something my father has not nor will ever do, when downtown into ...
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Taos

We spent last night in the beautiful little town of Taos, New Mexico.  Today, on to Colorado, where ...
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Trip Update and Prayer Request

The Fry family made it across the border around 3 p.m. Tuesday (after spending almost an hour on ...
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A Day at the Airport

Jordan and I left the house at 5:38 a.m. this morning, on our way to pick up Samantha, ...
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Car issues

Mayra and I have been rather frantically preparing for a gigantic trip, coming up very soon, with so ...
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July 4th Celebration

Yesterday we celebrated the 4th in style, with A LOT of hamburgers and hot dogs, with maybe 20 ...
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Kids Club and (surprise) International Visitors

Yesterday was our second day of kids club, once again rain-less, and it was a fantastic time, with ...
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Kids Club Begins

The rain came in buckets twenty minutes before the first day of kids club started yesterday, but then ...
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Mexico Elections

Enrique Peña Nieto, former governor of the State of Mexico (where we live) and candidate for the PRI ...
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Wheelchair presentation video

Last night (Friday) we gave away another 14 wheelchairs to some very needy people, and had a wonderful ...
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Tacos Arabes in Puebla (and other news)

Today I went to Puebla with co-worker Jim Cottrill to pick up the interns, and they came right ...
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A Hard Hit!

If you take the seats out of our 2003 Astro you can fit the world inside, and if ...
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Vote for Jonatan’s Video Please!

Today eight of us when in our 7 person van to Puebla, plus luggage (and a parachute of ...
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Baptisms 2012

I've often said that baptismal services are among my favorites. This morning we met at the church early, ...
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New Name, New President for our mission

Lots of changes for our mission, formally CAM International, now Camino Global.We are looking forward to participating in a week-long ...
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English, Drums, Coffee, Keyboard, Football

Yes, life does go on after the Ohio group, barely, but we're managing! English, keyboard, drums and coffee ...
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Baptisms on Sunday

Ahh...a day of (relative) rest!  Paid the electricity bill, the telephone bill, went to the post office, and ...
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Pics from Last Weekend

I'm sure there will be a lot of pictures of this past weekend when the Ohio team returns, ...
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Downtown, Classes, last full day for LCC group.

This morning, 19 of us piled into a van and headed to downtown Mexico City. We headed to ...
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Worship, Rain and Music!

I was up pretty late Saturday night trying to figure out exactly how we would do a bilingual ...
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Benches and Community Clean-up Campaign

Four main projects done today... 1. Installing four benches, which began by breaking cement with digging irons and picks. ...
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A Simply Incredible Evening

Our desire as a church is to reach out to our community in any way possible, to share ...
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Wheelchair Rumble

Several of us went back into Mexico City today and squeezed 15 un-assembled wheelchairs in our van. Check ...
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LCC Day 2

After a great devo time led by Christian (Proverbs 8), and a book study on the importance of ...
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Great Start to a Fun and Effective Week

Our week started off well today, with a meal and a team time at our house after the ...
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Calm Before the Storm!

We just finished a good team time with the interns; I've enjoyed our conversations on all sorts of ...
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Mayra is Superwoman!

Mayra has been at a retreat since Friday afternoon, and the wear and tear of being Mr. Mom ...
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Oops, Sure did Underestimate that Response!

A few days ago I mentioned a wheelchair project...we came into contact with an organization called Operation Blessing, ...
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Run for the Volcanoes

This morning we took a break from our team meetings and morning devo times to leave the metro ...
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Making Frappuchinos

Last night Samuel decided he wanted to make himself a frappachino...and had an interesting time, to say the ...
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Flyer

Here's a rundown of (some of) the activities being offered this week and next, with a special invitation ...
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In the Zone

This coming weekend is a biggie.  Mayra has a women's retreat from Friday evening through Sunday, and is ...
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Great Group! Activities Begin

Today began our daily internship schedule, and although there is no "normal" week, for the next three weeks ...
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Scavenger Hunt and David’s Touchdown!

Yesterday was our last day downtown for orientation, and after a devos time and book study at the ...
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Orientation Downtown

Our 2012 Internship orientation near downtown Mexico City began yesterday, with everyone arriving safe and sound. It was ...
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Ready, Set, Go!

Today marks the beginning of six weeks of pretty much non-stop ministry, with our annual formal summer internship ...
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Internship Orientation Manuals

Just picked up 12 internship orientation manuals and copies of song sheets of songs in English in Spanish. ...
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Football, Church and Decisions

Daniel has been searching for "his" sport for quite some time.  So after forays into karate, soccer and ...
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Men’s Retreat

On Friday, four of us from Jesús María, and another 6 men from the first church here went ...
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Car Repairs and a Men’s Retreat

Yesterday while taking 9 boys (our two included) to football practice in the van, we went over a ...
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Coffee Shop Outreach

Tina had a great post yesterday on what went on at her coffee shop.  The relational element permeates ...
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If You Want to Change Your World…

Samuel is a committed Christian, and for years has desired to use his art in a ministry context. ...
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Miguel and Tania

Please pray for our co-workers Miguel and Tania.  Miguel is deacon at the first church, Sendero de Vida ...
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Prayer Walking

All this week those we are doing a prayer walk around the church's neighborhood, Jesús María.  I wasn't ...
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Snippets

A few glimpses into our day yesterday.Daniel and I drove to church at 8:50 to unload the instruments, ...
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Wheelchair Project

At the encouragement of co-worker Tina Barham, I (finally) wrote a letter to Operation Blessing Mexico to solicit ...
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Park Beautification and Classes

We are EXCITED to have a group of young people down from Leroy Community Chapel in about a ...
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Señor de los Milagros (Lord of Miracles)

The patron saint for Ixtapaluca is El Señor de los Milagros, or The Lord of Miracles in English. ...
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Our MP Experience–Part 2

(continued from yesterday)Much to our surprise, we received a call around 6 p.m., asking about the progress of ...
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Our MP Experience Part 1

MP stands for Ministerio Público in Spanish.  It is part police station, part City Hall and part Circuit ...
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The Need for a Property

We started preaching through the book of Nehemiah in January, and are just about through the narrative of ...
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Van Update

We are certainly thankful for those of you who have prayed for us throughout this whole van-being-stolen-at-gunpoint, and ...
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Laughing and Football

This morning I took Matt and Laura Steele back to the airport after a great week with them. ...
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Band of Brothers

I am wearing the physical and emotional weariness of the last week and month like a warm, comfortable ...
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What a Fun Day!

Our morning began with a Mother's Day presentation at our kids' school. Mothers Day is always May 10 ...
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Leadership Recognition Service May 6

It's been a while since I've written, but as usual, not because of a scarcity of content, but ...
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A Wedding and a Funeral

Friday we picked up the Beenenga family, Denny and Dave from the airport, and are having a great ...
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Pastoral Symbols

I've begun to realize that I like the use of visual symbols in teaching.  A lot.  It seems ...
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Special Guests, Part 2

Two more special guests headed down this weekend are Dave Dilworth (pictured below with his better half, Deb), ...
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Special Guests Part 1

When you think of missions trips, perhaps you think primarily of teenagers and young adults.  Last year, however, ...
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No Phone, No Van, No Problem

There was just another earthquake at 11:38 a.m. here in Mexico, 5.5, or so I read on Facebook ...
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Kid’s Day

There's much more I could write about last week, but you'll just have to download the book when ...
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This Week has been Surreal-Part 2

Tuesday began weird even before the robbery at 1 p.m.  Daniel was sick and throwing up various shades ...
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Un relato de mi querida esposa de esta semana…

"Encuentros divinos"by Mayra Fry on Friday, April 27, 2012 at 5:32pm ·           "No te jactes del día de ...
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This Week has been Surreal-Part 1

This week has been surreal.  It began, for me, preaching the same sermon twice at Leroy Community Chapel, ...
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Our Van has been Found!

We received a call from local, municipal police sometime around 6:30 p.m. last night, actually two calls.  The ...
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Spiritual Dynamics and Theft

We have been seeing an incredible response to the gospel lately.  Last Thursday, on the first night of ...
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Balance Beam

By God's grace I enjoyed a wonderful weekend with brothers and sisters at Leroy Community Chapel. Jeff and ...
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Oh Come On…Snow this Late in April

Should have I really been concerned that snow could have been a factor for my return trip to ...
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With the Pierces in OH

I arrived in Pittsburg last night and met my dear parents at the airport. Turns out my bag ...
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Plastic Stool Video

A big thank you to Cameron Fenske for investing his own money to come down and visit us ...
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Migraines and Soda (Pop)

Daniel is back with a blog entry today.  You can read it HERE.  The soda drinking is an ...
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Cathy and the Crayfish (and the dog)

Two nights ago my daughter was woken around 3 in the morning by our little dog Teddy barking ...
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Open Doors

I've begun to actually write something down for my mission conference sermon a week from tomorrow at LCC. ...
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Kidzania

Yesterday we drove across the city with the Cottrills, Tiffany and her sister Luissa, and Tina.  We went ...
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Not a Novelty Anymore…

It's now been over 24 hours since we had running water.  At least during the morning hours we ...
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Earthquakes, Doctor’s Appointments and Coffee

Ok, Tina really doesn't like the title of "Tina's Coffee Shop," but it was basically her idea, and ...
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No More Little Bird…

Cameron Fenske, California police officer and video dude, send me a great video today that he produced while ...
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He is Risen Indeed!

This past week has been a bit of a blur, with numerous extra activities as we've worked alongside ...
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The Problem of Sin on Good Friday

Most religions claim a transcendent God, or at least a transcendent non-personal entity.  We know we need a ...
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What are GenYer’s Top Priorities?

Mayra taught the kids yesterday at kids club, numbers are growing, with 59 kids attending today.  Pics of ...
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Kids Club and Canada Team

The following is a video that primarily focuses on a team from Canada that Jim and Shari are ...
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Closing Program, Easter Egg Hunt, Awesome Worship

FridayFriday evening marked the end of another 12-week community center course, with a closing program featuring a summary ...
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Good News, Good Works and Grace–Part 2

Continued from yesterday...So we as a church body seek to live and breathe grace, which makes for a ...
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Good Works, Good News and Grace–Part 1

I met Jessica probably about two years ago, bringing her son to guitar class and her daughter to ...
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Internet Radio, Social Media, Cell Phones and a World Apart

What a wild world!  Last night we just happened to be on Facebook when friend David Gómez was ...
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2nd Anniversary Video

Our co-worker Jim did it again, putting together another video, this one on our time last Sunday, celebrating ...
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Quinceaños Video

A big thanks to co-worker Jim Cottrill, who put together this video from a quinceaños celebration this past ...
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2nd Anniversary Celebration

This weekend was pretty intense, with a quinceaños celebration on Saturday and the celebration of our church's 2nd ...
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Preparations

10 lily plants and 12 clay serving bowls. My wife, getting ready for tomorrow's 2nd anniversary. I just ...
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Cleaning Up for a Big Weekend

We are frantically preparing for this weekend, with Claudia's quinceaños this afternoon, and a big celebration for the ...
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Community and Coffee

Tina and Tiffany wanted to use one of the market spaces we purchased for community center activities, and ...
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What Do You Say?

Her name was Leticia, and we hadn’t met her before last night.  Most of Mexico shook yesterday as ...
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7.6 Point Quake Rattles Much of Mexico

I was reading a book yesterday as I was waiting for the van's oil change, and the world ...
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People Respond When You Meet Three Needs

Daniel is suddenly interested in reading (whew, about time!).  He is currently reading Quiet Strength, by Tony Dungy. ...
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More Faith, not More Strategy

We have a busy week ahead, with a quinceaños party for Claudia, a girl in our church on ...
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Mix of Fondness and Fear

Here's another poem I wrote...a long time ago.  I need to get back into the habit.  Poetry is ...
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Freedom!

I've been here in Mexico a while now, but last night and early morning today was a first ...
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An Interconnected World

Most of us are still trying to play catch-up to what the interconnectedness of our world means, and ...
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Gethsemane

Great post on forgiveness, click HERE.GETHSEMANE  The image of a cross I see     in the tear of Him who ...
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Beware of Christians

A friend of mine sent me a link to a new Christian movie that is coming out this ...
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Frantic, Outrageously Fun Spring/Summer!

We are excited about the coming months! The highlights for the church... 2nd Anniversary March 25, Leadership Recognition ...
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3 Months in Uruguay

Our (former) co-worker David Gómez has been in Uruguay now for over three months. Here is a simple ...
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Sweet Fellowship

Last night was a great time with a bunch of my favorite people!  Toño and Becky Muñoz came ...
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Two Poems

A CHILDLIKE FAITHDays composed of time, and I'mWalking down a corridor of moreThan I could ever know and ...
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Fear or Passion–How are You Motivating?

I continue to be challenged by the book I mentioned in yesterday's post, Stop Stealing Dreams, by Seth ...
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The Purpose of School and the End of Paper

One of my favorite authors is Seth Godin.  His content and style is all about motivation, about innovation, ...
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Art Genius

My good friend Samuel teaches physics to high school students in the morning, leaving his house around 5:30 ...
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Courageous

Last Saturday night the youth invited the rest of the church to see Courageous, or Reto de Valientes, ...
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Mexico City Weather, Part 2

(continued)Combine the high altitude with a relatively close proximity to the equator, and the result is near-perfect weather ...
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Mexico City Weather Part 1

Almost invariably we need to clarify proper attire for guests coming to Mexico.  Convention wisdom states that Mexico ...
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Not Machiavelli’s Prince

(continued from yesterday...)  The rich and powerful will always be rich and powerful.  Only fools give away privileges. ...
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Mexico’s Purchasing Power

According to a study released February, 2012, by the UNAM, Mexico’s largest and most prestigious university, a common ...
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Big Brother

For the last two days, for the first time ever, this blog has seen over 1500 page views ...
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Rites of Passage

My daughter asked me when she can join Facebook so she can communicate better with her friends.  I ...
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Feeling Better

I woke up feeling great today after dealing with a sore throat since Tuesday.  It wasn't that it ...
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I am the Frog, Part 2

But I did not have the fortune to be born in Mexico, and I’m the only one of ...
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I am the Frog

In BetweenLiving between cultures affords many opportunities and challenges not always readily available to someone who lives in ...
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Graphic Identity Part 2–Mascots and Ministry-specific Logos

This post is part 2 on an important, yet often neglected aspect of ministry, especially in a missions ...
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The Importance of a Graphic Identity Part 1

One cool thing about having an artist on the ministry team here is being able to incorporate art ...
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Football or Fútbol

Mike Ditka has famously said, “If God had wanted man to play soccer, He wouldn't have given us ...
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Summer Internship Opportunities in Mexico

Every summer since 2002, Mayra and I have coordinated CAM Int'l's summer internship in Mexico.  It has been ...
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Getting Around Mexico City

I was happily about to renew my visa for another year yesterday.  Within the next year, I hope ...
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Week in Review

I'm just about ready to leave for Polanco, which is the whole way on the other side of ...
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A Worthwhile Investment

Most of the activities we do as a church, with few exceptions, are geared to reaching one or ...
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A Winsome Lord

I met for several hours Thursday night with a man who has begun attending our church, along with ...
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Writing a Book, Alyssa and Matt

After years of my mother encouraging me to write a book, I've decided to do so.  Two main ...
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It’s Really Hot in Mexico, Right?

Everybody always thinks that because we live in Mexico, we constantly have to endure humid, 90 degree temperature. ...
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A Clear Mental Image of a Preferable Future

“Vision for ministry is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen ...
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Plans and Faces

Some of you have perhaps received this information via email, but I wanted to re-post here.I know I’ve ...
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Christmas and Easter Every Day

We had a record number of men in men's meeting this past Saturday evening, and Ismael gave a ...
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Some of My Favorite Cartoons/Graphics

Today was Superbowl Sunday. I really didn't care a whole lot who won, and was initially rooting for ...
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Purpose vs. Money

I was reading a book recently entitled Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us. It's an o.k. ...
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Jessica Nixon Coming to Ixtapaluca

Jessica Nixon came down to visit our ministry here last June, during a weekend event we dubbed, Vision ...
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Never Know How Great an Impact Your Life Can Have

Cool video on the unseen, powerful effects of the gospel. A much lighter video of our daughter playing ...
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Run for the Border, Part 3

Thursday began a bit more slowly after returning to CAM Center after midnight the night before. I managed ...
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Dallas, Day 3, Trip Part 2

After braving three hours of rain Tuesday evening, we arrived in Dallas and found our apartment at CAM ...
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Mexico City-Bibleville-Dallas

A road trip with your 13-year-old son is a great experience, and our three-day initial trip to the ...
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Car Stories

Several days ago I filled up the van with gas and came home.  When I arrived at home ...
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Community Center Schedule Jan.-March, 2012

Community Center Tiempo de Vivir(all classes are free with the exception of Saturday’s music classes)Basketball—Monday and Wednesday 5:30-6:30English ...
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Can’t I Just Drive?!

Driving in Mexico, and especially in or around Mexico City, is a real treat.  If your car is ...
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Wired for Sound

Co-worker Jim Cottrill made up a video of our missionary team voting Rolland and Jo Ann Smith off ...
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Wedding Adventures

On Saturday my wife and I and my kids had the privilege of attending Sergio and Elizabeth's wedding. ...
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Wedding!

Elizabeth made a decision to trust Christ when she was about 5 months pregnant.  She heard about the ...
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Syncretism

Expect a few video excerpts in days ahead...today was a full day of working on details for the ...
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Videoing up a storm

Cameron continues to record up a storm. Today he interviewed Martín in English and Spanish, and took video ...
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Magical Paint

Full days, with some self-inflicted activity, trying to get the house we rent for church in shape for ...
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Our Slogans Say a lot about Us

Slogans or saying reveal much about an organization, a workplace, or a church.  There are a lot of ...
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Books to Read for Early 2012

This morning in the mail I received a GREAT Christmas gift! Emily Nissley, a friend from PA who ...
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Trials and Blessings

Yesterday our house was full of friends, and we celebrated a year full of both trials and blessings ...
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Fiesta!

Mayra and I are gearing up for a Christmas/New Years party with some dear friends from both churches ...
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Emmanuel

Emmanuel, God with us. What an amazing truth, the lengths and depths that God went to in expressing ...
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Breakfast with Jesus

Having survived the Christmas flurry of activities, I'd like to report on one of them. Last Friday from ...
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Tis the Season…

Christmas cheer is flowing here in southeastern Mexico City. In typical Mexican style we've already celebrated several Christmas ...
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Culture is Fun…usually!

Our co-worker, David Gómez, began a 2 year stint in Uruguay last week. Uruguay, situated to the south ...
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Sports and Testimony

I really don't like bandwagons. I prefer to start something, then leave it to someone else once the ...
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Community Center Closing Program

David Gómez is in Uruguay! Para los que hablan español, el post de David Gómez y su transición ...
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Closing Program Today

Today we celebrate the conclusion of our fifth semester of community center activities. We started giving 10-12 week ...
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Hope Coffee…good coffee for a good cause

If you're looking for a convenient way to send a meaningful and delicious Christmas gift to a friend ...
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Writing and Poetry

I like to write. Although I maintain this blog, well, that hardly counts as real writing. It is ...
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Cameron Fenske

We're excited to renew friendship face-to-face with Cameron in January. Cameron is a Moody alumnus who spent a ...
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Update on Daniel

Some of you have asked recently how Daniel is doing, after his rather scary episode on November 19, ...
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End of Year Events

We're entering the year-end ministry blur, with a flurry of primarily evangelistic activities coming up in the next ...
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CAM Mexico Conference, Veracruz

We returned Saturday evening after arriving Tuesday evening...great time had by all. Here's Daniel doing his older brother ...
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Weddings and Hospitals

Mayra and I were both going to be formal witnesses at Rafael and Mariana's civil wedding, which implies ...
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A Surreal Experience

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More Video

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Service, Wedding, Support

Yesterday was a special day at church. José preached on Mark 14:1-11, a passage about a woman anointing ...
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Taxco and Puebla

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A video clip of fun at Xochimilco

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Competition is one thing…

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Kiwi and the weekend

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Rain and Blogs

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Reflections on Death

I understood something for the first time two days ago. People here in Mexico, when they think of ...
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Women’s Conference, Commissioning Service

This Saturday, 17 women from both churches traveled to northern Mexico City to a women's conference in Villa ...
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Miguel is much better…

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Health Care and Missions Challenge

Medical care is different all around the world. It doesn't matter where you are, a hospital is one ...
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Preaching in Neza

Relationships are such an important part of life and ministry. Who would have thought that the three years ...
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CAM becomes Camino Global

Change...a part of life. Actually, an essential part of life. Wouldn't it be weird to look at photos ...
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To all of you Moody people…

Hey, special blog post to all of you Moody people who need to come down to visit us ...
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Proclamation

It is really difficult to home school Daniel lately. Right now, for instance, Pancho is here. If you ...
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A Time for Everything

As many of you know, we have targeted the densely populated, sprawling mega-developments of Ixtapaluca for our church ...
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Chicago and Las Vacas

My time at Moody a few...years ago was without a doubt the most formative time in my adult ...
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MBI and Chicago

Samuel and I arrived in Chicago after a perfect flight from Mexico City to Chicago on Tuesday morning. ...
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Keller Quote

Timothy Keller, Reason for God, IntroductionThe number of Americans answering “no religious preference” to poll questions has skyrocketed, ...
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Back after the Break

I am eager to write after a self-imposed FB and blog fast this past week.Last Friday morning, after ...
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Break

I'm beginning a week-long blogging and FB fast this week. C u next Monday.
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The Little Mower that Could

I cruised into Mexico City, Iztapalapa, today to a Home Depot and found a nice little red push ...
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Never a Dull Moment

I'm experimenting with a new blog format...which gives you the ability to view the blog, and past posts ...
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Counterfeit Gods

I just began reading Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope ...
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Hanging signs, passing out flyers

We started community center activities last week, but just got around to hanging the 9 ft by 6 ...
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Music Class Saturdays

Saturday music classes began today, with 8 students beginning to learn notes and rhythm, with the eventual goal ...
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Community Center Activities for Fall 2011

Work continues on a newly fenced in section of grassy area that we plan to, little by little, ...
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Life’s details

Our community center activities continued yesterday, with 12 people in ESL, 3 in dance, 18 in basketball and ...
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Ticket Purchased

Well, it's official! David Gómez has purchased his ticket for Uruguay. He will be leaving Mexico on Thursday, ...
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Weekend Report and Joe Martinez

Joe Martinez spent the last week with us here, Cathy graciously sharing her bed. Joe first visited us ...
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Video summary of ministry and opportunities

Below is a list of links to videos on youtube. The first one was produced by Samuel and ...
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Independence Day

This evening, at 11 p.m., the president of Mexico will stand on a balcony of the presidential palace ...
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Community Center schedule

Here is a list of classes for the fall course at the Jesús María Community Center Tiempo que ...
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Learning how to play some instruments

On Sunday evening, Samuel and I met with a Christian couple that we had met previously once this ...
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We would like to introduce to you…

The Lord has been bringing many new faces to the ministry here in Ixtapaluca. Allow me to introduce ...
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MBI missions conference, October

Several days ago, Mexican co-worker Samuel and I confirmed our participation in Moody Bible Institute's annual missions conference ...
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News vs. Advice

Someone who came to the vision weekend brought a book down than I grabbed after a Sunday service ...
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Martin’s account of his accident in his own words…

Martin's account of his accident...in his own words, taken from FB.Hello to everybody, to the ones that do ...
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Conversation with Mr. Loss

This past Sunday evening, co-worker David Gómez and I called Myron Loss in Uruguay via Skype. Myron and ...
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Ok, let’s do this…

Can't go into a whole lot of details here, but yesterday we began collecting signatures in our search ...
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Reflections on the fog

I will probably go to my grave thinking that I have really never worked very hard in my ...
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Hospital Life is Not Fun

I was able to spend the night with Martín Wednesday evening, arriving in the middle of a rain ...
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Martin continues to improve

Daniel, David Gómez and I visited Martin in the hospital today. Bruises on his face and arms, and ...
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Update on Martin

I spoke to Elena this evening around 8:30 p.m., after dropping off her grandkids. Laura is with Martin ...
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The Martin Miracle

Yesterday, around 2, when I arrived at Martín and Laura´s house, Martín was already in an ambulance, with ...
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PA wrap-up

The last couple of days in PA have been sort of a blur, but lots of fun. On ...
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Earthquake…on the East Coast???

Around 2 p.m. today I was speaking to Charles and Bridget Ulibarri via Skype. The Ulibarris are considering ...
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Ideas for PA evangelism

We greatly enjoyed our time yesterday at Wolc. Daniel, Mayra and I were all able to share in ...
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Kayaking and Guns

Weird. We've been shooting a lot lately. Last night, even Mayra got into it, shooting several rounds of ...
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Kids club summary in Ixtapaluca

Reports from Darrol and Sam have mentioned a tremendous ending to the kids club this past week in ...
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Relax!

We spent the last several days with my parents at a wonderful place in Central PA, our family ...
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Peaceful PA

Our flight from Mexico City to Houston arrived on time...but going through customs in Houston is HORRIBLE. It ...
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Loose ends and details…

I wasn't around a whole lot today for the club. After Mayra did the opening and I helped ...
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Kid's Club started out with a bang today, with somewhere around 80 kids. The students were divided into ...
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Saturday activities

Today, the Fremont Alliance church did the following:1. Had a devotional and team time in the morning.2. Played ...
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Daniel at Harvey Cedars, and a team from Nebraska

I asked my good friend Keith to take a picture or two of Daniel, who is in the ...
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Central America’s Crime Problem, and commentary

Turns out although Mexico gets most of the press, violence is other Central American countries is actually, in ...
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Expensive to drive in Mexico

Over the last several days we've taken a few trips, no incredibly long ones, mind you, but expensive ...
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Escuela Bíblica de Verano

We are gearing up for a summer kids Bible club (DVBS) this year again in Jesús María. This ...
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New and Improved t-shirt design

Here is the new and improved logo for our Ixtapaluca t-shirts. See if you can identify yourself or ...
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Men’s Study, Colossians

Last night, 9 of us met at 8 p.m. for a men's Bible study at Matt and Alyssa's ...
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Driving in Mexico

Mayra, David, nephew Israel and I went to a small town called Tenango del Aire for lunch yesterday. ...
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Next Step and Daniel

I just returned from three days in 100+ degree Denton and Dallas TX. So glad to get back ...
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Saying Goodbye…again

Goodbyes are never fun, but here in Ixtapaluca we've elevated it to the likes of an art form. ...
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Donate towards a project, get a t-shirt, support the ministry here

Hi all. I've copied an email I just sent out to many of you here.I've attached two pictures ...
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Vision Weekend Results

It's always a bit difficult to fully evaluate the results of a meeting such as we had in ...
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The Van

Yesterday, as I already mentioned, we squeezed 13 of us in my van and were on the way ...
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Camp Koinonia and accidents

Last week we sent 5 young adults to Camp Koinonia, a Bible Church/CAM Int'l Christian camp situated on ...
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A new pet

Ok, really didn't want to do this...but alas, the family wins! Normally when our family gets a new ...
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Instruments wanted

I thought I'd let those of you who follow the blog in on an opportunity to help us ...
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Always Room for One More

Our slogan for the church planting ministry here in Ixtapaluca is:Making Room to Make Disciples, with a tagline...Always ...
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Tribute to Grandma Fry

Tribute to Grandma FryWhen I think of grandma Fry and the 44 years of my life that I ...
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Testimonies

Yesterday was a very special church service. It was special because so many people participated in it, and ...
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Tostadas and Blue Bell Icecream

Yesterday we hosted the two families of 4, (Velazquez and Beenenga) plus interns and loose change yesterday, with ...
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Missions Conference and Rain

This past Saturday 15 of us from Ixtapaluca traveled to northern Mexico City and attended a missions conference ...
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A new week of classes

This week marked the beginning of our last week of summer activities at the community center (except for ...
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Pictures

My friend Sam says that pictures say 1000 words, so I'll let these pictures speak for themselves.
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The Mural

Evangelism via art. Sound postmodern? Not likely to happen? Too different to be effective? Think again. There's a ...
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Baptism video

Can't see the video? Click HERE.
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Baptisms tomorrow

We're excited about tomorrow, celebrating a service that is one of my favorites--baptisms. No baptistery here, no, we ...
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Food, Action Steps and Prayer

Here´s a fun video of some of the activities this past Sunday, as 16 or so visitors, plus ...
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Men’s Study

About two months ago we began a new emphasis with our men. Every Saturday night at 7 p.m. ...
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Daniel is 13!

You know you're in trouble when at age 13 your son goes through an elaborate bargaining process with ...
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Vision Weekend

I don't think I have slept less in a weekend since college, but sleep, after all, is overrated! ...
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Link to Update

Co-work Jim Cottrill's report on yesterday.Click HERE. Last night after the meeting, 8 of us drove into downtown ...
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Vision weekend guests arrive

Today was a busy day at the airport, with 14 people flying in from the U.S., along with ...
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Backstage with Nick Vujicic

This past Sunday afternoon Mayra and Cathy met Mayra's mother and sister Monica at the Metropolitan Theater downtown ...
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Oil pans and volcanic eruptions

12 of us headed out early Saturday (well, o.k., not too early) to one of our favorite destinations--to ...
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Tim Tebow on O’Reilly

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Week One Done

Wrapping up our first week of internship activities with an encouraging participation in ESL and self-defense programs.Today, Sendero ...
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A great couple and an awesome project

The great couple is Matt and Alyssa Miller. We met Alyssa in 2007 when she came down for ...
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ESL and Self-Defense

ESL classes started off with a bang today, with about 22 people attending our first class. Brigam and ...
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Joint Service Today

Several times a year the two Iglesias Bíblicas Sendero de Vida churches get together. It's always a great ...
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On the roof of the Cathedral

These past several days have been a whirlwind. After picking up four people at the airport on Wednesday, ...
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A special prayer request

Mayra and I started doing an internship program before they were cool, way back in 2002. We started ...
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God of this City

God of this City Verse 1: You're the God of this city, You're the King of these peopleYou're ...
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Anuncios y Eventos

Iglesia Bíblica Sendero de Vida29 de mayo (hoy en 8), 10 a.m.Servicio con Sendero 1 en el mercado ...
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Short video from last Saturday

It's been cool getting to know Roberto Popoca recently. He is a member of the Grace Brethren group ...
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Internship time

Our internship time partially began on Wednesday with the arrival of Robert Loffler, a Moody student who grew ...
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Update

I haven't written in this space because I literally have had no time to do so. These last ...
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Second Medical Brigade

Today started early, with many folks from the church out at 7:30 a.m., preparing for a full day ...
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Corban University

Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this), a group of 4 people, including friend and professor ...
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Mother’s Day celebration

Sort of feels weird, a pretty big event going on tonight, and we didn't have to do much! ...
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Grafitti Mural

Alyssa Miller and Samuel Valtierra have been up early for the past couple days, painting on a rather ...
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Pets and family news

Our daughter is definitely the animal lover in the family. Yesterday she came home from school with a ...
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Back to the Basics

Two weeks ago several of the men from both churches got together. The concept was simple...we would read ...
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Organic Leadership, by Neil Cole

I'm reading through Organic Leadership, Leading Naturally Right Where You Are, by Neil Cole, on my Kindle. This ...
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Easter weekend

Easter weekend is such a special time. Samuel pointed out in his sermon this morning that we really ...
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Heart of a Leader | Christ’s Commission Fellowship

A great video by Bill Lawrence, speaking about the priority of the heart of a leader, over his ...
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Community Center Closing Program (Video)

Co-worker Jim Cottrill recently produced another one of his famous videos, this one on the closing program of ...
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Radical

I just finished reading Axiom, by Bill Hybels, and Radical, by David Platt. I'm in the middle of ...
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Quite the weekend

We had a good meeting with the owner of a small meeting area/hall on Friday night, and he ...
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Signs of Growth, Making Faith Work

I'm reading Bill Hybel's book Axiom, which is full of helpful, pithy concepts for leadership. One recent proverb ...
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New Site for Info on the ministry here

We have begun to actively pursue raising support for the purchase of a building or a plot of ...
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Going to the dentist, the same in any culture

Our first ever medical and dental activity happened today, at the market space area we use as for ...
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Community Center Closing Program

Last night was a lot of fun. It was probably our most attended closing program of the 4 ...
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Drums, earthquakes, etc…

My parents sent down some funds several months ago to help us buy Daniel a drum set, and ...
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Brigada Médica

This Saturday, two doctors and a dentist will be helping us demonstrate God's love to our community in ...
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Christmas on Facebook

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Matt and Alyssa´s house warming

We gave Matt and Alyssa Miller a bit of a hard time for serving hot dogs tonight at ...
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Effective short-term ministry

My wife and I recently sat down to evaluate (and remind ourselves of) our once again busy spring ...
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A Good Day

One year ago, 20 of us officially stopped attending Sendero de Vida, Santa Bárbara and began Sunday services ...
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Sendero de Vida JM, 1 year old this weekend

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Good reading

I recently purchased more books than I have time to read, but I'm in the middle of a ...
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Water Wars

Yesterday's service was once again ridiculously crowded, not that we have so many people, but that we have ...
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Una labor social

In an effort to teach our young people that the world does not in fact revolve around them ...
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Mayra is much better, an interesting encounter

Some of you knew that my wife Mayra has not been feeling great for the last two weeks ...
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Back to normal…not really

We arrived back home last night around 10 p.m. Mexico City time with everything, including a 44 lb. ...
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We’re back…

It's been a while since I've posted anything, and in that lapse of time the world has changed ...
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Anyone can do “easy”

I had a great time today with fellow CAMers in Texcoco, but Mayra continues to struggle with a ...
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Doubts, Ducks and Devotion

Last night was awesome! Today was too. Miguel, who trusted Christ around Christmas, has been without work for ...
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Washing Cars to go to Six Flags Mexico

Yesterday (Saturday) a bunch of the young people began washing cars for a donation, and ended up washing ...
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Fry Highlights

I mentioned on FB that we lost our little pet snake, Pepa. Still no news on that. David ...
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Jon Foreman, Your Love is Strong

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Sleep…later

Yesterday was a fun day. Good friend and pastor of Sendero 1, Martín, was invited to Japan of ...
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Prayer and Donations

This weekend is shaping up to be a crazy one, and it just got a little crazier. We ...
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Daniel jamming on the drums

Can't see the video? Click HERE.
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Youth Group Sunday

We had a great time today, with 26 young people (Jr. and Sr. High, plus college and career) ...
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Saturday

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English, Basketball and books

Yesterday in English class I had 12 students. But there were 20+ kids from 10-14 in basketball! Crazy. ...
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Joel Rosenberg on Egypt

I read Joel Rosenberg's book Epicenter and was wondering what he would have to say about the current ...
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English, what a beautiful language

Well, we ended up having 24 or 25 people in our house for Sunday's game, which was exciting, ...
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Gearing up for tomorrow

I just finished the 11 song Powerpoint for tomorrow's song service, and am babysitting of sorts right now, ...
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Uncharted Waters video on training session

Just found a video that Uncharted Waters made of their time here about a month ago. A number ...
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The rest of the story

I mentioned that I would relate more of our Oaxacan experience yesterday. This is the rest of the ...
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Oaxaca

Mayra and I carved out a weekend to spend some time with our kids and get to know ...
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Quite the night…

Yesterday afternoon, Mayra and I accompanied Aurora to visit her cousin, Elba, who was just diagnosed with cancer. ...
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A great poem

IfIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you ...
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Vision Casting Weekend

I'm posting this because it's been on my mind a lot lately, and I want to keep it ...
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First week stats

Although the week is technically not over (basketball tonight), here is the rundown of activities.Monday...5 registered for keyboard, ...
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Community Center activites begin

This week marks the beginning of our fourth semester of community center activities, and we are excited to ...
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Hurry up and wait

Yesterday's meeting with the municipal president was postponed due to his presence needed in the state capital. Emergency. ...
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We need a bigger place to meet

Counting people is always a dangerous endeavor, reminiscent of David's census-taking. It is dangerous for two reasons. First, ...
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My beautiful wife

The lady who keeps us all going here in the Fry house is my lovely wife, Mayra, pictured ...
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Studies and Opportunities

Tonight we cranked up our Tuesday night Bible study again, after a three week break for Christmas and ...
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Video for visiting church

A couple of days ago, when I was with Darrol and Dylan Prussia, we drove up to the ...
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A full week

This past Tuesday I was reminded of what our summers many times are like, with two trips to ...
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UW Sports Day 1

Our three-day kids club and training time started well today, with representatives from 11 different churches attending the ...
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Gearing up for a full week

Thanks for praying for the sports ministry week of training and clubs this week. Just got confirmation that ...
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In importance of new things

I've been thinking about the significance of a new year, and leaving the past behind. Of new starts, ...
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CAM Team time, Paso de Cortez

On Monday, a bunch of us from CAM, most of us from our team, drove up to Paso ...
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Christmas in Mexico

It's not snowing here...seems like it is a lot of places...but we are going to a place tomorrow ...
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Good news to all peoples

We are gearing up for a fun day here in the Fry house...probably around 20-25 people in the ...
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Is Mary Virgin Born Too?

Catholics think so. It's called the Immaculate Conception. We probably think that when we hear of an Immaculate ...
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Many of us take eating for granted…

...maybe we shouldn't. Yesterday Mayra and I accompanied Tiffany to Sams Club. She had received $400 from some ...
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Christmas song by U2

A bad song, redeemed by U2.The original song implies that Christmas is just a fantasy, a materialistic excercise. ...
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And I will put enmity between…

In our continuing saga of searching for the perfect pet (because a dog just, well, we just can't ...
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Closing program and Joint Service

This past Friday night we celebrated the end of 12 weeks of English, basketball, dance, baking and guitar ...
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Good friends, good memories…

Several years ago, Bill Walker spent 6 weeks with us in Mexico. Whitney, his girlfriend (fiancee?) at the ...
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For such a time as this

I recently heard a sermon reminding me of an important truth. God doesn’t need any of us to ...
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Fooseball and Jerseys

Tonight, rehearsals continued for our closing community center program this Friday. Among the practices...6 dance students (including my ...
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The week in review

The first couple of days of this week were a blur. Our whole family was sick, with a ...
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Capacitación Clubes de Deportes

Capacitación en Clubes de DeportesUncharted Waters Sports MinistryOrganización cristiana con alcance internacional basada en Colorado, EUEnseñanza en la ...
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Dad and the bridge

It's hunting season in PA, I know that because my dad and extended family have all gone north, ...
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If Jesus were born in Ixtapaluca, in 2010

The following is a simple work in progress, a drama that we'll be doing for our closing program ...
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Sick…

As I´m writing this, all three kids are resting/sleeping on the sofas and a rocking chair in our ...
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Good video

I wanted to post this, and Alan McManus helped me do it by finding it on youtube. If ...
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Elijah

The conference speaker this week, Bryan Hall from Bristol, TN, spoke all week on Elijah, his calling, his ...
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Jerseys and Fooseball

Today we picked up 15 basketball jerseys, complete with numbers and last names on the back. Our two ...
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Ten Things I Learned in Mexico

I rarely re-post articles, but this one is just too good! Crystal Langer is a Biola grad, currently ...
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I come to make all things new…

This past Tuesday night, Allan taught the Bible study. In one of his points, he recalled for us ...
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Why We Are Here

Co-worker Jim Cottrill posted an excellent video on a recent visit to the Basilica of Guadalupe. Guadalupe is ...
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Love and Respect

It was my turn to preach yesterday, and my passage was Ephesians 5:22-33. When confronted with such a ...
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Friday and Fish

We began a Friday a.m. prayer meeting today, with a pretty good response, 12 people showing up. After ...
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Downtown and Basketball

Yesterday Tiffany taught Daniel (she does this once a week, giving a break to both father and son!) ...
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Sunday Service

Yesterday we enjoyed a Servicio de Adoración for our Sunday service. Servicio de Adoración means "worship service," but ...
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Moving people along…

It's easy to stagnate in our faith, isn't it? When a new church begins, there is just a ...
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The Call

We are submerging ourselves deep into evangelical Christian jargon here when we talk about that often mystical concept ...
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Security in Mexico

Questions about security have become the number one issue for those asking how we are here, and particularly ...
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Concert on Saturday, Sunday events

This past Saturday the women attended a women's conference in Tlalpan, and the rest of us participated in ...
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A week of firsts…

I've been here a while, but this week did some things that I've never done before. It's a ...
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A couple of cool videos

One of the most memorable sermons at Moody was the first night, when a guy named Skye talked ...
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Projects…and classic David

Some of you may be wondering what happened to the administration a second community center that we praying ...
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The advantages of home schooling….

Ok, so we're not home schooling veterans by any means, and are not necessarily sold on the idea ...
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Blogs of note

Before my trip to Moody, I took a survey of some trusted younger friends to investigate what sort ...
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A couple of books…

I've read two books fairly recently, finished the first just yesterday. Here are some quotes. If you want ...
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Tactics

Samuel and I returned from Chicago after a wonderful time at Moody and some fun watching the Chicago ...
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MBI

David Garrison has been the key conference speaker here, and he's been phenomenal! Our "Art in Missions" workshop ...
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In Chicago!!!

Jose picked Sam and I up at 3:45, we checked in fine in Mexico City, transferred planes in ...
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Art in Missions

One of the workshops that we're doing at Moody is entitled "A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Art ...
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Pictures from the past…and basketball

I've been going through a ton of photos lately, preparing several Powerpoint presentations for next week's Moody workshops. ...
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Missions conferences at Moody and Corban

I called Samuel early today to see when we can drop off a 6 meter x 1.5 meter ...
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Van ride, wild ride!

Against my better judgment I volunteered to take the young people to a youth activity this past Saturday...the ...
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This weekend…

I preach today, just about ready to leave and pick up Mariano from Valle de Chalco (where the ...
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Activities in full swing, Animando Cartoons

Community center activities picked up a good bit so far this week, with around 15 people participating in ...
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Theological education by Internet…and our second week of club

Tomorrow morning we need to do several things:1. Hand out flyers to promote the club. Last week we ...
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Anniversary! Classes have begun, sports outreach in Jan.

Yesterday, Mayra and I celebrated (sort of) 15 years of marriage. We REALLY need to find a way ...
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Community Center activities starting up, pics from last week

This week marks the beginning of another 12 weeks of activity for our Jesús María Community Center, and ...
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A nostalgic week…

A bunch of activities this week reminded me of people and events that happened between 8-18 years ago.On ...
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My Own Little World

I just got a note from friend Paul Johnson, who is a missions prof. at Corban College in ...
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How much fun was that!

When we lived in Iztapalapa for 6 1/2 years from 1997-2003, I was involved every week for a ...
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Moody Bible Institute missions conference participation

I just received details from Moody as to which workshops we will be involved in at MBI in ...
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Church in Jesús María today

Our service today had to set a record, or at least close to it, for attendance, probably 50 ...
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Mexico celebrates this week

This year Mexico celebrates both its 200 year birthday as an independent country (1810-1821) as well as 100 ...
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Happy Birthday Mayra

It's Mayra's b-day today! She is...well, that's classified. I was going to invite her to breakfast today, but ...
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Car issues and meetings

Hmm...two things that wouldn't make my top 10 list...but necessary and even important. A few months back we ...
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David and Basketball

David has always been a favorite for people visiting our house. He is special, high energy, a fierce ...
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Subversive, effective, intentional Christianity

Tree-houses, an outdoor mini-amphitheater to watch Christian movies, a nice campfire setting for campers...all sorts of ideas running ...
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Divine power to demolish strongholds

Paul, reflecting on the ministry in 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 so beautifully declares: "For we are to God the ...
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Samuel and two new ELA book covers

There are advantages and disadvantages to being a good friend to an artist. The up side is that ...
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Don Reuben

We received work this morning that Aurora's father, who suffers from high blood pressure and other heart-related problems, ...
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Computers and Home Schooling

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ELA and Basketball

I told Samuel I'm not going to take him anywhere with me anymore, because it seems like anytime ...
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What exactly is he doing out there???

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Why am I tired?

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Iris, us and Jesus

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Reading List and MBI conference

Too bad Amazon.com doesn't deliver to Mexico. If they did, things could get expensive for me. So...right now ...
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Time in PA, NJ, OH

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A very informative video

CAM president Dan Wicher shared this youtube video at our leadership meeting last week. Makes you think...If you ...
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Kids Club in Jesus Maria

Sam wrote yesterday giving an update on the kids club, happening this week in Jesus Maria.Turns out they've ...
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A change in environment…

After being in Mexico City for the last year, well, we're just not used to so many cows ...
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Internship Video

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It’s Friday already!

I'm just about out the door for a youth study I'm giving on what the Bible says about ...
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Antioch, where the believers were first called Christians…

Ok, not the same city exactly as the biblical Antioch...these new friends are from Virginia. Mayra and I ...
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English songs competition

This past Wednesday, CamRon, Micah, Stephanie, Kyle, Jacklyn, Tiffany and Andrea were judges for an English singing competition ...
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Xochimilco…and field corn

So we went to Xochimilco today, which is sort of, well, let's just say that it's a quaint ...
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The girls and their pajama party

I mentioned in a previous post that building relationships is sort of a mantra here. We are convinced ...
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David is better…finally…and Conejo Loco

Today we visited the doctor's office (doctor #2 for 2nd opinion) for the fourth time this week after ...
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Kyle and Stephanie

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Photos and Video from Sendero baptisms

Today the two Iglesia Biblica Sendero de Vida (Path of Life Bible Churches) had a joint baptismal service. ...
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Weekend activities in Ixtapaluca

This past Friday evening David Gomez organized a youth conference/concert, with a motivational talk entitled "Youth with a ...
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Your house is flooded. Huh?

Ok, so we decided to get Daniel a cell phone for his birthday. Not a really fancy one, ...
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The Pyramids, Chapultepec, Daniel’s Birthday

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I’m not a prophet, but…

...I told everybody at the beginning of the internship that at some point during the next 7 weeks ...
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Teaching English at a Jr. Hi school

Our daily schedule changed today, as we were involved in teaching three hours of English classes at a ...
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Spanish classes

I've been saying constantly now that the interns are taking English classes...but they already know English. For 3 ...
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1st weekend in Ixtapaluca

The pictures below are all from last Friday. We had a devotional time, ate breakfast, then went by ...
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Orientation Mexico City

This year´s internship started officially this past Wednesday, with Jacklyn, Camron, Andrea and Micah arriving within 2 hours ...
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What a day…

So Monday night, Daniel and I go to a friend´s house to watch the 4th game between the ...
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Pictures of a number of recent activities

I've not been very faithful of late in posting pictures of various events...but here they are:First is a ...
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Women´s Conference Tomorrow

In February, Cati Ramirez came from Puebla and did a conference on unconditional love. It was a great ...
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Taking the Door Off

We are renting a small, two-bedroom house. The area that we have to meet at as a church ...
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Teacher’s Day…another day off in May

No school today...again. May is crazy. The kids hardly go to school between Labor Day (May 1), 5 ...
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Corban University with us

Corban University is a great place that we knew almost nothing about until last Saturday, when we met ...
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Ezekiel and the Wheels

I'm reading Ezekiel right now, just got through his "wheels" passage. The man had a relelation that surely ...
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Theological education via Internet

Church planting is an interesting pursuit, especially regarding spiritual leadership. The most important qualifications for an elder or ...
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Video from yesterday...thanks Jim.If you can't see this video, click HERE.
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An Incredible Day

The day started without coffee, although I certainly should have had some, because I struggled out of bed ...
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David and Marshmallow Cream

You can tell by the title to this post that it's going to be a good story. Marshmallow ...
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Evidence of God’s Care

Any ideas what this is?I certainly understand if you have no idea. It is a (broken) used motor ...
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Faith

Friday evening I had a Puebla Bible Seminary board meeting in Puebla, and we met at Roger and ...
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Tiempo de Vivir

We now have a name and a logo for our community center. The center is located very near ...
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Ministry Opportunities

A couple of weeks ago I received a call from Larry Hower, who until recently was director of ...
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Participating via Skype in Leroy Chapel’s missions conference

Tomorrow I'll be attending church in Ohio. Sort of. Pastor-friend Jeff Pierce asked me to share, live, with ...
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Valle de Chalco study

Last night was the second week for our Valle de Chalco study, in the area that we provided ...
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Sign for church in Jesus Maria

Mayra went with Aurora today to visit Andrea's family in Magdalena Contreas, a part of Mexico City FAR ...
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The weekend and San Rafael

This past Saturday Sendero de Vida hosted a circuit-wide youth activity, an all-day rally, in which teams of ...
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Bible study starts in Valle de Chalco

Perhaps you remember the relief work that we as a church did in Valle de Chalco, during and ...
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Can you ride a ripstick?

Grandpa Fry took the kids to a Toys R Us store in Lancaster, PA, last summer, and Daniel ...
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1st Sunday Service, Jesús María

Our team of 19* arrived early for our first service in a new neighborhood, to put up some ...
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Club Program Last Night

Last night was not without it's technical difficulties, but all in all was a great time. We rented ...
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Invitación, Clausura de Clubes Jesus Maria

Clausura Enero-Marzo, 2010Clase de InglésClase de tecladoClase de guitarraClase de repostería/Amigas del AlmaClase de basquetból7 p.m., Viernes, Mercado ...
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Here and there

Today I spent some time in the formerly flooded Valle de Chalco area, touching base with the 29 ...
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Basketball and Birthday parties

Last Wednesday we began another new activity related to our community center--basketball! The first class drew about 12 ...
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Vision and Impact

This morning Mayra had a meeting organized by co-worker Shari, with a number of other ladies in the ...
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Valle de Chalco service Sunday

We praise God for a great service in Valle de Chalco on Sunday. We saw an attendance of ...
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Salvation! and Chalco presentation (English)

Last night, while rehearsing two short dramas for Sunday, two young ladies, Hayde and Yvonne responded to the ...
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Program for Sunday

We are finalizing details for this coming Sunday. Today, David and I tried to confirm two more people ...
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Bibles, Bibles and hunger

Last night Samuel and I visited several families that I got to know during the first five days ...
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Visitors

This Friday, Daniel and Lauren Menge join us for around 10 days. They are both Moody grads (yeah!) ...
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Delivering 170 food bags/boxes and clothing this morning

Last night we were excited to have 6 families represented in our Tuesday night Bible study in Jesus ...
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Decisiones, decisions…for a new church plant

Mayra and I both thought we had a really good team meeting last Saturday evening, in the house ...
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Youth group meeting Friday night

Friday night the young people played a game called "Upset the Fruitbasket." After three times in the middle, ...
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Yesterday and Today

Yesterday was not a fun day. It started with a meeting at school. I love my kids, but ...
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The plan

Thanks! to so many of you who gave to this ongoing flood relief project. We received about $800 ...
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10 hours of meetings, but feeling better

These past several days I feel like I lived in a misty haze, and it wasn't the rain ...
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Sick!

I didn't go to serve breakfast at Valle de Chalco today, because my whole being just aches, feel ...
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Day 5 of our involvement in Valle de Chalco

What a difference a day makes! We arrived at our usual spot surrounded by the hustle and bustle ...
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Day 3 of our corner kitchen

Today we served eggs in a tomato sauce, refried beans and coffee, with a fresh bolillo. Fortunately the ...
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Valle de Chalco, Day 2

Yesterday we served a total of 360 eggs, 6.5 lbs of hot dog and 9 lbs of refried ...
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Relief work began this morning

It's been neat to see how our humble attempts at helping out our neighbors have come together. Yesterday, ...
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Women’s conference and relief effort

This morning our very own "Amigas del Alma," Aurora, Shari and Mayra put on Jesus Maria's first ever ...
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Giving disaster relief via CAM Int’l

Perhaps some of you have seen in my Facebook page or on the blog the incredible flooding that ...
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Flooding, women’s conference, street hockey

The flooding right next to where we live is actually getting worse. As of this morning, the breach ...
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Help for flood victims

Little by little we are seeing a bit of support for our efforts to help, in whatever way ...
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More videos of Valle de Chalco flooding

I've included three more videos. The first one is a two minute account of Alejandro Flores, who lives ...
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Flooding near here, please pray

It rarely rains in central Mexico in February. We are in the "dry" season. Sure, every now and ...
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Cathy in New York City

On our flight back from Harrisburg this past Tuesday night, we passed through Newark airport, and I snapped ...
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Tribute to Ben

Last Thursday, Cathy and I flew from Mexico City to Newark to Harrisburg, to take part in a ...
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Video of Ixtapaluca

Our co-worker, Jim Cottrill, is sometimes recording when you don't even think he is! He's his latest video ...
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Ben with Jesus

This is a really sad post! Over the weekend my youngest cousin, 10 year old Benjamin Aungst, went ...
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Observation, Interpretation, Application!

English classes have already begun in earnest, with an average weekly attendance in our Wednesday and Thursday classes ...
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Spectacular view of the volcanoes

We have lived here in Ixtapaluca for over 5 years now, and I can't remember ever seeing the ...
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Tuesday and Wednesday, Activities begin in 2010

Today was the first day of our second 10-week English course, and we started well, with around 20 ...
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Margarita with the Lord

Yesterday, just as church was ending, I received a call from Josue, from the Iztapalapa Bible Church, the ...
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Muñoz and Mendez families

Two of our favorite families, Toño and Becky Muñoz and Martin and Laura Mendez, have visited us during ...
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Registration for English classes, next Tuesday

Now that we're back home and the relative peace of the holidays is over, it's time to get ...
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Hernan Cortez’s house, circa 1550

I've included a couple more short videos from our Veracruz trip, these two of Hernan Cortez's house, which ...
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Veracruz Adventure

This past Thursday we drove the 4 hours from Ixtapaluca to Veracruz (4 hours the way I drive!). ...
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Projects for 2010

We are excited about this coming year! We will, Lord willing, be hosting groups from DTS&Baylor in March, ...
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Christmas event pics

Here's some pictures of our trip to Puebla to attend the Coro Unido, then a few pictures of ...
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Christmas and gift-giving

I was reading an article recently about Christmastime as it is currently celebrated in the U.S., that really ...
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A crazy busy weekend

It all started Friday night, with the kid's school Christmas program. You can check out a video of ...
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Soul Friends “Amigas del Alma”

Pictures of today's great Apple Pie Bake-off
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Christmas season in full swing

This morning I stopped Samuel and Aurora's house briefly and saw the "Amigas del Alma" in action...preparing to ...
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Coro Unido Mega-Choir Extravanganza

This morning, after taking the kids to school, Mayra and I made it to the last little bit ...
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Cathy’s Christmas Ballet Presentation

Cathy has been taking ballet classes for the last couple of months, practicing much of that time for ...
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Video of Jesus Maria English event

Co-worker Jim Cottrill put together a short video of Friday night that visually summarizes the evening very nicely.If ...
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Report on Presentation last night

A big thank you to those of you who were praying for our first significant community activity in ...
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Practice, practice…

Today started early, taking pieces of the 8 ft. by 20 ft. x 3 ft high stage that ...
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Christmas Carols, Mexican Jr. Hi style

This morning Jim and Shari Cottrill and I were part of the esteemed judges panel in a nearby ...
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House rental for church plant, 1 year contract begins in January

Here's a picture of the house we will be renting for the start of church plant #2 here ...
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Video of Christmas practice

our English class closing program is this coming Friday evening. Here's co-worker Jim Cottrill working with Mary (Claudia) ...
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English Club closing program poster

Our new promo poster for the closing event for English clubs in Jesus Maria. Samuel, David and I ...
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Baking classes continue…Dec. 11 event

Shari Cottrill keeps teaching the ladies of Jesus Maria how to make delicious pies and cakes, today it ...
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Church Construction

I took a few pictures of the church building today. The last 4 years have been an adventure ...
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Has religious America finally awakened?

Bill O'Reilly and his Talking Points monologue entitled, "Has religious America finally awakened?"Video from last week, Fox News.Watch ...
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Conference Pictures

We arrived home early today after spending Tuesday through Saturday in the Mexican state of Veracruz, at a ...
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Willow Creek International Leadership Summit

This past weekend the plan was to attend both days of Willow Creek's International Leadership Summit, at Torre ...
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The three amigas strike again…

Check out Samuel's new Christmas graphic of the three amigas.Last week was a very significant week, with three ...
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The kids…

It's tough getting a picture of the three our kids where each one is smiling and reasonable normal. ...
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Evangelical Free Video featuring El Faro, in Lebanon

The last time we were in the U.S. for an extended amount of time, 2003-2004, we had the ...
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Sunday, 15th birthdays and Soccer

Yesterday was another good day at Sendero, with great attendance. Martin had to bring up some of the ...
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Teaching English all day

I returned to our house around 1:15 p.m. today, after teaching 6 (or was it 7?) English classes ...
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Best friends Women’s ministry

Mayra, Shari and Aurora have officially started their unique women's ministry in Jesus Maria! Samuel just created a ...
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Coro Unido–Puebla’s 200+ voice choir

CAM missionary Terry Vanderwerf is already losing sleep (according to wife Helen!) over organizing a HUGE Christmas concert ...
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Tiffany Taylor

Last week we were privileged to have Tiffany Taylor with us, who graduated with a Masters in Business ...
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Football

Once again I'm condemned to follow an important game (Dallas vs. Eagles) on the Internet on ESPN's Gamecast, ...
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Christmas at CAM basketball project

Yesterday I met Jazmin, a vivacious young lady with a degree in Physical Education. Her mother is a ...
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Youth Campfire

Last night we had a campfire at Samuel and Aurora's house. Seems like whenever we say the word ...
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Jesus Maria and our target area

Video produced by co-worker Jim Cottrill, focusing on our target area for the second Bible church in Ixtapaluca.In ...
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Come to Mexico!

I've embedded a video in the blog that Jim Cottrill produced. If you can't see the video, you ...
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First Fruits

This past Thursday, we once again had 30 kids in the first class, and around 22 people, including ...
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Ok, that’s a new experience!

Today, the kids didn't have school due to an in-service day, so we decided to go on a ...
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Joshua Daniel

Thanks to all of you who have been praying for my friends Dan and Katie and the birth ...
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Sunday

I preached today on Romans 13:8-14, and spent a bit of time on the phrase: Owe no man ...
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Projects

I will soon be posting a number of small to medium sized projects for those of you who ...
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A much better video!

Ok, you've seen my pictures and video...but co-worker Jim Cottrill actually knows how to put together a presentation. ...
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Men’s Retreat at 12,000 ft.

This past Friday, at around 8 p.m., 16 men from two churches traveled the 90 minutes from Ixtapaluca, ...
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Daniel teaching

Yesterday we had our second week of ESL classes, with about the same participation as last week...our second ...
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Decorating and Celebrating

Yesterday we spent some more time conditioning our market space/ESL center, putting up two whiteboards and a bunch ...
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The boys and I

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English Classes and Lots of Contacts

Today I re-initiated a long-term,ongoing English class here in Santa Barbara, the neighborhood where we live, moving it ...
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English Classes starting tomorrow

Some of you know about a small market space/store sort of area that we purchased in a neighborhood ...
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Mascot duty once again

This morning was a bit less crazy because Cathy did not have school (teacher in-service day or something), ...
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Generators for TMI

I spoke to my parents this evening and them mentioned that they drove right by a huge truck/trailer ...
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Week in review

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Remembering Grandparents

Although my life for the last 20 years or so has been dramatically different from my first 20 ...
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Hike Up La Malinche

Last Saturday a number of young people and adults from the church took part in what Martin has ...
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Grandma A; 1917-2009

I received an email from my dad this morning informing us of the passing of my maternal grandmother, ...
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Roberto…Luis….Pablo and Jesy…Toby and Marilyn

Several years ago, Mayra and I were involved with a university ministry for about 4 years, until we ...
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Sick…

Yesterday is a blur. The last thing I remember of Monday night was staggering up the stairs, really ...
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Hiking La Maliche

This coming Saturday the youth are going to climb a nearby volcano, La Malinche, the "least tall" of ...
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Developing People, Planting Churches

I just talked to José Antonio on the phone for a while. Toño Muñoz fell while trying to ...
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This weekend

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Tacos and a great conversation

We've been busy paying school bills, paying the rent, paying the phone bill and trying to see the ...
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Social Networking

I found this interesting youtube video on Facebook...partially confirming at least some of the themes of the video. ...
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Adjusting to Life in Mexico

Today was the kids' first day of school (having missed all last week because of travel), and the ...
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We’re back in Ixtapaluca. It wasn’t easy!

We began our trip back to Mexico City last Tuesday. Seems like a LONG time ago. Here's a ...
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Beautiful PA

Well, I told my parents today that I love being everywhere I happen to be, but I really ...
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The week in review, and 3 Shades of Blue

Ok, you know you should update your blog when your dad sends your son downstairs and says, "when ...
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Hope Community on Sunday

My cousin Ryan and wife Leah are visiting tonight, the whole way from Iowa. Can't wait to sit ...
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Fry Cabin

Ok, so I'm just about beginning to feel guilty about how many days we've been enjoying spectacularly beautiful ...
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A full week

I tried to tell Samuel and Aurora that what we've done these last two weeks usually is spaced ...
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New Church partnership, bear, trout, soccer

A lot has happened in the last couple of days. I'll start with the most painful first, and ...
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Sight and Sound–Wow!

Our days are SO full of wonderful experiences! On Thursday, the day started with a behind the scenes ...
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Full first day with the Valtierra family

We picked up Samuel and family Tuesday evening at Philadelphia and took them to where they're staying, the ...
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Time at Bible Fellowship Community Church

Our time with Bible Fellowship Community Church was great! Unfortunately, we weren't all able to go. David started ...
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jaja

hi im daniel my dad dosent now im in his blog the stuff mi dad put me dancing ...
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New property purchase in Ixtapaluca (and news from PA)

I added some pictures on the blog that Samuel just sent me. Hopefully they'll help in giving you ...
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Our summer church schedule

Our summer church schedule is beginning to take shape, with a commitment this week at Wolc's VBS time, ...
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This weekend was fun! It started with a Friday evening with my almost 90 year old grandmother, Catharine ...
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Sweet morning!

So, it was tough getting up at 1:30 a.m. to make coffee and try to find my shoes, ...
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TX to PA

So...here's a brief summary of our trip up from Mexico City. We crossed the bridge at Nuevo Laredo/Laredo...and ...
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In beautiful PA!

After a LONG 2,700 mile plus journey from Mexico City to Elizabethtown, PA, we are enjoying family here.On ...
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Fun with Toño and Becky

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Daniel Dancing

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Baptisms Sendero de Vida June 2009

Yesterday was a GREAT day...baptisms always are...as we traveled about an hour away to a public swimming area ...
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Kid’s school presentation

Here's some initial photos...video coming soon. Due to the flu scare, the kids' mothers day presentation was delay ...
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Thank you, Mayra

Mayra and I are transitioning out of weekly ministry in Sendero de Vida, to begin focus on another ...
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Potential new outreach area

This past Saturday evening, Samuel and I dropped our two boys at the movie theater and drove around ...
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Daniel’s Birthday party

We celebrated Daniel's birthday yesterday (and today, at his Mexican grandparents house). Here's some video. If you can't ...
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Planning for Sendero 2

Starting a Church. What's important? Below we've identified 4 key areas that are fundamental to this process of ...
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Paso de Cortez with Daniel and the Downs

One day each year we pull one of our kids out of school without any forewarning and do ...
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Video from Saturday’s formal dinner

Here are two horribly incomplete segments of video from last Saturday evening. Terry Vanderwerf directed the 100+ voice ...
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Dan and Sue Wicher

CAM president and friend Dan Wicher and wife Susan were present for Puebla Bible Seminary's 50th Anniversary celebration, ...
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Day 2–You and the Church conference

It's been a great day so far here in Puebla, at the Torre Fuerte Bible Church, the 50th ...
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Starbucks by the U.S. Embassy

Little by little I'm waking up, nursing a Carmel Machiatto at a Starbucks by the U.S. Embassy in ...
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Puebla Bible Seminary/FAMEX conference

I spent most of the day today working on last-minute details and getting hundreds of copies made for ...
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David and Construction

My other superstar, David, started soccer classes on Wednesday. He loves it!Yesterday Martin called to ask if I ...
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Daniel and Soccer

I happen to think, as probably most fathers do, that my son is exceptionally gifted at soccer. He ...
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The Word is Alive

Mayra and I have been enjoying Casting Crowns' CD The Alter and the Door a lot lately. Here's ...
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Earthquakes and Parties

Yesterday at around 2:24 p.m., central Mexico experienced a pretty strong 5.9 Richter earthquake. I was driving up ...
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Logos and Caricatures

After a morning Bible study on the subject of believer baptism, Samuel and I cruised downtown, to a ...
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The Kids

A picture, or a couple of them, say a thousand words. You can see on our kids faces ...
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CAM Int’l Mobilization Logo

CAM Int'l has a new name and logo to promote short term missions experiences. Emerge! This year, 19 ...
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Gravitating toward Life

Having kids is great for a lot of reasons, but one of the reasons I most love to ...
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Pray for our home church…

Word of Life Chapel, located in Bainbridge, PA, about 4 miles from Three Mile Island nuclear power plant ...
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How to Love Unconditionally

On April 25, our church hosted a circuit-level woman's conference, entitled "How to Love Unconditionally." Here's a poster ...
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The Beach!

Due to the influenza virus, school was unexpectedly canceled all this week (through next Wednesday). Museums closed down. ...
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How Piggy flu got started….

The potential guilty party for all of this flu business!
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On a lighter note…

Some of you know that I enjoy the board game Settlers of Catan. A good friend, Charles Wright, ...
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Another Flu Update

According to the evening news, 103 people have now died as a result of the flu virus here, ...
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Swine Flu update

Mexico City is apparently the epicenter of a new viral epidemic. What began as something fairly local and ...
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Schools canceled today

Another update later today from Reuters...click HERE!For an update on this situation, check out this article. Thanks, Jim, ...
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Mechanic experience

Not all run-ins with mechanics here in Mexico (or anywhere for that matter) are positive experiences. One that ...
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Mountains and Mobilization

Last week we were pleased to host Karin Rountree for several days. Karin is CAM's primary campus representative, ...
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Friends

During our last night on vacation recently, on the balcony of our hotel, late at night long after ...
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Holy Week activities, more Pics and Video

This past week was a full one, with services at the church on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, ...
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Iztapalapa Passion Reenactment

This is part of a procession that takes place every year in Iztapalapa, the judgement of Christ before ...
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Today

Today was a different day. After helping get the kids ready for school, I took public transportation into ...
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Video of Yesterday’s Leadership recognition

Thanks for the video, Jim!
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Getting Well

On Monday, after picking the kids up from school, Mayra and I took the kids to a little ...
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This weekend, like most…

What's a typical weekend look like here at the church? Well, Saturday for us started out with a ...
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What’s Going on…

Check out what's going on in my home town, Elizabethtown, PA, today, more specifically at the High School. ...
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Church, Prayer, Books and Food

After surviving a COLD and RAINY Team Leader training time in east Texas, I returned back to Dallas ...
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Ixtapaluca Church project

If you would like to learn more as to how to donate to our church, Sendero de Vida ...
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Retreat!

Normally I'm the guy who gets to leave home, but last weekend Mayra had the opportunity to go ...
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The Purpose of Life

You might be thinking that I am feeling the need to redeem myself after the last hamster post. ...
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Laura Guaza clip

Some of you know Laura. She's a gal from Columbia who came to Mexico in 2005 with the ...
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Be fruitful and multiply apparently applies to hamsters too…

You know, it's truly amazing the amount of knowledge one just doesn't have, about any number of significant ...
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Mexico Internship 2009

It's almost internship time again! After coordinating CAM Mexico's internship program for the last 7 years, we're taking ...
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Pray for Alejandra

Some of you know Alejandra Escalera. What you may not have known was that Alejandra gave birth yesterday ...
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Memories

Don MacKay just tagged me on this photo on Facebook of our Moody Chorale 1987 European Chorale tour. ...
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Leadership “what would you do if” time…and tacos

Last night Mayra and I went to sleep sometime after 12:30 last night. Here's why.We invited Jose Antonio ...
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Pictures of last Sunday…and, THE HAMSTERS!

Last Sunday we loaded up a bus and some vans and went from here to Iztapalapa, to the ...
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More Art and a Praise

More Samuel pictures. You really gotta see these pictures in person...but they really are good.Today was a great ...
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Samuel’s Art, and Animando Cartoons

Samuel Valtierra won 1st place for both of these pictures...more info later.Ok, I have a bit of time ...
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Martin’s B-day

I'm actually sitting on the third floor of Martin and Laura's house, listening to salsa music with Martin ...
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Thanks so much! We have a great support team.

Check out the websites of our 7 supporting churches (in alphabetical order):Click to go to their websites.The Chapel, ...
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God…is seen in His creation

I'm preaching on Romans 1:18-32 tomorrow. This cartoon is relevant.Did you know that the human body is made ...
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Epicenter

Our annual Fellowship Conference speaker from 2007 mentioned he was reading at that time a book called Epicenter, ...
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May the U.S. be guided by this prayer…

Rick Warren's prayer today at Obama's Inauguration.
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Video of the church

Mauricio helped me make a quick video of the inside of the church, recent modifications and also future ...
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Charlie Estañol…and passports

I just received a statement of recent contributions to our church property project. Among the donors was a ...
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Pray for Mexico!

Jim Cottrill posted an interesting blog entry today. To check it out, click here.I was viewing another related ...
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Great video of Tim Tebow

The Florida Gators won the BCS College Football championship last night. He's an MK who grew up in ...
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Our new Transformation Team

CAM International is moving to a team dynamic, with missionaries working together in teams of 3-6 families. There ...
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Three Kings Picture session a success

Last night, as I mentioned to some of you, the church took advantage of a vinyl backdrop and ...
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Day of the Three Kings/Dia de los Reyes

Mexican kids have it pretty good. They can enjoy the benefits of Santa Claus on December 24th (the ...
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Interesting Links and Info

Here's a link to Jim Cottrill's blog...he also wrote quite a bit about the activities of the end ...
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Yesterday, passports and hospital visits

Yesterday we left home around 11 a.m. bound for the U.S. embassy, right in the heart of the ...
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Battle of the Bands Concert

I didn't get any pictures Friday night, December 19th, but fortunately our co-worker Jim Cottrill did. The event ...
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Christmas at the Fry house

Christmas in Mexico is really celebrated more on the 24th than on the 25th. Our celebration started around ...
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Video from this past Sunday

19 members from Lighthouse Collective returned home yesterday after 10 full days here with us and the people ...
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Big Event Tonight

Last night the Lighthouse Band practiced to after 11 p.m. Today is the big day. I received a ...
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More news

I've been a bit busy of late, too busy to do much in the way of posting. Check ...
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www.lighthousecollective.com

For much more info and photos, visit Lighthouse's website at www.lighthousecollective.comJust got back from eating tooooo many tacos, ...
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Concert and Being Rear-ended

The Lighthouse concert last night at the mall was awesome. I'll try to get pics and videos soon. ...
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Michigan team here

Just a quick note to let you know that the Michigan team, all 19 of them, arrived safe ...
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Now you have it, now you don’t

Yesterday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon we hosted 19 women in our house. Each month the ladies ...
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Light up the Night

Samuel has been working on a number of graphics for the Michigan team's time here. They arrive this ...
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Church planting reflections

I responded to a question today about church planting here in Mexico, particularly about the advantages and disadvantages ...
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What a Weekend!

Well, it was a crazy weekend, with the fun starting Friday night, with a rehearsal at our house ...
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Candy Christmas Houses

Here's some video and pictures from last night. It was...sweet! Of course, David managed to eat far too ...
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Battle of the Bands

Here's a promo poster for the 3-band event we're planning for Friday, December 19. We have municipal permission ...
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CAM Fellowship Conference Pic and MBI Alumni Pic

Here are two pics, one of our CAM Family in Mexico plus some visitors, the other of Moody ...
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Hunting Season (in PA)

Yesterday my dad called from our family cabin. I had no idea why my dad would call in ...
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Life as a Turkey

I asked my son Daniel what were some highlights of conference this past weekend. His first response was ...
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Fellowship Conference report

It's been a while since I've posted an entry. Reason: our annual CAMEX Fellowship Conference, this year in ...
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Miracle Crash

Early today at around 12:30 Alejandro and David were going from here into Mexico City, in Alex's old ...
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Life and Ministry, and a new church plant

Last Wednesday, Martin, Samuel, Miguel, Jim and I had a meeting to determine, in a sense, the future ...
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Roller Coasting and New Skills

This past Saturday the Ixtapaluca youth group went to Chapultepec amusement park. Those of you who have been ...
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Back in Ixtapaluca

Well, we're back in Ixtapaluca, we arrived yesterday at around 2 p.m. Due to the last-minute tickets I ...
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Summary of a full time in PA

Daniel and my time in PA has been full and profitable. The viewing Friday evening and the funeral ...
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Surprise! We’re in PA…

So after an already long day, Daniel and I are in our second plane, a big 767, from ...
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Family Heritage

Yesterday morning at 4:25 a.m. my grandfather, Mahlon Fry, passed peacefully into God's presence. He is a portion ...
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Alan and the Dishes

Quote of the Day:Where the light of revelation is not accompanied by spiritual experience and power in our ...
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Anyway…

Some more humor...here's a picture of me and some Elizabethtown Grace Brethren youth group members, back in 1997. ...
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Denny Boxing and Us Dancing!!!!

A couple fun videos of our time with the Wolc team in August.
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Some fun pics from August

I found a bunch of pictures I didn't know I had on my laptop...and videos. I think Keith ...
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Pastorela

Pastorela means Christmas play in Spanish. We are suspending our discipleship (Sunday School hour) time from now till ...
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Listening to Casting Crowns today…The Altar and the Door

I have found some serious encouragement and...rebuke! in listening to Casting Crowns "The Altar and the Door" CD. ...
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Of Visas and such…

Today was a day high in learning, mostly self-learning. I won't get into all of that, suffice it ...
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Home Again

We all arrived back home again today at around 6 p.m. Good to be home!Had a great last ...
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Wrapping up our time in Big Sandy

I woke up today thinking about two things. 1. I'm going to have to re-enter Mexico as a ...
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Blog Address

http://t2.caminternational.org/Ok, so I'm dying here, inside, trying to work through complicated RACI charts, with the sight of green ...
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Dallas and T2 meetings

Well, I arrived in Dallas Friday night and spent the evening with Brad and Lindsey Bridges, at Lindsey's ...
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Oh good grief…I’m an alien, I’m a barely legal alien…

So I get out my visa this morning, and my passport...and I'm looking at the two documents. My ...
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T2 Workshops

I'm rather frantically attempting to get everything done I need to get done today and tomorrow before leaving ...
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Article for local newspaper

Una Semana de Celebración Navideña…Domingo, 14 de diciembre, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Celebración del 2ndo aniversario de Plaza CortijoCon Laura ...
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Weekend

On Saturday Miguel, Alex and I drove up to northwestern Mexico City, to a huge graveyard where David's ...
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Yesterday…and Today

This week has been an unusual one, with hospital runs M-F, taking Claudia for radiation therapy. On Thursday ...
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What We Need…and what we don’t…and what really matters

Well, the Phillies won the NLCS...I remember (barely) in 1980 when they won the World Series. I saw ...
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Pray for December ministry plans

Here's a note I wrote to Cliff Johnson, coordinator of the young adult ministry at Woodside Bible Church, ...
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Alex and Mar’s wedding

Here in Mexico there are always (or almost always) 2 weddings. The second “religious” wedding is always dependent ...
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Van Breakdown on Youtube

Leave it to Luis to actually document the van story! Hey, God was very good in letting us ...
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Van Issues…again

Yesterday the plan was to take CAM president Dan and Sue Wicher and friend Jon up to the ...
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Going to the Mall

Samuel and I spoke to a mall administrator last Saturday regarding Lighthouse Collective, the group from Troy, Michigan ...
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New Books I’m Reading

I'm finally finishing up some books I've been reading...The Courage to be Protestant(awesome book) and The Complete Book ...
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Van issues

After a couple of weeks trying to fix our van, last Thursday I finally had a breakthrough. I ...
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Please pray for Griselda and family

Yesterday during church I received a call on my cell phone, which I didn't answer because we were, ...
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Mexico reflections from Crystal

Crystal Langer has been down here with us in Ixtapaluca several times now...for the internship program last year ...
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Manchas and our Astro

If you've visited us here during the last year I'm sure you remember Manchas (Spot, or more accurately, ...
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Be Careful Driving in Mexico!

This morning a bus full of 41 passengers was driving north of Mexico City, actually pretty close to ...
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Policy Governance at the Puebla Bible Seminary board meeting

This past Friday evening and Saturday the Puebla Bible Seminary board met, of which I am privileged to ...
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Fun Cartoon

In case you have trouble reading this cartoon...in the first frame a little girl is reading a magazine ...
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Lighthouse, from Woodside, group coming in December

Here's a video that Cliff uploaded to give an idea to the mall supervisors of the sort of ...
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Daniel on the drums for the first time

I forgot to mention that Daniel played the drums for 1 song for the first time this past ...
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Pictures of Sunday Ind. Day fun

Last night at 11:00 p.m. the president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, stood on the balcony of the presidential ...
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Independence Day celebration

Last night we had a great time as a church, with a p.m. service and a celebration/food/games/fireworks afterward. ...
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Thursday afternoon classes

Thursday is a full evening at the church, beginning with English classes at 4. Yesterday Crystal and I ...
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Jingle Bell Rock, malls and Michigan

Yesterday we had a brain surge...seeing as "surge" is so in vogue right now. Almost as popular as ...
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Pictures from Mayra’s Bday

Picture from last night. I read a poem that I had written Mayra before we were married, and ...
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Party time

I guess a picture, or a drawing, is worth 1000 words. Last night we had a house-full, with ...
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Happy Birthday Mayra

Today Mayra has her 30-something...birthday! There are some surprises in the works, but I won't write about them ...
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English and Drum classes

One of the ideas that we have for our church and church building is that it become a ...
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Highlights from yesterday

Jim Cottrill and I both left our houses at around 6 a.m. yesterday, and met around 6:15 at ...
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Church news, English and Spanish

Yesterday I preached on the life of Joseph, from Genesis 40-41. Preaching is still hard for me, one ...
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Music classes

We've been praying for a new music teacher at church for the last couple of months, ever since ...
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VP pick, Sarah Palin

I really do not like to talk about politics, especially U.S. politics...but...can't help but comment on the recently ...
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Claudia’s cancer has not metastasized

Last night Alberto called and asked us to come over and see Claudia. He had good news. Apparently ...
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Claudia update, PA pics

Thanks to those of you who are praying for Claudia. According to her husband Alberto she is doing ...
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Quotes from the book The Complete Book of Discipleship

…many evangelical churches pose an even more subtle danger by departing from the gospel that calls on all ...
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Excerpt from Above all Earthly Powers

Excerpt from Above All Earthly Powers, by David Wells, p. 50Change in focus from character to personality.Warren Susman ...
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New Animation in Spanish from Luis

This animation talks about how a runner has to run the race to get the prize, and that ...
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Weekend Report

It's Saturday! This morning Daniel and I visited a woman who made initial contact with our co-worker Shari ...
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Planning Meeting tonight

What started as a meeting between Samuel and me to talk about some future projects has morphed into ...
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Please pray for Claudia

Yesterday after a biospy it was confirmed that the lump that Claudia noticed in the last several months ...
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First Day of School yesterday

Yesterday was the kids' first day of school. This year they're all in the same elementary school. David, ...
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The Ministry…a checklist

I remain fully convinced that although Christian ministry invariably involves many aspects, the two key, non-negotiable essentials are ...
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Update on Sendero de Vida Bible Church

Here's some interesting facts about church life in Sendero de Vida:*60-70 of us meet on a regular basis*Our ...
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Edified to Reach the World

Wednesday night was a wonderful time of sharing in the celebration of Fabiola's birthday here at the house ...
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More Wolc Pics

We set a new record for the van during Wolc's time here...21 young people in the van. We ...
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Hard at Work

Samuel is threatening to make me a mascot, along with our Brigam image. Not a good idea, I ...
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School registration and car problems

Yesterday we enrolled Daniel, Cathy and David in the same elementary school. Daniel is in 5th grade, Cathy ...
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Wolc review

This past week was a full and very profitable one! I still haven't had a chance to download ...
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Update

Sorry for the lack of updates, life has been fast and fun with the 15 members of the ...
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Word of Life Chapel Team

We are excited to have a team of 15 from my home church, Word of Life Chapel, Bainbridge, ...
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Animated Video in Spanish by Luis

Luis and Samuel went with Mayra and I to Spain. Both are incredible artists, and do all sorts ...
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Mexico City, Things I Do Not Understand, by John Fry

Every time I come home from Mexico I struggle to find the right words to tell my friends ...
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Pulpit pictures

I received a note from dad that they arrived safe and sound this morning around 2:30 a.m. Today ...
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Building a Pulpit

My mom and dad left for PA this afternoon, and will, Lord willing, arrive in Baltimore around midnight, ...
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Video from last night

Today my dad and two other guys in the church, Samuel and Miguel, and I will be cruising ...
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CAM Summer Internship video

Here's a video featuring internship photos from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Spain. Thanks, Brad, for making this available.
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Ten Things I Learned in Mexico, by Crystal Langer (Summer 2007 and 2008 Intern)

Very perceptive insights by Crystal. I would fully agree with all of them!Ten Things I Learned in Mexico ...
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Time in Veracruz

We had a great time with my parents for the last two days in a beautiful, tropical town ...
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Slide show from the Prusias time in Mexico

Two weeks ago Darrol and Kim Prusia, and friends Dan and Kelly, spent some time with us. Dan ...
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Paso de Cortez outing

Yesterday I dropped of this year's interns at the airport, we left here at around 6:30 a.m. But ...
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Volcanos!

Today the interns and their host families and us went up to Paso de Cortez, the road that ...
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Pic from two Sundays ago

Dan Coops posted this pic on Facebook...from two weeks ago when he was here with the Prusias and ...
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Revolution, take 2

This morning the interns and I did some filming of a soon-to-be released Christian gangsta video, starring Abby, ...
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A Full Sunday

This past Sunday was a very long, very enjoyable (for the most part) Sunday. The day started early, ...
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Dan Coops Altitude Test

Darrol and Kim Prusia, CAM candidates to Mexico who plan to use martial arts to reach out to ...
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Do You Want a Revolution?

Featuring Jonatan Toledo and Abby Grainge singing "Revolution" on the way back from the Teotioacan pyramids this past ...
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Thursday ESL A.M.

I've tried to load several more videos...but the lights went out a couple of times...and since my laptop ...
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120+ in ESL classes today

It's been difficult to find time to write. Last night Darrol Prusia and friend Dan Coops did a ...
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Good Leadership and the Need for more Space

I'm at the airport right now, writing this, drinking a Chai Tea Latte and enjoying a few brief ...
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English poster

Today the rain held off again until around 9 p.m., allowing us to complete two more sports clubs, ...
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Taco Time…and recovery…

Last night after a really neat prayer meeting where Abby helped out on the keyboard and we had ...
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Update

Below are pictures from Sunday and yesterday. Today we made it through both sports clubs without any rain, ...
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ESL and Sports clubs begin

Yesterday we kicked off a week of 2 sports clubs and 1 ESL club daily. The weather was ...
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Sunday Service and UW arrival

We had a great service today. Abby Grainge played the keyboard for us, our new Yamaha church keyboard...and ...
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Posters for Sports Ministry

We'll be placing these posters around promoting this next week's evangelistic sports activities.
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Airport runs

I actually rather enjoy going to the airport because I can indulge in a Chai Tea Latte or ...
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Locks and a Drumset

Yesterday, thanks to a gift not yet received from two dear friends, we were able to buy a ...
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Gearing up for next week

We have a pretty active weekend/next week, with 2 people arriving on Friday, 5 interns arriving on Saturday ...
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Uncharted Waters 2008 Team

If you want to know more about Uncharted Waters, and see the faces of the team members that ...
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Sunday

Yesterday we did something a bit different in church. After our discipleship studies, instead of a normal sermon ...
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Jesus Adrian Romero Concert tonight

Mayra and I were given two tickets to a Christian concert this evening, in downtown Mexico City at ...
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Sign for Sendero de Vida

We got the large vinyl/canvas sign for the church printed out today...2.44 meters x 5.8 meters. We'll need ...
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American Idol hits Ixtapaluca

Last Friday, Melissa (a.k.a. Paula), Jonathan (Randy) and I (Simon) were the esteemed international judges at a very ...
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Internship Update

By all accounts Abby, Brooke, Crystal and Emily are having entirely too much fun in Cuernavaca, as well ...
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More Books 2 Read

Daniel Ransom and his wife Erin did an internship here last summer in partnership with his Seminary, Gordon ...
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Keyboard

Today we'll be purchasing a Yamaha 7-octave keyboard (DGX520) for about $900, the latest purchase in our pursuit ...
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Plans and Permits

I'm in the process of writing up a formal letter to be presented to various municipal offices asking ...
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Internship update from Crystal, Cottrill move

Thanks Rod! Things are going well here. We're having a great time with the Downs and the church ...
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Mexico City Internship Experiences

Here's some pictures of the last couple days downtown, including some group pics in front of the National ...
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Summer 2008 Interns

Once again this year we have a great bunch of kids...Abby from NY, Brooke from Kentucky, Crystal from ...
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Internship Orientation

Last night around midnight I found myself near the Angel de la Independencia, on Reforma, in the heart ...
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Pray for Lydia

We got a great email today...I thought I'd share it with you and ask you to pray for ...
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A day with Samuel

This morning I passed by the church, then picked up David. We defined what sort of polo shirts, ...
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Summer Internship Program begins

CAM International Mexico Internship starts this Wednesday!
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Saturday 4-wheeling

Brigam leaves this week after being here since February. He wanted to so something special for the youth ...
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Cottrill House

Here's some pics of the house our soon-to-be co-workers, Jim and Shari Cottrill, just rented. It's a small ...
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Downtown buying books

Driving from here to downtown ranks right up there with going to the dentist as my favorite things ...
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Banner for the Church

This is a very small picture of a 18 ft. by 4.5 ft. banner that we're going to ...
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Another fun weekend

This past Thursday and Friday, Mario painted our house downstairs...we added some color, me trying to prove that ...
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Melissa returns

Melissa Roberts, an intern last summer and CAM MK, returns today to spend a month with the church ...
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Cultural Orientation Seminar

About two weeks ago I was invited to present a cultural orientation seminar to about 12 missionaries from ...
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Sleeping in…

After three days of being away till after 1 a.m. every night and running around like a crazy ...
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A full, fun weekend…

This weekend is going to be pretty intense, with a discipleship Bible study at 9 a.m. tomorrow, then ...
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MBI days…

Oh my goodness this was a while ago, like 22 years ago, but what fun it was! Sandy ...
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Brigam is Back

Since last Friday Brigam is with us again, teaching English with a fury. He called me twice today ...
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House Hunting

Jim and Shari Cottrill were here this past Friday looking at houses. Shari, who had not seen the ...
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Kids Mother’s Day program…enjoy the video

Cathy is dancing flamenco in the first video. Daniel puts his teammate on the ground during mock take-downs ...
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Mother’s Day Serenades

Last night around 20 of us, including a bunch of young people and 5 adult men sang serenatas ...
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Barnabas, what an example he was

Barnabas the mobilizerTraits that every missionary and mobilizer should have.I. An Encourager. A. Acts 4:32-36 B. Barnabas had ...
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A really great group of people…

It would be difficult to exaggerate the sense of joy and fun and satisfaction that both Mayra and ...
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Popocatépetl and Itzaccihualt

Popocatepetl (smoking mountain) and Itzaccihualt (white woman or sleeping woman) are located somewhere inside of 40 miles of ...
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New Mexico City driving restrictions

If your car liscence plate ends in 5 or 6 (as our does) we are now unable to ...
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Palabras de sabiduria, de John Stott

Al fin y al cabo solo hay dos posibles actitudes que los cristianos pueden adoptar hacia el mundo. ...
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Ahh…real chairs!

Thanks to a generous gift from a good friend and brother who shares my first name, Rod, and ...
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Cecilia Mary Rose Emma Bullard

Join us in welcoming Cecilia into the world! My sister gave birth to her first child, a girl, ...
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5.8 degree earthquate in Mexico City

Around 7:06 last evening we experienced an earthquake...this one we did not even feel. We were in the ...
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Not good news

I heard on the radio that it's been a year now that Mexico City legalized abortions. Since that ...
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Coming soon to a t-shirt near you…

At prayer meeting this evening we prayed through some of the pilrimage Psalms. After the meeting I met ...
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More Pics from this past weekend

You certainly get to know people better when you're camping! Among our many challenges...getting the tent up in ...
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Leave a comment or send us an email

Hi there. Perhaps you've been following this blog for a while and have been praying for the ministry ...
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Men’s Retreat Friday Saturday

7 of us went up to over 12,000 ft. Friday night and camped. This morning after a devotional ...
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Books and Tacos

Yesterday Mayra and I went downtown with Alberto. To me, going to downtown Mexico City is right up ...
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Vans and Sound Systems

I took my van to the garage today...never a good day, especially if you're not exactly sure what's ...
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English class Goodbye party

The reason why we teach English... Ty Stingel goes back to Calgary, Canada tomorrow...we leave here at 4:30 ...
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More Spain Pics, thanks Brad and Lindsey

What fond memories we have of Spain and the people and places we met there. Brad and Lindsey ...
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Hoy no circula

I was driving around contentedly in my Astro van this morning when Alex, a guy in the youth ...
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Art is Ministry

We are very much committed here to use all sorts of ways to express God's LOVE and communicate ...
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Baptisms yesterday…

Yesterday we once again took what is usually an annual pilgrimage to a public water park outside the ...
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Puebla Pastor’s Conference

Here are two pics from this weekend's pastor's conference. Keynote speakers Jack O'Brien and Oscar Lopez with his ...
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To Puebla and back…

The last two days I've gone to Puebla and returned on the 9 p.m. "Intermedio," a bus that ...
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Baptisms this Sunday

Looks like we'll have 6 people obeying the Lord in believer's baptism this coming Sunday. Please pray for ...
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Back in Ixtapaluca and weekend ministry…

Here's a picture of us with our dear friends Charles and Rikki.We're getting back in the swing of ...
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Spain Trip–Sevilla, Guadix, Granada and Malaga

After Ubeda we headed south, then west, than back east again. During our time in Sevilla we met ...
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Spain Pics–Ubeda and Baeza

In central Spain millions of olive trees grow, the largest concentration of olive groves on the planet, and ...
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Spain Pics–Madrid

Here are some photos from Madrid and a small town we visited on our way back to Madrid, ...
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Toledo, Spain

Here's a group shot of us in Spain, with Rob and Karen Jaworski and their two boys and ...
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Cumpleanos Feliz a Aurora

Below there is a video that we made as a group this morning to wish Aurora a happy ...
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Still in Guadix, heading to Malaga today

Last night was a new experience, with Samuel, Luis, Brad and I sharing a room. Some said that ...
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Last night in Sevilla, now in Guadix

The team is currently, right now, with Nathan and Mary Saxe and their 4 kids in their three ...
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The doors…

We ate a late supper with the two Pacos (both elders at the Ubeda church) and several other ...
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News from Spain

We arrived in Madrid after three flights, one quite long...Arkansas to Chicago, Chicago to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Madrid. ...
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Charles and Rikki’s wedding

In about 20 minutes we all leave for the church...wedding starts at 1 p.m. Last night's rehearsal and ...
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Spain here we come…

Last night at prayer meeting we had a pretty good attendance, with somewhere around 15 people showing up ...
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Busyness, a far cry from godliness

I was looking back over the past couple of posts and realized I fell into a trap I ...
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A long, fun (mostly) weekend

I taught the youth group again this past Saturday. Alan came...he is a 20 year old who made ...
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English Classes, Church Administration and life

Brigam, from Buffalo NY., and Ty, from Calgary Alberta Canada have taken over my English classes (which is ...
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Previous Post

This performance isn't really current...it happened during a fun time last June with the summer interns during our ...
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Fishing!

This past weekend was crazy busy...but a highlight was Saturday morning. 7 of us drove up to the ...
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Spain Trip finances

Hey, I'm REALLY SORRY to do this...I really am. Turns out God has provided for our personal finances ...
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Talking to Spain

Samuel and I were talking again about our plans for Spain...and we decided to call CAM missionary John ...
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Relevant quote

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?T.S. Eliot
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Birthday Party and Spain Update

Last night after prayer meeting, a number of us from the church went over to Alejandro andMar's house ...
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Answer to Prayer…that was quick!

The previous post was only written a couple of hours when I got a call from Brad this ...
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Special Prayer Request

Due to a misunderstanding in the requirements of passengers traveling through the U.S., we initially thought that Samuel ...
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The Cotrills

Yesterday it was my turn to preach, and I had prepared a sermon on Genesis 6, the conditions ...
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Cameron’s new video

One of the videos recently posted on this blog (Monday, February 11) was made by Cameron Fenske, a ...
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More Spain planning

Samuel stopped by last night and we talked about Spain a bunch more. We've decided to make free-standing ...
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Slumber Party

Daniel with friend Sammy, watching Narnia. Sammy slept overnight last night.Daniel is 9 now, hard to believe!
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Finishing Discipleship Phase 1

This past September we began a church-wide discipleship program. To a certain extent it is a variation of ...
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Happy Birthday Olaf

After church today we were invited to Alberto and Claudia's house, where we played dominos and drank coffee, ...
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Valentine’s Day Dinner

Last night (Saturday) we were privileged to have Jose Antonio and Becky Munoz speak and do music out ...
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Toby and Marilyn Casteel

Toby and Marilyn visited us yesterday and were a real encouragement to us. These pictures were taken overlooking ...
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Good News from Valley Bible

Last March, 2007, we were invited to Valley Bible Church, in Hercules California near San Francisco. We had ...
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Two big projects and other news

I'm currently working with Samuel and Luis, our two resident artists, on two big projects. This evening I'm ...
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Judging Christmas Carols in Janaury

Last week I was invited to teach 18 English teachers in the public school system here...once a month ...
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Spain Art

These have been difficult days here at the church. Soon I'll be at more liberty to say why, ...
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Cathy

Here's Cathy at our CAM fellowship conference in November. Yeah, we suffer there!
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Awareness

I don't believe I have ever been quite so aware of the implications of our decisions and the ...
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Ty and Brigam

Life has been interesting lately with Ty and Brigam with us. Ty is a young man from Rocky ...
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Art for Spain

Last night Samuel was here until around 11. We were talking and drawing...coming up with creative ideas for ...
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Update of the past couple of days…

This past week has been full of activity. David attended a special kindergarten this past week so that ...
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Cartoons and animation

Samuel and Luis are working on an animated segment to send via email to promote next year's internship ...
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Please pray

I would appreciate your prayers for a meeting scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday at 4 p.m. It involved difficult ...
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Grandpa Aungst

Tribute to Grandpa Aungst"The best exercise is pushing yourself away from the table.""Doesn’t worry...Christmas will come at the ...
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Activities for 2008

There's always a danger of becoming complacent in ministry, of becoming satisfied, but for the wrong things and ...
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Popocatepetl, the Smoking Mountain

Today we found a new spot, a spot that will undoubtedly be visited again and again. It's only ...
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Rachel and Luis

Rachel Drennan and her friend Luis visited us last night...we cut a Rosca de Reyes and had some ...
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Christmas at Sendero de Vida

Today, December 30, we have our church service at 6 p.m. These pictures are from last Sunday, December ...
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A Divine Moment and our time in Veracruz

These past several days were very memorable for a wide variety of reasons. But without a doubt, the ...
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Youth Group to Veracruz beach

David Gomez along with two adult sponsors, Alejandro and Sandra, took the young people to Veracruz this past ...
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More Christmas program pics

Just tonight we had the kids last school commitment before a very long Christmas vacation (they go back ...
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David in the Nutcracker, kindergarten version

David is certainly one of a kind. These pictures pretty much say it all!
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Jessica a.k.a. Franscesca

Yesterday was a really great day at church. Mayra did a monologue as Mary, and all the emotions ...
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Black Bear!

This picture isn't from Mexico...but rather from central PA. A couple of weeks ago my uncle Dwight shot ...
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More things for Tabasco

Today I drove to Puebla with another van-load of donated clothing, as well as with 6 boxes filled ...
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CEF Course and some good news

Tomorrow, Saturday December 8, we’re going to have an APEN (CEF in English) training time at the church, ...
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Christmastime!

Yesterday we went to Walmart (very Mexican, right...actually Walmart is the largest retailer in Mexico) and bought our ...
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A 10 point and 7 point buck

I remember November, 2003, the last time I had the opportunity to go deer hunting with my dad, ...
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Two Prayer Requests and a great speaker

Mayra and I are at CAM Mexico's annual fellowship conference, through tomorrow. Yesterday and today we received two ...
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Tabasco to become a CAM focus

Yesterday I received a call from Sandy Jenkins, director of Stewardship for CAM, asking me to write something ...
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Tabasco

Miguel, Alberto, Alex, Nestor, our son Daniel and I just got back from Tabasco. I'll comment more on ...
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Packed up and ready

We got a LOT in the van, including a small stove and a bunch of clothes. Kinda neat, ...
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Getting Ready

We will be leaving tomorrow morning instead of tonight for 2 reasons:1. Alberto, who was going to help ...
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Bread and Bread of Life

Today David Gomez and I taught a class at the Puebla Bible Seminary, the class name is Urban ...
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Feeling like Santa Claus…

I spent almost all day trying to get me visa today. I left the house at 7 a.m., ...
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Answers to Prayer

This morning I was getting nervous. I still didn't know where exactly we were going to deliver the ...
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Care package contents

These products are what we plan to put in each care package. Given the willingness of at least ...
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Tabasco Update

An update on the relief aid that we're sending to Tabasco...to date we have received over $1400 in ...
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Tabasco update

CAM International will very soon make the Tabasco relief project an official field project. This will help considerably ...
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A huge response…

Within the last 24 hours or so, $1271 (I added it up) has been pledged to help Tabasco's ...
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Help for the Flood Victims in Tabasco

Beginning today we are collecting bottled water, non-perishable foods, medicines, diapers, etc... to send to victims of the ...
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Maze Day 2

Our second day was a-mazing too...with probably 150 people passing through our laberinth. Thanks for all your prayers. ...
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Our first night in the maze!

Last night in the maze was a huge success...with somewhere between 160-190 people going through the house in ...
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Television spots

Funny thing happened today...I was on T.V. twice, promoting the activity we have planned for this weekend. There ...
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Maze construction

Construction of the church maze for this Friday and Saturday night has continued in earnest since last Saturday. ...
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Paying bills

For those of you in the U.S. with a dependable mail service and the possibility of electronic bill ...
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Good News (and COLD weather)

We received word yesterday that Andrea, Alex and Paty's grandmother, trusted Christ on Monday. Andrea had heard the ...
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Mobie Pic

Here's a picture taken last Sunday after our Sunday service. From left to right, me (bad hair day), ...
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Weekend Mobilization Summit

Tomorrow we begin a three-day mobilization summit to evaluate our short-term program as a mission and seek ways ...
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Samaritans Purse activity

Today I was in a 5-hour training time, a requirement for those church leaders interested in taking part ...
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David’s issues

We met with the school counselor or shrink or whatever tonight, and she is pretty sure that David ...
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Spain in March

For a while now Mayra and I have wanted to visit Spain, partly because of an interest on ...
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David

Please pray for our son David. He is really struggling with his classes in school...he is 5 years ...
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Friday discipleship study kick-off

This past Friday we began to meet two times...once at 9 a.m. and again at 8 p.m. During ...
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Poster Day of Life activity

I mentioned before that we are planning an event around Halloween to present a biblical view on life ...
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Salvation stories

This past Tuesday the whole family went along with Elena and another new believer, Juanita, to visit a ...
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Sunday lunch

Yesterday after church we invited several families to eat with us, including our neighbors Liz, Gerry and Sebastian ...
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Downstairs almost finished

Over the last two weeks the downstairs area of the church that we use for a Sunday school ...
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Pray for Alex

A special prayer request...Alex, a 16 year old in the youth group, ran away from home either this ...
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Discipleship Kick-off tomorrow

This Sunday, September 30 we kick off a discipleship program. The intent is to involve and motivate everyone ...
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Celebration of Life Event

Mexico has begun to celebrate Halloween October 31, but the more Mexican holiday, if you can call it ...
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Promoting Next Summer

Several nights ago I was talking with Samuel, a man in the church who has contributed in some ...
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Noche Mexicana!

Last night we celebrated Mexican independence day as a church. The night began with a devotional from Miguel...about ...
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www.caminternational.org

www.caminternational.org is the website of CAM International, the mission that we have been a part of for a ...
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Mayra’s Birthday

Today is Mayra's birthday, although I am not allowed to say how old she is obviously, although to ...
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David Gomez to Uruguay

Our co-worker, David Gomez, will be traveling to Uruguay tomorrow with 7-10 other Mexicans and CAM missionaries as ...
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Ministry Center Pics

Here's some pictures of our almost finished upstairs to the church, which is our biggest meeting space, suitable ...
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Back in Mexico…trip to Puebla

We returned back to Mexico City right as hurricane Dean made landfall this past Wednesday, after a week-long ...
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The Allems. Too Cool.

There are some friends that are always right there for you...even if you haven't seen them for a ...
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Packing up

Today was our last full day in PA. This morning we ate breakfast with Karina, a Mexican women ...
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With Jeff and Kim in Downingtown

We arrived home from the cabin this past Friday and came and visited our good friends Jeff and ...
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The Cabin!

After the wedding on Saturday I preached on Luke 19:1-10 at our home church, Word of Life Chapel. ...
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Beth’s Wedding

The main purpose of our trip north was to participate in the marriage of my sister Beth, to ...
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Back in Elizabethtown, PA

We arrived at my parent's house last night at around 7:30 p.m. after a very long trip. We ...
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A Quiet Week…sort of…

Mayra and I and the family leave for the U.S. after the Sunday service this Sunday here in ...
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Pics from Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry last week

Here's some pictures from last week's clubs. Our biggest day was probably Wednesday, with well over 100 kids ...
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Soccer and Basketball Camp…and closing event

Erin Ransom ate lunch with Mayra and the kids and I. After we returned from eating at a ...
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Karate, Interpretive Dance, Children’s Drama…and the end of a rewarding, intense time

Today we had our closing program for the week of sports ministry. The day started with a karate ...
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Yesterday Sports and July 4th

Here's a July 4th pic of a poster we made...Bill says "It's July 4th, I can't believe it!Yesterday ...
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Uncharted Waters Sports Team

The UW team arrived after midnight Sunday night (really Monday morning) after Mexico City received a drenching rainfall. ...
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Brigam Award Night

What a crazy night last night! We had our good-bye party for the interns...they will be leaving here, ...
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Amanda, Brad and Patty return to the U.S.

Amanda Stephens and Brad and Patty Aungst left today after 3 weeks and one week here respectively. The ...
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ATM card lost

Just what I needed...I somehow lost the ATM card to the primary account for the intership program...so spend ...
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Amigos Para Siempre (APS)

Here's Crystal, Jessica and Alberto spelling out Friends Forever (Amigos Para Siempre) in Spanish. Sort of...
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Movies with subtitles

Melissa, Braedon, Alejandra and Alberto at the movies.Most movies are in English, with Spanish subtitles. Spider Man 3, ...
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A Dominos Cross-Cultural Experience

The group, or some of them...at Dominos! In Mexico, pizza is eaten with catsup and hot sauce on ...
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David and Jonathan

Here's Jonathan Toledo (born in the Dominican Republic and current intern), with our co-worker David Gomez.
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The Ransoms and a Soccer Game

Last Thursday Daniel and Erin Ransom joined the group. Daniel first visited us 5 years ago...the first year ...
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Dawn and her Mexican family

Dawn Anderson returned home yesterday! We miss you Dawn. Here's a picture of Dawn and her Mexican family, ...
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Hail Storm!

It rained and hailed pretty hard today, right as we were finishing lunch. We had to cancel one ...
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Bill’s b-day

Tonight after English classes and after kid's club we'll be heading to Samuel and Aurora's house to celebrate ...
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Baptisms

Yesterday we rented three buses and went about an hour and a half away to a public swimming ...
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9 in a subcompact

Melissa, David, Rachel, Crystal, Alex, Raul...and 4 more makes 9 in this small subcompact car. Feel the love.
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Clean-up Campaign

Today probably 40 of us once again made our rounds around the neighborhood picking up trash. We left ...
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Maurcio’s B-day

After English classes, we played some intense soccer (with Robin maiming several girls...just kidding Robin). Of course, Robin ...
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Daniel’s B-day Party and Brigams Goodbye Party

Last night we had A LOT of people in our house...probably around 70. We went through 11 lbs. ...
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Daniel’s 9th Birthday!

Daniel turns 9 years old today! Party later on today. His grandparents sent him some pretty cool pjs, ...
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Party time all the time

Brigam, Rikki, Melissa, Alejandra, Alberto, Charles and Mayra and the kids. Our house is like this almost every ...
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English Classes started

Yesterday we broadened the scope of the English class ministry, starting classes in two new locations...our house and ...
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Kingdom News

Alejandro, Mar's husband, trusted Christ with me this past Sunday. We'll be having a baptismal class with them ...
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Interns Here!

15 students arrived this past Wednesday, and two more students today...we spent our first days in an orientation ...
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Internship details

Saturday I printed out the pictures of the interns for their respective host families...people here are getting excited ...
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23 in English class yesterday

Maybe rewarding right answers with Coke and chips helps...maybe Brigam and Melissa just make a great English-teaching team. ...
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George and Tracy Clark

George and Tracy Clark (left) spent a week of their lives with the church and us here in ...
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Brigam in Living Color

Here's Brigam, the inspiration for our church mascot, wearing a t-shirt with his image on it. Brigam and ...
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Mothers Day Photos

Here's the Mothers Day Pics I promised. We were happy to see many visitors at this event.
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Sunday

Yesterday was a fairly typical day for us...we had probably 25 people in and out of the house ...
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Mexico Internship Logo

Here's this year's logo for CAM's Mexico Internship Program.Samuel, the guy who helps us with all manner of ...
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Brigam, George and Tracy Clark

The wave of visitors has started...Brigam returned to Mexico after an 8-month absence. Our church mascot was created ...
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First Community Clean-up Project Today

This morning about 25 of us from the church put on our "Do the same with your life" ...
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Mother’s Day Event a Success

Last night the men and young people of the church served the meal and took care of the ...
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Mother’s Day Dinner Thursday

I had trouble reducing a 1+ megabite bmp file into something managable...and now got it too small, but ...
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Joe Martinez

Joe came down from March 10-18 with the team from Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, and participated with us ...
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The harvest is plentiful…

This picture was taken from an archeological site here in Ixtapaluca, looking down on Los Heroes, a subdivision ...
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Vina Vino y Viene!

Vina came down with the Oak Cliff gang, and has purchased a ticket to return in July and ...
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Pictures Kids Day Event

Because of serious space limitations we organized the kids day activities into several different events...an evangelistic puppet presentation ...
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Kid’s Day Festivities

April 30 is Children's Day in Mexico. The kids have a party in school. For church yesterday we ...
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Mayra’s Flowers

After a while trying, Mayra has finally succeeded with this flower...in Spanish it's called a hortensia, not sure ...
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72 on Sunday

Sunday was probably a record church attendance, with a number of visitors and most of our regular families ...
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Earthquake!

Last night, well, actually early this morning at around 12:25 a.m. our house started shaking...yes, we happened to ...
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Domingo de Resurrecion

Here's a couple pictures of our Easter Sunrise service last Sunday. In spite of the early hour and ...
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Easter Services

This past Thurday and Friday nights we held special Easter services, remembering in real time the events of ...
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Animation and Video People

We need you're help! If you are skilled in either animation (a rather select field, I know) or ...
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Thanks Rod and Sue

A big THANK YOU to a couple from one of our supporting churchs in PA. A few weeks ...
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Integrity

Last Friday I was talking to one of the vendors for a small, ads oriented newspaper. I asked ...
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San Francisco and Valley Bible Church

San Francisco... sure is a beautiful city! Mayra, Daniel and I arrived Thursday evening around 10 p.m. and ...
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Classic David

David...what a boy!
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Goodbye Oak Cliff gang

This past week was truly an incredible week. A group of 12 from Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship visited ...
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Ron Blue in Puebla

This past Tuesday night I drove to Puebla to attend a conference focusing on missions and the local ...
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Una Semana Especial de Actividades

Te invitamos a una semana especial de actividades12-16 de marzo—clases de inglés de 4 a 6 p.m. impartidas ...
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News

This graphic is what is going on a 1/2 page of newspaper, to advertise the events of March ...
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Newspaper Plans and Airport Runs

Yesterday we met with a representative from a small newspaper here in Ixtapaluca. We want to promote the ...
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Logo

Here's the church logo in its normal presentation. I uploaded the 3D version a while ago.Just heard that ...
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Our New Church Mascot…thanks Brigam!!!

We now not only have a new official church logo...we have a church "mascot" too. This drawing will ...
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Construction

After almost three months we hope to finish the remodeling of the ministry center/church in the next two ...
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The Cheshiers

Sunday, January 26th was a crazy day. David called at 8 a.m. saying that the VW bug that ...
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Snowy Volcanos

The title of this blog is "In the Shadow of Volcanos." That's because we have a clear view ...
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Cousin Israel’s Birthday Party

Cousin Israel turned 6 recently, and his three cousins showed up to help celebrate!
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Cathy and Friends

In Spanish we call these three the Chicas Superpoderosas.
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Car Theft!

Today was a different day! Last Thursday David Gómez, our co-worker, went to Puebla with a friend to ...
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New Name and Logo for the church

Our church just went through a process of picking a name for ourselves. The choice...Iglesia Biblica Sendero de ...
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Peacemakers

Yesterday and today I (Rod) attended an all-day course taught by Roger Oliver and Toby Casteel about how ...
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More Wedding Pics

It's rather difficult to get a good picture of David. He's always making a face or sticking his ...
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The First of Many Wedding Pictures

More to come...but here's one picture of Cathy and her aunt Monica. Cathy and David carried the train ...
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Go Away

Our CAM International shirts at Urbana were unique...they said "Go Away." Go Away...as to Mexico, Spain, Albania, etc... ...
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Home in PA

We arrived home as a family safely to my parents home in Elizabethtown PA around 2 a.m. Sunday ...
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Christmas Greetings

Feliz Navidad from Mexico City, Mexico.Christmas has to be our favorite time of the year as a family. ...
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Christmas Drama Pictures

Our first night of doing our church Christmas drama was a great success, with probably 120-150 attending, probably ...
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Youth Group Outing Saturday

The youth group, under David Gomez's leadership, went about 45 minutes away to a national park on Saturday. ...
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Wednesday Christmas Breakfast

The annual women's Christmas breakfast was a time blessed by God. Yesterday morning, 28-30 women came and listened ...
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Annual Christmas Dinner

Last night Mayra and I, along with our co-workers Martin and Laura Mendez, David Gomez and Sandra Torres, ...
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Goodbye Rikki

Sunday was a special day. It was Rikki Pearson’s last Sunday here in Mexico…at least for a little ...
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Christmas Garage Sale

Yesterday the church started our Christmas Bazaar, selling clothing, Christmas crafts and other articles in front of the ...
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Conference Pictures

Here's a group pictures from last week's CAM Mexico Fellowship Conference ... if you get out your magnifying ...
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Raul and Claudia had a church wedding ... after being married for 7+ years! It was a great ...
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Raul and Claudia’s Wedding

Yesterday was a very special time. In place of our normal Sunday morning church service we celebrated a ...
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Hey, LOOK…A Christmas Gift idea

I anyone would want to do something really special for some church families here...go to www.nooma.com and buy ...
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CAMEX Fellowship Conference

What a blessing to spend 4 days (including Thanksgiving) with the CAMEX missionary body plus a number of ...
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Mayra’s Citizenship

Not sure why it's taken so long to get these pictures posted...but here they are! Mayra took her ...
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Notable News

I neglected to mention that three people made professions of faith two weeks ago at the evangelistic event ...
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Mexican Revolution

On November 20, 1920, revolutionaries under the leadership of Francisco A. Madero overthrew the 30-year dictatorship of Porfirio ...
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40th B-day party

Here are pics from the Oct. 6 b-day party at our house. Lots of great friends attended! We ...
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Internship Connection

If you are a Moody, Baylor, PBU, Texas A&M, DTS or other college student checking interested in next ...
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Are Games Better than Tracts?

We honestly think so! There is hardly a better way to gain the right to talk to people ...
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Project Matthew

Last night was historic for Mexico...the first primetime Christian program, from 9:00-9:30 p.m. Actually the program started at ...
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Marriage Study

This past Saturday evening from 8-9 p.m. we began a 10-week marriage study. 7 couples attended, and half ...
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Passport!

We received news last week that Mayra's passport arrived at my parents house. This is good news, because ...
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Brethren and Cistern

Last Thursday we began work on a 2 meter by 2 meter by 2 meter cistern, to assure ...
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Pictures

Church service October 29. Sunday attendance have averaged over 50 people for several weeks. Mayra, Sandra, Liz y ...
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Church and Family News

As some of you know, last week we flew up to PA on a Monday and returned to ...
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Small Frys

The kids with their many faces.
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In the Shadow of Volcanos

This is a picture taken last year of the view from our house. Since then, all the area ...
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Party Time and a prayer request

Tomorrow will be a fun evening. Charles Wright and Rachel Fenner fly down from Houston, Rikki visits from ...
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Some of you have probably been wondering what happened to the property that we have permission to use, ...
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Citizenship Appointment…finally

Looks like Mayra will finally be concluding her INS requirements and becoming a bonafide naturalized citizen soon...we received ...
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PA talk

I got this via email today...cute.I know some of you aren't but now maybe you can understand those ...
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Informe financiero

Nunca queremos ni debemos poner demasiado hincapié en la cuestión financiera, como hacen algunas iglesias. Sin embargo, tampoco ...
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John and Romans Portions

I responded to a random email a couple of months ago and said that we would be interested ...
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Daniel and his karate teacher

Daniel won both of these trophies. The tallest one is almost as tall as he is, and he ...
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More Noche Mexicana Pictures

From left to right...Sandra, Cathy and Mayra.Most of us came dressed in traditional Mexican costumes. Here are some ...
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Buenas Noches

Some pictures speak for themselves.
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Daniel’s Karate Trophy

As promised, here's Daniel with one of his two trophies won recently. This one, believe it or not, ...
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Independence Day September 15

Difficult to get any cuter than this!
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Triumphant!

Daniel won 1st place in his karate tournament this past Saturday. He entered the "special" competition which means ...
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Karate Tournament tomorrow

Daniel has a karate tournament tomorrow. This picture was taken after Daniel's last tournament in which he won ...
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Noche Mexicana

¡Noche Mexicana!¿Cuándo? Viernes, 15 de septiembre a las 7 p.m. (en una carpa)¿Dónde? En el predio ubicado esq. ...
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Baptisms!

This past Sunday, August 27, 55 of us from the church rented a bus and went about an ...
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Cathy the Princess

Cathy, the princess of the family, turned 6 in August.
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Internship Pic

Here is a picture of most of the people who participated in this summer's internship program.
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Settlers

I look rather tired here, but I'm sure it's not because of losing this game of Settlers. That ...
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Rain Again

It's been raining pretty consistently, which makes like more difficult. Today the family and David Gomez went to ...
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Comments on God’s Love, Discipleship and a Crazy Summer

The starting point for living my life, for getting up and confronting each day, is the fact that ...
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Love

Love as A Decision C.S. Lewis on Love, from Mere Christianity The rule for all of us is ...
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Witness

Radical Reformation From the book Following Christ, by Joseph Stowell The Armitage Baptist Church, one of the leading ...
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Fry Files April 2006

Greetings from Mexico City. Mayra and I want to start off by thanking you for your prayers and ...
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Guilt, Freedom and the Power of the Gospel

I love nature and I love books. Probably the best possible combination of these two delights are those ...
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Grace, Christianity’s Unique Offering

From What’s So Amazing About Grace, by Philip Yancey During a British conference on comparative religions, experts from ...
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Nancy

Hardly had we sat down, when Blanca began pouring out what had been locked in her soul all ...
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Soldiers and Discipleship

Roger Oliver and his wife Marcy stopped by our house last night on their way home to Puebla, ...
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