I tend to be a contrarian by nature. Not sure why that is, but it certainly has gotten me into a lot of trouble in the past. There is always a conventional wisdom out there, about all sorts of things, and it seems like it is best not to question it. Let me summarize some …
I like studying and thinking about culture. A recent Kindle purchase that I’m working my way through is Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book entitled Talking to Strangers, which I highly recommend. I’ll probably at some point play with the title of that book for an annual ministry theme for short-term ministry. Last year the theme Hot …
I belong to a small missions agency in Mexico dedicated to encourage Latins to go to all the world (FAM Mexico). I’ve been a part of this agency for forever, but hardly ever attend their international meetings (which happen every two years). The last such meeting I attended (before this year) was in Lawrenceville, Georgia …
As many of you know, the auditorium in Jesus Maria was coconstructed this past year, and services began in the new, bigger area in December. Then the question becomes…how can we use this large space to reach out to the community? This past Saturday a bunch of new activities began at the new facility, including …
Here are some short video clips of our time with Denny Mohr and the Connect Group from Bainbridge, PA. Among our activities…the first weekend the group was in Ixtapaluca helping with a hearing aid and eye glass outreach. Mayra gave the good news after a skit and a song. On Sunday afternoon we left for …
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I was impressed these past several weeks at the nature of the ministry team here. We had the following nationalities present: Uruguayan, Canadian, Portuguese, Mexican, Costa Rican, American. Fernando Font, from Uruguay, was busy playing his guitar and singing at the rehab center, the kids club, youth group and two services on Sunday. Julian Grymaloski, …
We met Reg and Cesca Genter way back in 1997 (I think), before any of our kids were born. We were invited to First Baptist Church of White Lake, MI, now Woodside Bible Church. Woodside continues to support us monthly, for which we are very grateful. *Reg told us about his sister, Ruth Rivera. Ruth’s …
Weekends are such fun times around here. Productive ones, too, with a Bible study, kids club, soccer league, youth group meeting and Sunday church service happening. This weekend, Canadian friend Shelli Nuefeld gave a 5-hour conference on kids ministry at the Jesus Maria church also, with people from four different churches attending. Here are some …
This March a unique Christian wilderness/extreme sports ministry is going cross-cultural, and we’re excited to be involved. Josh Vander Meer coordinates Camp Bighorn‘s Journey program, and visited us for several days earlier this year to talk about how to bring their experience to Mexico. No, the group will not be scaling any cliffs while in …
Matheus, Cheila and Karen, three of the four WOL students who normally visit us on the weekends, were with us all week this week. They were busy! From Monday through Thursday they began teaching at 7:00 or 7:30 a.m. and taught classes in two local jr. hi schools and one high school through the evening …
