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 […]
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This March a unique Christian wilderness/extreme sports ministry is going cross-cultural, and we’re excited to be involved. Josh Vander Meer coordinates Camp Bighorn‘s Journey program, and visited us for several days earlier this year to talk about how to bring their experience to Mexico. No, the group will not be scaling any cliffs while in
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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
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I was explaining a Christian’s position regarding multiple holidays throughout the year last night to a couple of new believers. “The church, generally speaking, likes to celebrate,” I said. The two biggest holidays, Christmas and Easter, center around the birth and redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus. Valentine’s Day? Why sure! Mothers and Fathers Day,
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Last year was the first year that we attended a Pastors Conference sponsored by Word of Life Mexico. It was a great time. So this past week, from Tuesday to Thursday, we returned to Ixtapa, Mexico, inviting several more friends to accompany us. It was great! The theme for this year: Set Apart for the
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The two videos below are: 1. A very short visual of some of the food we ate as a church in celebration of Mexico Independence Day September 18. Some of the stars of the video…pozole, tamales, tostadas, pambazos and a big cake. 2. A video put together by co-worker Jim Cottrill of our baptismal service
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It wasn’t more than a couple of months ago that it wasn’t uncommon to see groups of young people walking around all over the place with the express purpose of capturing all sorts of different Pokémon monsters. Our kids were certainly into it. We were able to go to the beach for a few days
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Going to Mexico I wasn’t really sure what to expect, and I guess you could say I was a little nervous. I don’t know even the slightest bit of Spanish, and I kind of questioned and doubted myself… wondering how I would make an impact on people and show them Christ’s love, when I couldn’t
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Short-term missions trips require a lot of work, both on the part of the organizing church leadership as well as the receiving missionary. On the U.S. church’s side, there is a lot of paperwork (passports, parental release forms, liability, health insurance, tourist visas) that necessitates timely administration. With every team there are team dynamics. Who
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If you’ve been paying attention to this blog (and others) and to our FB page, you’ve seen a lot of pictures of wheelchairs, hearing aids, concerts, sporting events and construction. Lots of activity, and we’re excited about every bit of it. But all of this is a means to an end, not an end in