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 …
After a very productive and exciting Spring/Summer of short-term teams, where we were privileged to receive a total of 49 people from five churches and three different U.S. states, we headed up to PA August 5 to register David for school at the Elizabethtown Area High School. I won’t go into how that decision was …
Thanks to those of you who have been praying for our daughter Cathy. We had another appointment at Hershey Medical Center today, and received a diagnosis. Cathy has a blood condition called essential (or primary) thrombocythemia (also known as thrombocytosis), which is probably hereditary and quite rare, especially for people her age. Simply put, Cathy’s …
Mini-Neymar. After Neymar’s rather weak performance in the World Cup, with all the flopping and crying he did, maybe he has lost some of his shine. But this has been a nickname for David, and an apt one after a great first season with the Elizabethtown Bears. It’s been a rare pleasure for us to …
Last week we had the opportunity to be in PA for a week, participating in Mt. Calvary’s missions conference, and also the Spring Banquet for Mount Calvary Christian School, the Christian school connected to the church. The banquet had a missions theme, and I was privileged to participate with Andy Grosh, who has been in …
A sincere thank you to all of you who have donated and prayed for the ongoing relief efforts here after two strong earthquakes on September 9 and September 19. We’ll be taking at least one more trip (maybe more) this Thursday morning, supporting the town of Juchitán, Oaxaca. I’ll be going with son David, and …
Last week, three teenagers from the Palmas church, and five kids total, participated in Word of Life Bible Institute Mexico’s “Week of Bible Institute” time, which is specifically designed to encourage young people to consider devoting at least one year of their lives to study the Bible. WOL Mexico is located very close to beautiful …
David is with his multiple student intern friends at Word of Life Bible Institute Mexico this week, participating along with Benjamin and Sergio (from the JM church) in a “Week of Bible Institute,” designed with teenagers in mind. The theme this year is “Deepening Your Faith.” What a quiet house it is with David somewhere …
Mexico is a beautiful country, with some very unique urban areas and rural landscape. After church last Sunday, we took Marla and son Kyle to scenic Tequisiapan, which was about halfway to our goal, the small town of Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato. More on that in a bit. The word “quaint” is, well, overused, but …
Rod’s cousin Marla and her son Kyle came for a visit this past week, and we really didn’t change our schedule a whole lot, although we did visit some pretty parts of Mexico for two days. More on that in the next post. Marla and Kyle brought down 8 simple hearing amplification devices, and so …
