This past Sunday, about 40 of us traveled about 40 minutes from Ixtapaluca, toward our two towering neighbors, Iztaccíhuatl (translated the white woman, or sleeping woman) and Popocatépetl (the smoking mountain), which is a very active volcano. Izta and Popo for short. It’s really a beautiful area. We went to celebrate Sendero Palmas’ fifth anniversary. …
Anyone else feel like that? It just goes ON and ON my friend! Here in Mexico we are supposedly in the very worst part of the pandemic, if the increasingly contradictory information on TV and the Internet is to be believed. I’ve mentioned this before…but the collection and analysis of data is not a cultural …
This past Wednesday, around 25 women, about half of which were not church attenders, participated in a breakfast outreach in Violeta’s home. Mayra organized the program, including an ice breaker, and Viri clearly shared the gospel. Six people responded, indicating that their desire was to put their faith in Christ! The ladies prepared some delicious …
We’re excited about an activity this October 6, designed to bring Hispanics together around two favorite pastimes….soccer and eating! Of course, there will be music and Mexican Coke also! September 15 through October 15 is designated Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S., and we want to celebrate it! We’re received municipal permission to use the …
These past two weeks have sort of been a blur…but I did want to post a short video of a Saturday before Easter youth activity, here at our house. About 32 kids attended, and as always, Cuco and Connie did a great job. Yes, and we had hot dogs; a far cry from the usual …
For the second year, we had the privilege of hosting Camp Bighorn‘s Journey program. They spend just over 1 month in Mexico doing all sorts of outdoors and wilderness related activities, as well as some limited ministry. Their first week is spent here, in Ixtapaluca, where we give them a bunch of cultural and ministerial …
I mentioned previously that I was going to dedicate a post to making Pig Stomach…so here it is! In Mexico, pancita, menudo or mole de panza are all terms for stomach, usually cow stomach, and is a dish that takes some getting used to, because it’s usually the stomach of an animal cooked or boiled, …
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 …