I was watching the news last night here in Mexico City, and was reminded of something that we’ve become keenly aware of…prices continue to go up. Not only that, the dollar, which historically has constantly grown stronger against the Mexico peso, is currently at its weakest point since 2016. For several years the peso:dollar ratio …
This summer we are pleased to host three Liebenzell USA interns, one for 4 weeks, one for 6 weeks, and one for 8 weeks. Amanda Chacon was here last summer, and will be joining an elite group of repeat interns; helping me coordinate some of the summer. Amanda goes to Dallas Baptist University, and is …
This past Sunday the Path of Life Bible Church–Palmas celebrated the recognition of its first two Mexican leaders. As we’ve been mentioning repeatedly in our leadership studies, there are really several terms in the Bible for the principal leaders in a local church: elders, supervisors, bishops, pastors, overseers. The purpose of a church planting missionary …
We hear about unreached ethnic groups, villages scattered all over the world who have never heard the gospel, and that very likely do not have the Bible in their own language. Fernando Amezcua pastors a church in Guadalajara (Iglesia Bíblica Gracia) that decided to take seriously the challenge of reaching a new ethnic group, and …
Elizabethtown Grace Brethren Church, or E-town Grace, as it’s now called, has supported me (Rod) since way back in my Teen Missions days (1984), my Puebla Christian School teaching year (1989-90), and on through my formal acceptance with CAM International, way back in 1990. When Mayra and I were married, the support increased. But E-town …
These last several weeks have been very significant, especially having been able to participate in the pastoral recognition service for Josué Rodriguez, and Daniel Martinez’ wedding. In both cases I first met these two young men when they were 12 years old. Now Josué is married to Patty, with a 2-month-old baby, Caleb, and pastor …
We’ve been back in Mexico now for several weeks, and they’ve been full and fun. Much of what we’ve been doing is preparing for a bunch of teams and several summer interns, which always makes our summers extra special. In addition to well over 50 people visiting us, we also have a 15años celebration, a …
If you’ve been following this site, you know we’ve been posting quite a bit about Liebenzell USA, and our transition to this mission agency. Well, the transition is complete! It appears as though all the required tax and employment forms are filled out. So…if you pray for us regularly, nothing has changed. You can pray …
I have recently been communicating quite a bit with our pastor friend in Oaxaca, Gaspar Chable. It has been striking to me how much havoc the Covid virus has been creating in his local context. There are similarities between the U.S. and Mexico. Both countries are once again going through an intense upswing in new …
Mexico is a country that thrives, it seems, on making life more difficult than it should be. With additional regulations in place, this is only magnified. I went to The Home Depot yesterday and found myself in person #34 in a long line of people waiting to get in the store. After waiting 10 minutes, …