This past Sunday we celebrated Areli Abigail’s 15th birthday as a church. The quinceaños celebration here is a big deal, often rivaling and even surpassing the fanfare and expense of a wedding. Often you’ll hear that the three gift options for a 15 year old girl are either a big party, a big trip or …
After a lot of agonizing weeks, Mayra and I finally made the decision that academically it would be best for our youngest son, David, to finish his High School experience in the U.S. So he is now living with my parents, and they are formally his legal guardians. A verification of the importance of this …
We are pleased to announce a new partnership between Friendship Coffee and Mexico Matters! Some of you may remember that we were promoting this tasty Guatemalan coffee last autumn. I wrote a post HERE introducing you to Mario and Yessica Lemus, and talking about new ways of financing missions. On a subsequent post, Hooked on …
Kirk Belmont, pastor of Hope Community Church, Mount Joy, PA, first came to Ixtapaluca last summer with a group from his church. You can check that out HERE. A group of 17 from Hope is also coming this year again, in a few weeks, to once again help out with DVBS. We are currently working …
Our second week of team ministry here in Mexico was truly special, working hand in hand with some special people from my home church, Word of Life Chapel. A whole lot of drywalling and cabinet making was accomplished, thanks to the preparation and oversight of Samuel, and the dedication of Denny, Zac, Phil, Erik and …
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In one day of promoting next week’s baking classes on Facebook, we reached the limit of 40 women from the neighborhood that responded, excited to take part in this year’s baking classes. A number of ladies from Word of Life Chapel, guided by expert baker Shari Cottrill, will be teaching six classes over the next …
This past week, 17 of us traveled in three vehicles to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and enjoyed a wonderful, challenging week of ministry with pastor Gaspar Chable, his wife Estela and his kids Abishai, Celicia and Hiram. We’ve had the privileged of partnering with the Chable family in a number of different ways in …
Still playing catch-up with this blog…during the month of May we were privileged to be visited by old friend Kurt Horting, his wife Beth, and members of the leadership team at Still Water Community Church, from Rowlette, TX. The featured image above is Kurt preaching from Romans 6 at the Jesus Maria church on Sunday, …
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Today Mayra and I were returning from downtown Mexico City. Mayra had an appointment with an orthopedic specialist to have her back checked out. She has been experiencing significant back pain lately. On our way back, on the bumper-to-bumper main avenue called Viaducto, we were passing under an overpass, and a man literally fell off …
Cathy graduated from Mt. Calvary last Saturday! Below…a tribute I wrote to her. There is not just one world, but many, as diverse and colorful as language and culture, as tasty as food and as warm as human relationship. Concepts of space and time, of friendship and family, of worship and faith. God, of course, …
