Mayra and I returned to our dear church in Jesús María this past week, after three weeks in PA, where we visited three of our supporting churches; E-town Grace Sept. 7, Mt. Joy Church of God Sept. 14 and Word of Life Chapel Sept. 21. We were also about to touch base with pastors and […]
The Church Functioning the Way it Should Read More »
The theme for this year’s VBS program is “Living a Real Faith in a Virtual World,” certainly a very relevant theme for our increasingly connected and digital world. The Jesús María church has a long tradition of VBS programs, going back even before the church was officially planted in 2010. We are expecting well over
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Several days after the Mount Calvary team of 16 returned to PA, 12 of us from the church here left in Adrian and Veronica’s 15 passenger van (with the back seat taken out for storage); our first night at Gaspar and Estela Chable’s ranch, about a six hour drive. Adrian and Veronica weren’t even planning
June Ministry Month Part 2–Trip to Oaxaca Read More »
As I write this I’m getting ready for a mission conference this weekend. Mayra and I will be heading up to the northern part of Mexico City to visit the Iglesia Bíblica Cristiana Villa de Las Flores, or Villa for short. Good friends Erik and Patty Morga minister there, and the church has been a
Remembering God’s Faithfulness Read More »
So many acronyms! That’s what Mayra often says when she goes to the U.S. and hears and acronym for everything. DMV, DIY, FYI, LMK, BRB and so many more. If you want to know what the acronyms are in this post…read on! Sorry, this entry is rather long…so you’ll have to scroll down to see
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Summertime, oh summertime! Always so full and full of fun! The month of June started with two of our Liebenzell USA summer interns arriving, Jackie and Michael, who joined Andrew, already here. I’ll dedicate a photo to each of them below. Jackie attends Rod’s home church, Word of Life Chapel. Next year we’d really like
Mount Calvary, Interns, Trip to León, June 2024 Read More »
Our summer ministry has gone through some significant changes over the past 10 years or so, from being primarily a time we received summer interns (a record number of interns in 2006 and 2007), to primarily receiving church groups (an average of 4-5 groups per summer, from 2016, except during COVID). Last summer, largely due
Summer 2023 Visitors, Part 2 Read More »
Mayra and I have been in PA since mid-January, and during that time have had the opportunity to represent our mission, Liebenzell USA, at Cairn University, near Philadelphia, PA and at Lancaster Bible College. Today, I’ll be joining George and Steve at Biola University, for their missions conference this week. I’m looking forward to it!
Visiting Christian Colleges and Supporting Churches, Being with Family Read More »
Talk about a rebound! After two years with zero visitors because of the pandemic, this summer possibly set a record for visitors. We received a total of five church teams, all of them from Pennsylvania, and four Liebenzell USA interns. Throw in a couple kids (do they count as visitors?) and our grand total is
We have been pleased to host two church groups over the past two weeks. Gary, Kathy, Denny, Matt, Melissa, Ken, Diana and Jackie from Word of Life Chapel ministered in the Jesus Maria church, and were engaged in two primary activities: baking/cooking classes and electrical work. The team was actually an official I-TEC team as
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