The other day we saw a tricycle car. A car with three wheels – two in the back and one in the front center. What?! Yes. And it was a normally sized car. Small, but not that small. Who knew you could drive a car with three wheels!
Actually, almost all the cars are small here. [...]
Archive for the ‘Reflection’ Category
29 Sep
If only I had a picture…
13 Sep
Creating Space
What does it mean to create common space as a community? This is something that we learned a lot about from Armonia. But it was also something that we had been thinking about prior to going as well, so I think we were ripe for the learning. How does a church create its space, use [...]
9 Sep
Conversation at the eye doctor
Today I had an eye exam. The eye doctor that my entire (Myers) family goes to is somewhat amused by my family’s escapades around the world. He greeted me with, “So, what foreign adventures are you up to now?”
He actually asked great questions about our time in Mexico. He was obviously trying to form the [...]
1 Sep
Longing to Dance
As I am enjoying the beauty of this Minnesota summer day, I cannot help but think how much my niece Cassie would have loved to go fishing with me today. She loved the outdoors, and she loved to go fishing. But four years ago on this day, my niece died in a tragic car accident. [...]
10 Jun
Adjustment
Living in Mexico – a different culture, language, way of doing things – has taken some getting used to. However, I was reflecting the other day about some things that I actually have gotten used to (which, upon arrival, I was sure I would never adjust because they are so different from my home culture).
1. [...]
4 Jun
Zacchaeus was a wee little man
This week in music class, I taught the kids the Spanish version of “Zacchaeus was a wee little man.” I also used the opportunity to talk a little bit about the story of Zacchaeus. How he was small and not a good guy, but he wanted to see Jesus. How Jesus chose to go to [...]
13 May
Do for vs. Do with
Something that I have learned while working with Armonía is the difference between serving by doing something for someone vs. serving by doing something with them.
I think most of my life I thought that to serve people meant to do things for others. But that means that I’m the one doing it, and they are [...]
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