We have felt very thirsty for time in nature, especially the mountains, and we are fortunate enough to have family living in Montana. Today we enjoyed an all day hike up Sacagawea mountain, part of the Bridger range here near Bozeman. We loved every minute with Wes’ sister and boys, and every minute in God’s [...]
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11 May
A Holistically Capable Woman
Yesterday in our Bible study with the Armonía community we looked at Proverbs 31, which is fitting considering it was “Dia de las madres” (Mother’s Day). I love Proverbs 31 (and, as some of you know, I have written an especially catchy song based on it whose popularity has been a source of some embarrassment [...]
10 Feb
Phonetics
The English language is often very confusing for the students here, particularly how it is written. Spanish is pronounced exactly how it is written and there are no exceptions. Far from the situation with English. So, in order to remember how certain words are written, the students will often memorize them phonetically. [...]
21 Dec
Sickness Update
Thanks if you have been praying for our health… please keep it up. Wes has not improved. We are hoping to hear tomorrow about his results.
I (Steph) have also unfortunately come down with the stomach flu, so we are both pretty pathetic. You’re prayers are greatly appreciated.
7 Oct
Human Sacrifice
In reading about the Spanish Conquest of Mexico I have found this ironic:
The Spaniards found the indigenous people barbaric, one reason being their practice of sacrificing humans in the name of their gods. How did the Spaniards seek to remedy this? By massacring the Indians in the name of their “God.”
Also, the Spaniards introduced certain [...]
26 Sep
The Gospel and Social Involvement (1): Setting the Stage
At the end of our series on the Lausanne Covenant, I mentioned the possibility of starting to work through another Lausanne document, such as the occasional paper on integral mission. But I have a book on loan that I wanted to work through before returning, so the next series will cover Good News to the [...]
20 Sep
Travel to Tula
With a few free hours this afternoon, Steph and I decided to travel to the Toltec ruins near Tula. Despite our fears of being able to navigate our way there, we made it there without any wrong turns. We spent a few enjoyable hours walking around the excavated pyramids, palace and temple at the site. [...]
15 Sep
A Full Load
We were a little scared that this load would come tumbling off the truck and we would be buried under a pile of weeds in the middle of a Mexican highway!
5 Sep
Made it to Monterrey
The border crossing was painless this morning at Nuevo Laredo, and after a short drive through the bleak landscape of northern Nuevo Leon, we soon reached the Sierra Madre range and the beautiful city of Monterrey. We look forward to writing more later about this city and the work of MTW Northern Mexico here and [...]
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