Blog
Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.
Changes
Changes happen all the time. They can be good or bad. In missions, you always have to be ready for change. In fact, flexibility is important for just about any ministry endeavor. The workshop that I was going to give this weekend has been changed to next weekend...
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This is the first time I'm trying this, but I wanted to see if we could raise some money online for a project we're working on to informally train youth workers in Mexico City. We are trying to raise $500 through Chipin to help with promotion and preparation for an...
read moreSome really cool projects
We've been working on some really cool projects lately. One of those is an online conference/workshop site where we'll make informal Spanish youth ministry training available to people all over the world who have an internet connection. The idea is to post videos of...
read moreHaircut Day
Summertime
Well, summertime isn't looking any less busy than the next few months. We're supposed to be in Florida raising more support, but we've also got trips planned to Monterrey, Mexico City, Cuba, and California. I also have my eye on the YouthSpecialties conference in...
read moreOne shot
I'm working on a syllabus today for a Master's level class that I'll be teaching at the seminary in March (the week between quarters). It's my one shot with these students who are already serving somewhere in ministry (mostly as pastors). I have a lot of ground to...
read moreWhat a day
This morning, just before we left to go to church, Nathan fell and hit his head on the corner of our concrete wall. We put ice on it right away, but were a little worried about it. We took off to go to the hospital. About half way there, we reconsidered and went home...
read moreYouth Emphasis is Finished
Whew! We finished another youth emphasis week! It was rough to pull this one off because of all the other activities that were going on during the week. We hardly had any time to prepare for it. Overall, it was a great week, though. I just hope to have more time to do...
read moreHow it went
Yesterday, we went to the middle school in Atizapán. We walked into a classroom of 40 middle school students (12-15) with no idea of how they would respond to us. I am so proud of the seminary students. One of them told me before we walked in that they were nervous,...
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