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YEW – Day 1
We kicked off youth emphasis week yesterday with a pretty sweet chapel service. The band played Agnus Dei, and it was powerful. For some reason the driving beat of the drums on some songs stirs people to sing more, making it really cool. Then we showed a great video...
read moreSpanish resource page
I added a new page to the site. It's a page of Spanish resources. Since most of what I do is in Spanish, I have decided to put those things up on this new page. Right now it has audio files, video files, Powerpoints, and documents. Most of the resources will be...
read moreChristmas in Starbucks
I'm sitting in a Starbucks here in Mexico, drinking out of my red cup and listening to Christmas music. We waste no time here getting things ready for Christmas. There are decorations all over (both on houses/in stores AND being sold). Of course, I love Christmastime,...
read moreYouth Emphasis Week
This week is "Youth Emphasis Week" at the seminary, which means I'm really busy. Basically, we are leading every chapel service for the week. The idea is to expose the rest of the seminary students to youth ministry. Hopefully, we will do a good job. Tomorrow, I'm...
read moreAlmost no hope
Last night, the "Mi Esperanza" campaign was supposed to begin at 9 pm. We turned on the TV to the correct channel, and it was "The Simpsons." I was shocked. The website boasts of over 18,000 churches participating in the event. There has been talk of it all over the...
read moreNow is the time
I forgot to post about this earlier, but today is the beginning of the "Mi esperanza" campaign. All over Mexico, Christians will be opening their homes tonight, tomorrow night, and Saturday night, to invite their friends and relatives to watch a program produced by...
read moreThird Generation Thinking
Guy Muse posts some good thoughts on missions on his blog. It's all about being able to reproduce what we are doing. It's called Third Generation Thinking, and I believe it is vital to what we are doing here in Mexico. If what I am teaching cannot be taught by the...
read moreYouth in Mexico City
Doing some research for my youth culture class, I came across these statistics on youth in Mexico City. I left them in Spanish and translated them into English so I could use them in class, too. ¿Sabias que... Did you know... ...en la Ciudad de Mexico habitan 2...
read moreJanell’s bday
Today was Janell's birthday. So, we left Nathan with our friends and went to Italianni's. We tried to go there last night, but there was a HUGE wait. Tonight was a great night to go out and have dinner. Anyway, happy birthday, Janell. I look forward to spending many...
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