Blog

Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.

Youth Emphasis Chapel

On May 5th, we had our first ever Youth Emphasis Chapel at the seminary. We invited Nahum Leon, a friend of Tim and Annette Gulick to speak about the necessity of youth ministry to the students and faculty at the seminary. If you speak Spanish, here is the MP3 of his...

read more

Media

"With propoganda, we can make heaven seem like hell and hell seem like heaven." - unknown Since I'm thinking about this, I thought I'd put it here. It's amazing to me how if a country's government wants to control its population, they control the access to media. If...

read more

Good News

We got good news yesterday about our housing situation. Right now, we live in a house owned by the International Mission Board. We are renting it from them at a great price. Our "contract" with them is up in August, but we just renewed until August 2007. This will be...

read more

The Giant hickey on my head

This is another "What I've learned from my relationship with Nathan" post (see the first one here). We bought a mirror for the car so that I can see Nathan sitting in his carseat. It's one of those suction cup type mirrors with a long extension arm that swivels so you...

read more

Postponed

I just got a call from my boss telling me that the trip to Austria has been postponed this year due to illness in the family. We didn't cancel it, but it has been postponed until further notice. So, the money we have in the account will be saved in a special account...

read more

A Lesson from History

I'm reading a lot of Cuban history in Moon's Handbook on Cuba, and I came across the following story (pg 27) that can teach us a lot about missions and Christianity. The Spaniards' reputation for conquering had preceded them to Cuba. So, when they arrived in Cuba to...

read more

Some Students

Here are some other students of mine, who I will see in a few weeks. They are busy working on their class work in this picture. I'm busy grading their work that they've sent me. I can't wait to see them again. It's going to be a great time together, talking about...

read more

Learned about God from Nathan – Success

Last night, as I watched Nathan try to balance himself while taking some baby steps, I realized something about God. I've learned a lot of things from Nathan about God, and this is just one of them. But, if you watch the video, you'll notice how much we wanted him to...

read more

Mothers’ Day and other news

Happy Mothers' Day! We celebrated American Mothers' Day today because Mexican Mothers' Day was Wednesday, May 10. So, Janell got two dinners for Mothers' Day. We also went to "Obra Nueva" church and then to Tony Roma's for dinner down in Polanco. We had fun with the...

read more

Subscribe