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

Mexican Bus Crash

The crazy thing about this horrible story is that we were just on that road Friday. It really is a very dangerous road with lots of curves and drops.

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Veracruz-Villahermosa Trip Day Three

Day Three of our trip was the day we were working with the National Baptist Youth Union to give a full day of workshops to leaders involved in the youth groups at their churches. We had planned it all around the fact that youth ministry revolves around 6...

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Happy Easter 2006

We went to church this morning at Obra Nueva, the house church some of our friends are starting here. They invited me to speak at the Easter Egg hunt they had for the families of the neighborhood. It was an interesting concept to have an Easter egg hunt here in...

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Veracruz-Villahermosa Trip Day Two

Last Monday, we took off from Veracruz to go to COJUBASUR, a youth conference in the state of Tabasco about 5 more hours away. The campground was out in the middle of the jungle, and we drove through about 20 minutes of banana tree fields to get there. The place...

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Veracruz-Villahermosa Trip Day One

We took off to Veracruz on Sunday morning, stopping there on our way to a youth camp in Villahermosa. Veracruz is a beach town on the east coast that's really popular with Mexicans, especially during Semana Santa (the week before Easter). It takes about 5 hours from...

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Packed…almost

Okay, so we are almost packed for our trip to Veracruz. We will be leaving early tomorrow morning to try to get out of the city before most people wake up. We'll see how well we do with that. We'll be out of town for about a week, so there will be little updating on...

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Phone Call

I got a phone call this morning from Salomon, the president of the Baptist Student Union here in Mexico. He's the guy I've been working with on the workshops. He told me that Huberto and Oscar could get a 50% discount on a bus ticket with their student IDs. Then, he...

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Finances

Today, our home office notified us that we have $946 in our account for the trip to Austria this summer. That was a HUGE surprise. Thanks to whomever it is that has donated. Before today, we had only heard from one person who wanted to help us attend this important...

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Foot in Mouth

Nathan is going to demonstrate how to put your foot in your mouth: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3: Success!!!

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