Blog
Here are my thoughts in written form. I hope they are valuable and contribute to your growth.
Weekend retreat
We went about 2 hours away this weekend to Ixtapan de La Sal. It was a retreat weekend at a nice place with the missionaries in Mexico City. We had a great time playing, relaxing, and sharing together. We left on Friday afternoon and returned Sunday evening. Everyone...
read moreWhat a game
I can't believe I missed this. I'll post more about why later. Another thing I missed. What a weekend!
read moreRonald McDonald suspected in Wendy’s robbery
This is exactly what I needed today. I came home from an extremely long day (class, meetings, youth meeting at church) to this funny story about a guy named Ronald McDonald who is suspected in a robbery of a Wendy's restaurant. Hilarious.
read moreI got mail
We finally got our email to work again. The people at compuserve said that someone had used our screen name to send out unsolicited bulk email to 486 people. I told them I don't even know that many people. So, finally, we changed the password with them and got it...
read moreThoughts on youth ministry in Mexico
We've been here for a few years now, and I still haven't figured much out about youth ministry in this country. For example, the young people (18-29 year olds) at our church have decided that they want to vote in and organize the group with a president,...
read moreTraffic
Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Mexico. It is not a day out of school. It is not a day off of work. The day after Thanksgiving is nothing special for Mexicans. So, we decided it would be a gret day to go to Six Flags, which is located about 15 miles from our house....
read moreHappy Thanksgiving 2005
We spent Thanksgiving Day as a family. Janell made some awesome eggs and bacon for breakfast, we watched football, and we ate Thanksgiving dinner with some other missionaries. It was a great day. We had fun, and we thank God for lots of things, including the...
read moreThe last few days
Here's what we've been doing the last few days: Monday: We went to Walmart to buy our Christmas tree. It cost us 388 pesos, or about $35 US. It's the biggest Christmas tree we have ever had, and it smells and looks really good. Nathan loves it. He loves to watch the...
read moreRestful Day
In light of what I wrote in the previous post about resting, yesterday was a very good example of that. I went to church at 6 am for a prayer meeting that ended around 8:15. Then, I came home and rested. We did pretty much nothing related to work all day. I talked to...
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