Blog

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

Little Things Count

The other day I read an article about the drug use of Mexican young people, and I shared it on my Spanish twitter account. I didn't know it was going to have the impact that it did. I simply wrote, "Mexican teenagers lead the way in the use of drugs." I also included...

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Live the Adventure – Part 1

Thanks for praying for us last weekend. Here are some updates on those prayer requests from our ministry this week. The youth leaders' Summit went well with about 500 youth workers in attendance. The course I taught went well, and most of the details for all of the...

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We Live because of Mercy

During the last quarter of the Seminary year, the graduating Seniors preach their last sermon as students. It's always a special time in which they share the things they have learned during their time here. Today it was Josue's turn to preach in chapel. He shared...

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The Greatest Show on Earth in Mexico

The Circus is in town, and a college friend of mine works for the entertainment company who runs it. So he got us tickets to go to yesterday's opening performance of "The Greatest Show on Earth." We wanted to surprise the kids, so we didn't tell them we were going to...

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Super Course at the Summit

I'm no Superman, but I was invited to teach a "Super-Course" at the Youth Specialties Summit this past weekend. A Super Course is a two hour class that sort of takes place before the whole conference begins. The title of my course was: "Reinventing Success in Youth...

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National Youth Leader’s Summit 2012

This past weekend I had the privilege of participating in the National Youth Leaders Summit. In fact, I was part of the team that organized this event, and I got to teach a course, a breakout session, and I promoted the Seminary's Youth Ministry program during one of...

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Happy Mother’s Day!

It's Mother's Day! So I took some time to make this video of the boys talking about their mom and what they love about her. This is probably one of my favorite videos I've ever done.

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Bubbles with Yuri

One of our students comes over once a week to play with the kids and help them with their Spanish. She spends an hour or so with them, and she's always bringing them fun gifts. The other day she brought chalk, which they absolutely love. Since she's a graphic...

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Lessons I Learned from the Super Moon

I heard a while ago that the moon would be passing really close to earth last Saturday, and I wanted to take some pictures of it. So I began to read different websites about how to photograph the moon, the best lenses to use (which I don't have), what time it would be...

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