Monthly Archives: November 2008

What I Didn’t Know About Bichos and Chicle

You can hardly keep from learning something new every week when you’re really interacting with Mexicans. They have a rich culture and just as vast and interesting backgrounds as anyone else does. I certainly learned a lot yesterday as I … Continue reading

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"Practice Level Hard"

The boys aren’t much into sports as the viable options here are pretty limited. That’s OK with me as I struggle to get out of bed most mornings after enduring decades of sports injuries to legs, ankles, knees, neck, back, … Continue reading

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Ladies’ Retreat (a note from Bethie)

(We get a few complaints now and then that Bethie doesn’t write her own blog or do her own Facebook. Can’t get her to do it, but I snagged these lines from an informal email she wrote to family a … Continue reading

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Saturday Night

There’s nothing unusual about nothing going as usual here. That seems to be true for all missionaries I’ve ever known. That’s probably true in all forms of ministry back home too. Last night brought one of those “normal” abnormal events. … Continue reading

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Observations From a Week or Two Gone By

1. I’m amazed when Mexican friends/believers go out of their way to buy me an expensive birthday cake and drive all the way across town to share it with me. The husband had lost his long-time job a couple weeks … Continue reading

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Guanajuato

On Thursday Beth and I drove over to Guanajuato. Normally, we have class and tutoring in QuerĂ©taro for much of the day but with three of our families traveling for a couple weeks, we had the opportunity to take a … Continue reading

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