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June 19th 2013
We wanted to make sure we introduced some of our friends. Mark and Karen Higgins are awesome and amazing! We've loved getting to know them and working alongside them at the Center. Here's their ministry information below. You can read up about their work in San Rafael and if you want to you can send a donation too. **Mark and Karen Higgins, Living Stones Ministry - Mexico, P.O. Box 218Lukeville, AZ 85341 970-424-1037 phone www.livingstonesministrymexico.com Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, they are plans for good, not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Another friend we want you to know is Mark Thrash. We met him at a CRM weekend in Spokane last year and Mark is awesome too!**Mark Thrash, Director of Partner Development, ... read more
Here We Go - Day 1 - 4am to 9pm Travel Day
Published: June 18th 2013North America » Mexico » Sonora » Puerto Peñasco
June 18th 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013 - Geoff and I were up and showered before 4am to get everyone out the door to the airport. All 4 of our kids woke up HAPPY - UNBELIEVEABLE!! Our dear friend Kelley squeezed in driving us to the airoport at 4:30 before she ran her 15 miles that morning - THANK YOU!!!! We even flew to Salt Lake City with Mary's teacher who happened to be on our first flight with us - very fun! Our family's seats were not together but with some prayers and some kind people we at least got to sit in groups of two. Great flight! An almost 3 hour layover in SLC turned into McDonald's breakfast and riding the flat escalator thingymajig back and forth, racing. Of course that was way too fun and Pearl ... read more
June 18th 2013
It's Sunday, June 16, 2013 - Church in Mexico. We worshipped at Mark and Karen's church "La Samaritana Buena" the Good Samaritan. We met Pastor Edgar and his wife, Alma, and their kids. We also met Eneida, who works at the Center, and her kids - Alexia, Rodrigo, y Zabie. Pearl and Zabie were fast friends - both 2 and 3 years old. Pastor Edgar preached about Joseph, Mary's husband, being a good father who loved God and obeyed him. It was really great to be worshipping all together on Father's Day, but what's even extra cool is that Geoff and Kai and I had just learned about Mary's husband last week in Youth Group. Our summer 5th/6th Grade Youth Group series is "Unsung Heroes from the Bible". Last week I chose Joseph, Mary's husband, to ... read more
Day 3 - The Center "El Comunitario Cristiano"
Published: June 19th 2013North America » Mexico » Sonora » Puerto Peñasco
June 18th 2013
Karen told us they serve lunch after the 1pm message so we planned on being at the Center around 12:30pm for our first time there. That gave us all morning to enjoy the beach and water. I guess part of the luxury of being on any vacation is having the Mom and Dad's full-time attention for the kids - it's been extra wonderful - at least for Geoff and I. :) Mary's gotten her hair braided and combed more than she'd ever care for, but she's coming around! Pearl doesn't mind it as much. It's really been fun for me to braid both my daughters' hair in the mornings! Remember how yesterday's blog ended with our prayer as a family to have more laughter. Well, I woke up early today and read from "Jesus Calling" by ... read more
June 18th 2013
Another year has passed and it's now only 5 days till Mexico! So much to do there - visiting the Incan sites, bit of snorkelling, some beach bumming and a few beers on the way. And a business class flight to look forward to on the return, nice. So, expectations...a nice resort, good food, damn hot and a chilled out 12 days. Chocks away !!... read more
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June 14th 2013
Howdy people, Haven't done a blog for a bit I know....for no other reason than I felt lazy! So as you might have gathered I took a trip 2 hours south to Hualtuco. An overnight actually, and no "lunchbox" this time but a proper 2nd class bus with A/C! The center of town is cute, quaint and small. Outside of town are gnarly,large grey concrete private 5 star resorts that are ugly as hell! But to each their own. Met a few nice folks at a bar I spent far too much time in overlooking the town square and had great food and wandered around quite a bit. Distances are huge south of here though and collectivos run 8 and 10 km between beaches! So a few times I found myself stuck at a strange crossroads. ... read more
June 14th 2013
Kidnapped. As far as you can kidnap an oldtimer like me..... A long long time I met two Mexican girls, first I met Yvonne when I went to school in France. When I went to visit Yvonne in Mexico i was introduced to Alejandrina. The friendship with these two astoundlingly lovely Mexican girls has lasted ever since, sometimes long between visits and sometimes not so long and every time it's just like yesterday. On a scale of 1- 10 they get about 14. Barely in Puebla I got whisked away towards the Mexican gulf coast, first to a town called Zacapoaxtla,a bit of a tounge twister but a nice little place all the same and the food was good. One thing that's lovely when traveling with the natives is that you get to try some food ... read more
June 12th 2013
San Miguel de Allende More Colonial splendour albeit on a smaller scale than Guanajuato but still very good indeed. Being a lucky person in many ways I got to sleep in the hotel of one of my dear friends brother in law, smack in the middle of the "Centro Historico". One little bad thing was that somebody or thing rang the church bells every half hour during the night. Being a bad sleeper I was awake as the first bell tolled and from there on I was wide awake, tossing and turning in my bed making schemes to kill or to main or to flog to within an inch of the life of the person responsable. Long night indeed, by the time I got up I was to tired to maim anyone. Another city tour and ... read more
Pochutla market, and an interesting lunchbox ride!
Published: June 5th 2013North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
June 5th 2013
Good cool, rainy morning people, So Monday very early in the morning pre-dawn I shuffled my a** up to the Pemex gas station for a very interesting bus ride! Setting the scene..... Off in the distance a 40 passenger "lunchbox" (pet name for Eurocar/Volvo tiny buses) rolls up. I flag her down to notice the right hand windshield missing! Hopping in the backdoor I found a seat next to a chunky local woman with big bright crazy looking eyes. Not noteworthy until later! Paid my 30 pesos for the 1:45 minute ride to Pochutla and settled in with my little mp3 player. Noting the missing windscreen makes for a pleasant if breezy ride. I did notice this driver seemed hell bent on making a Mexican record fast trip as we screamed along a 2 lane road ... read more
June 4th 2013
Guanajuato If Guadalajara is nice Guanajuato is really nice, if you're into colonial buildings and town as a whole, the Centro Historico is just fabulous or maybe even better. I strolled around the whole day eating and watching loads of people wanderin by, Mexican famlies with their little kids dressed to kill. Not so much to write about so just enjoy the pics, I do wish that my best cameraphonemp3player hadn't broken down, but the pics will give a general idea. Montezuma caught me in Guanajuato, no details! I was so desperate that I even drank Coke, for the first time in many years, Yech! I met up with some nice Americans that study Spanish in Guanajuato, I had to help one of them out as an interpreter with a doctor. It is very nice being ... read more
