Dear Friend, We asked you pray and we know you did, yet the answer was “No, not now, maybe not ever.”  As the process continued for the possibility of partnering with the State Family Services Agency (Desarollo Integral de la Familia, or DIF), it became more and more apparent that it was not going to [...]

UGH! After a refreshing time with family, we returned to our home in Guadalajara and were surprised to find some new guests.  Everything has been taken care of…..but I didn´t  find the bugs until AFTER I had eaten the oatmeal! Couple Communication We have begun the 4-week Couple Communication Workshop.  The workshop focuses on clear [...]

GRADUATION In August, ten students completed the year and a half course in Family Counseling.  They studied 7 different areas: Theological Basis for Marriage and Family,  Fundamentals of Psychology, The Family Today, Communication, Family Systems, Sexuality,  and the Life Cycle of Families. They also had to report 50 hours of counseling and have completed two [...]

A few milliseconds required weeks of repair.  In the middle of the night, the first week of June, I leaped out of bed at the KABOOM of a lightning strike.  The next morning we discovered that the electrical charge had passed through the regulator and damaged our desktop computer, the router and the phone/fax machine. [...]

May is the hottest month of the year in Guadalajara with the temperatures averaging in the 90´s by the afternoon.  It is a dry heat, for which we are grateful.  It has also been a bit of a noisy month this year.  Besides the normal daily sounds of cowbells to announce the garbage truck, bicycle [...]

We have snow in Mexico! This is the 14,240 ft Nevado de Colima, south of Guadalajara. Impressive. Since the beginning of the year we have been doing a bit of traveling within Mexico.  As field coordinator for the Central Mexico field, Lynn made trips to both Monterrey and Irapuato.  The trip to Monterrey was to [...]

December 2009 Each year I have looked for interesting examples of the celebration of this season.  This year, as I walked through the downtown area of Guadalajara, I came upon this gentleman cheerfully using his breakfast break to feed the birds.  What doesn´t show in the photo are the blinking lights on his Santa hat.  [...]

October 2009 Variety! The last two months have been packed with activities of refreshing variety. Lynn continues to teach his monthly class in counseling preparation.  There are 14 students representing a variety of backgrounds and professions.  A doctor, a dentist, a hospital chaplain, a psychologist, a secretary, a youth leader, several pastors and   homemakers, [...]

In June we asked you to pray for the two young men who would be traveling from Guadalajara to Minnesota to join up with youth from Calvary Baptist, St. Paul as they ministered in Pelican Rapids.  Asael and Otoniel told me that they went with the goal of winning Hispanics to Christ. They returned to [...]

Life – post swine flu – is returning to normal. The protective face masks have been put aside.  More frequent hand-washing is a new, firmly established habit.  Thankfully we are back to the traditional greeting of a handshake, or “air kiss” or hug. These two young men, Asael and Otoniel, will be  spending the next [...]