Almost two years ago we came to all of you to announce an amazing opportunity to serve in Mexico. We were overwhelmed by all of your support and prayers as we embarked on an incredible journey. We spent one year raising support and were shown God’s faithfulness time and time again. Living here has been a time of great learning for us. God has taken care of us, provided for us and stretched us in many ways. We have been involved in times of great ministry and have seen the Gospel advanced. However, we feel as though we have completed many of the tasks we came to accomplish and are sensing the end of one stage and the beginning of...
Back from the US of A
posted by paige
We’re back in Mexico! After spending a month visiting family in Colorado and Arizona and attending the 2011 General Council of the A/G, we are glad to be back home! We had a wonderful time introducing Pax to all of our family, doing a few vacation-type activities and catching up with friends. It was fun to eat at all of our favorite restaurants, shop at Target, drink water from the faucet and many other things that are very different from our life in Mexico…but…the most refreshing thing was time spent with friends and family. It was so fun to see our boys with their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, but it made it...
Crazy Mexico
posted by paige
Every country has its quirks. We know that people who come to the States say the same thing about us. But as we navigate our new country, we see some pretty interesting things. When we see these things one of us always remarks, “Crazy Mexico.” Here’s a list of some of our favorite quirks about living in Puebla. 1. They bundle their babies up when it is 90 degrees outside, but don’t put them in carseats. (and yes, they sell snowsuits here where it never snows, and no, there’s no carseat law) 2. Eggs are not refrigerated…along with a lot of other things. 3. They are incredibly kind and generous people...
We can see this from...
posted by tyler
Just outside our driveway, if you turn to the left, you see a great view of the volcano – Popocatépetl. It’s definitely an interesting site each morning, some days, the top is even covered in snow. But just yesterday, the volcano blew a 3 km ash plume…kinda crazy. No one...
10 Hours in Mexico C...
posted by paige
We spent the early morning hours at the Starbucks next to the American Embassy waiting for our appointment. Our mode of transportation to check out some of the city. The taxi drivers drive like crazy men all the time, but we’re pretty sure that ours was also drunk. I was very...
Downtown Puebla
posted by paige
Here are some beautiful views of what we saw while walking around downtown Puebla… More blogs to come once our Internet gets hooked...