Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2010
After living in Oaxaca for several years, one might think that he has just about seen it all, but there’s always something new to get your attention … and most of the time the Lord uses it … to keep us humble.
As I looked out of the office window of the house we rent, I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2010
Last year, among the many cool things we had a chance to do, is that we experimented with different types of seeds, growing them in different climates and usually … with pretty good results!We did a lot of training for whole villages on various topics.Including vaccination.Rabbit production.We enjoyed a lot of games.And sometimes even the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2010
The following photos show how my wife Mauri, with a little bit of fabric, a little bit of time and some great friends like you … they were able to fill a great need in the lives of people and have a lot of fun doing it!In many of the villages, it gets extremely cold [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2010
It has been both exciting and rewarding to work with people that really do want “a hand up” not “a handout” and to have the opportunity, training and tools to help themselves. With corn being such an important part of their daily diet, it was an excellent opportunity for us to help them get water from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 9th, 2010
Some people say, ” if it ain’t broke … then don’t try to fix it! ” and that statement certainly applies very well to the way people think around Oaxaca. Some of the pictures below show how people still use oxen to plow their fields, Dragging the hand carved plow, which is cut from a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2009
The following photo shows a new water well, that had been dug by hand and most of us would think twice about whether or not we would want to drink out of it, but if that’s all you had … it would be reason for a celebration!
The other amazing thing about this particular well (that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2009
We thought we would give you an opportunity to enjoy some photos of 2008, overall we had an excellent year meeting new friends, developing great relationships, helping people to help themselves and loving them to Christ.
These people were very happy to learn how to make their own blankets, especially when it gets down below freezing and [...]
Posted in La Cumbre, Uncategorized on Dec 22nd, 2008
Imagine being 4 years old, living in a village at 7,800 ft. above sea level, where it can be freezing on any given night, with no electricity, no running water, no sewer, in a small wooden shack and with gaps in the rough cut planks big enough to put your hand through. But there is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2008
It’s nice to see things hopping (literally) at the Ag institute where several people are trained every week and some schools are now bringing their children for classes. Several hundred rabbits and several thousand chickens were produced here last year for needy families and the training continues to reach many of the authorities in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2008
David has been pressuring me to post a video on the blog, so here is a quick introduction.My First Video Blog from Miguel Johnson on Vimeo.