Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2011
When you get a chance, read the story of a man who was named Legion in the bible, who had a lot of problems in Mark 5:1-20 and how Jesus healed him and then, sent him on a mission to glorify God.
Recently, God did the same for another man who is called Lupe, through the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2011
Oh my … how things have changed and in this case, for the better! It doesn’t seem that long ago that I had met a man named Felipe Ortega in Oaxaca, he had been outside playing soccer with a lot of kids (including ours) in the street. He worked in the city government and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2011
A lot of our friends in Oaxaca right now, are busy trying to get their gardens prepared before the rainy season comes. Many of you have done some gardening before and realize how big of a job it can actually be, but it still may have been considered a hobby at most. But what if that’s really [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2010
While I was stuck in the hospital after having some surgery, my daughter brought me some magazines to read. Among the selections was the September edition of National Geographic and so with plenty of time on my hands, I started reading with much enjoyment. A short article under the Health section was particularly interesting and [...]
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 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 [...]