June 2012 Update
HOPE FOR HIPPIES The semester came to a close at the UNAM last Friday with a 60s themed party as a large group of hippie styled students crammed into the ministry apartment to celebrate the end of the semester and to remember where true peace and love come from. Pray for these RUF students from the Bible studies and English group as they stay in touch over the summer months and continue to meet together intermittently. ...
May 2012 Update
RUF HOLY WEEK RETREAT During Easter Week, around 40 students headed to MTW’s camp in Guanajuato for our Holy Week retreat. Pastor Victor Martinez of Redeemer PCA in San Antonio, TX taught on “A New Family: The God Who Adopts”, and students had a great time learning about the Christian life and building community (there was even an engagement!). Pray for Christian and non-Christian students to grasp and respond to God’s adopting love as they finish ...
July 2011 Update
The July update is available - click here to see the one page pdf file. As always, we would love to hear and respond to your questions and comments! Summer Ahead! The semester has come to an end and we are into the summer! After a full academic year of large groups, small groups, and one on one meetings, we took advantage of the beginning of vacation time for week long seminars on “how to study ...
March 2011 Update
The March update is available - click here to see the one page pdf file. As always, we would love to hear and respond to your questions and comments! Christmas Thanks! Thanks to all of you for your generous support, especially around Christmas time! We are grateful for your ministry to us, which enables us to minister to students. “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God ...
December 2010 Update
Dear friends, feliz navidad from Reformed University Fellowship in Mexico City, where the fog and traffic are thinning, and excitement is building towards the celebration of the True King’s birth... Click here to download the Christmas newsletter, complete with photos! We are thankful for another fall semester serving among the 120,000 students of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and we are thankful to the Lord for your faithful support of this ministry as it reaches out ...
Happenings
June 2012 Update
HOPE FOR HIPPIES The semester came to a close at the UNAM last Friday with a 60s...
May 2012 Update
RUF HOLY WEEK RETREAT During Easter Week, around 40 students headed to MTW’s...
July 2011 Update
The July update is available – click here to see the one page pdf file....
March 2011 Update
The March update is available – click here to see the one page pdf file. As...
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Reflections
Fritz Games: Groaning
Every morning or so Newton (our 4 year old) hops on my lap and we snuggle while singing...
Doug Serven: Iwo Jima
Jesus sits at God’s right hand. He is the one who subdues us to himself, rules...
A Guy Named Perfect
Awhile back as I was looking through my list of people to catch up with, I came across...
Toward the Goal
As we enter finals season, students minds are on “the goal” of finishing...
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Mexico News
Mexico City Air
Once the purveyor of the cleanest air in the country, then the denizen of the dirtiest air in the country, Mexico City is back on its way up. Here’s what McClatchy had to say about the air on the eve of the Cancun climate talks: MEXICO CITY — Slowly and steadily, this sprawling city is cleaning up its air. Joggers trot through parks in the... [Read more of this review]
Is it safe?
The LA Times has an ongoing section on their website called “Mexico Under Siege: The Drug War At Our Doorstep.” The most visible items on the opening page are a quotation from Mexican president Felipe Calderon (“It’s a war”) and the number of dead since January 2007 (30,196). With that kind of carnage over a three year... [Read more of this review]
Abortion in Mexico City
According to LifeNews: The members of the legislative assembly of the federal district of Mexico City voted to legalize abortions in 2007. Since then, abortion business have done approximately 34,000 abortions and those numbers are likely set to increase — though they have prompted a backlash in other Mexican states. The legislative assembly,... [Read more of this review]
Gay Marriage & Adoption Approved in the DF
The LA Times reports that Mexico City on Tuesday formally put on the books a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, with Mayor Marcelo Ebrard rejecting demands he veto the controversial measure. The law was published in the official government newspaper, and will go into effect in 45 days. It was passed by a comfortable margin by... [Read more of this review]
Religion in Mexico
The US State Department reports the following for Mexico “religious demography”: Section I. Religious Demography The country has an area of 1,220,663 square miles and a population of 109 million. According to the Government’s 2000 census, approximately 88 percent of respondents identify themselves as at least nominally Catholic. There... [Read more of this review]
To The Zocalo for the World Cup!
According to Nasdaq.com: Mexico City received 10.4 million tourists in 2009 and expects that figure to increase to 14 million next year, helped by events such as free public viewing of World Cup games, according to city officials. Last year was pretty ugly for tourism (worth 3.3 billion USD to Mexico in 2009) with the recession and the swine flu. Read More →
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