Cranking Up!

The semester is cranking up here at the UNAM, with classes beginning on August 10. The 35,000 new students have arrived and have joined the mad dash to adjust schedules and get oriented. Here’s a quick review of what has been going on!
Monterrey Retreat
I spoke at a retreat in the Monterrey area in mid-July. I [...]

July Update 1 – Summertime

We are now well into the summer, and last Saturday had our final Summer English Club/ RUF activity in Tlalpan Forest just to the south of University City. Our outing included high altitude capture the flag, a game largely unknown here, but liked when learned.
Because of all of the swine flu scare, everything was pushed [...]

Lots going on!

This past week, in addition to English Clubs and intern studies, we were at the Salvation Army Orphanage with a number of students putting on a vacation Bible school. We had about 30 kids on the first day, and about 60 kids on the last two days. It was a great time with puppets, crafts, [...]

Other Blogs

I haven’t posted much lately, and what I have posted has not been that interesting!
If you want something more scintillating, I suggest…
Update on visit to orphanage at Josh and Amy’s blog.
Updates on intern thoughts at Abby and Meredith’s blogs.

Busy Week

In addition to the normal activities…

Today we receive 2 summer interns for six weeks.
Tomorrow we are visiting a local orphanage after church to play/teach/craft with 60 or so kids.
This week I’ll be hosting some folks who are coming through on their way to the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico’s Church Planting Conference.

Should be fun!

“Look for the tall girl and the girl with fiery red hair”

We have a couple of summer interns coming in for six weeks starting today! Pray for Abby Shackleford and for Meredith Cooper as they adjust to the culture and settle in for an intense few weeks of learning and serving here in the glorious Federal District.