Christmas Update

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Dear friends, feliz navidad from Mexico City, where children are putting out their shoes hoping for gifts from “the three kings” and we are celebrating the arrival of the True King!

As you read this letter, the inhabitants of Mexico City are preparing for the massive holiday [...]

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 [...]

Monterrey Bound

On Saturday, I (Peter) head for Monterrey, where I will be speaking at a retreat north of the industrial giant of the north.
Please pray for final preparation, for good talks and connection with the students there, and for endurance and energy with temperatures averaging over 100 degrees farenheit!
The theme is “Lost?”, and I’ll be talking [...]

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 [...]

June Update 1

Comprehension, Cohesion, Cost
As I sat talking to a student in the open patio of the Philosophy and Letters Faculty, our conversation focused on his exploration of Christianity. He said that he was getting it. He said that he needed it. What was keeping him from responding, then? Two obstacles. First, comprehension – how does this [...]

Arriba Los Pumas!

The Pumas have made it to the final of the Mexican league soccer tournament for the first time (I think!) since 2004, when they one both seasons in one year. And they won it all in the second period of overtime! This led to a lot of late night honking, cars streaming by with pumas [...]

May Praise & Prayer Update 2

The Home Stretch
We’re heading toward the end of the semester here at the UNAM, and students are starting to stress in anticipation of the stress. In spite of incoming tests and projects, we continue to have many good conversations and studies with students about all kinds of things, attempting to apply the gospel to the [...]

May Praise & Prayer Update 1

Last Thursday, the campus came back to life as students returned to classes. One student described the “emotional stages of quarantine” as elation (I don’t have to take that test!), study (I don’t know how long this quarantine is going to buy me), extreme boredom and extreme sleep (what am I going to do with [...]

Back to School on Wednesday?

The BBC reports that the swine flu is in the ‘declining phase’:
Swine flu in Mexico, the epicentre of the world outbreak, has peaked, the Mexican health minister has said. Jose Angel Cordova said the virus, blamed for at least 19 deaths in Mexico, appeared to have peaked between 23-28 April. “The evolution of the epidemic [...]

When Swine Flew

As I write, the city is quiet. Schools are officially closed until May 6th. Restaurants have been forced by the federal government to shut their doors as well. A high ranking connection in the health sector told a friend a few days ago that there have been about 2,000 deaths across the country – much [...]

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