It has been a good week and a tough week. The group left on Thursday noon and made it home after a brief delay. I followed the next day. I stayed in Acapulco and got some prices on hotels for future trips. I was surprised on Thursday afternoon, along with most of Acapulco when a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The Acapulco Prison sits on a hill high above the city. We parked and then passed by several stations of guards. Each member of the team presented their passports, signed their names at three different checkpoints and were frisked twice. Once inside, we were escorted to the Warden’s office where we were briefed on the [...]
Last night, the biggest thing in sports on the Mexican Pacific Coast was not the game between Mexico and Costa Rica, but the 4 team tournament involving 3 local teams and our team from the US. The US fan base has grown with last weeks basketball clinic and a good part of the crowd was [...]
Sunday was a lighter day for us. A nice mid week break. One team went to a local beach, another went to a hard pounding beach near Acapulco and another group went to a beach that was situated next to a beautiful, tropical Starbucks and had coffee in air conditioning. From 7 to 10 PM, [...]
Greetings from Mexico. God has been doing some great things. Our VBS team reports 4 children have made decisions to follow Christ. The VBS team(s) actually did two sessions this morning: one in Las Lomas (Genesis Church) and one in Los Bajos (Maranatha Church). For those who worked in the Australian themed VBS this year, [...]
Judi from the Church at Arrowhead (Glendale, AZ) helps keep her new friend cool during Vacation Bible School
Our team made it to Acapulco and then on to Coyuca without any problems. With over a half ton of luggage plus carry-ons, every piece made it on to our planes and we did not even have to wait. CC to the people who work in the office of the Church at Arrowhead: We were [...]
Our final team member got her passport this afternoon! Our next post should be from Mexico.
Now why would our pastor be off to Mexico before everyone else? God has His reasons! Dennis reports that after a 2 hour worship service in Mexico this morning, he had lunch with a couple he met earlier…3 years ago, in fact. Telsy is from Venezuela and 3 years ago, she decided to follow Jesus. [...]