Pictures from Cross The Frontier
It has been five years since we left Tumbes. It is great to see people doing well. Nimrod Sedano is about to graduate from the Universidad Nacional de Tumbes with a degree in acuacultural engineering. Beti has no less than 50 children attending Sunday school each week The church building really does not hold ministry: [...]
Today, we are celebrating 25 years of marriage. Not a small accomplishment and one that we do not take lightly. About a third of our married life has been spent in Latin America and we are happy to be celebrating here. I spent my birthday preaching at two churches in Trujillo. In the picture, above, [...]
Julie and I were picked up by a taxi in Lima and went to the home of Jose and Eliana Chavez, with whom we were friends in Tumbes. We spent a day in Lima, visited with other friends from our time in Trujillo and travelled by overnight bus to Trujillo. Pastor Tito Sevilla picked us [...]
Nicknames are abundant in basketball: the Glide, the Dream, and His Airness come to mind. Meet the Bloke. 16 year old Daniel Myers of South Hampton, England is the youngest, smallest and least experienced of our basketball players, but was the first to get a nickname. The Bloke appreciates the abilities of his teammates and [...]
It was a great day. One to remember for how God was at work. I took an 8 am bus ride from Coyuca to downtown Acapulco. It was a good mile or so walk to the main bus route and a welcome cup of coffee. After working on the website and catching up on emails, [...]
Ernesto is the prisoner/pastor in the Acapulco prison. He was a “hombre mall” before going to prison 10 years ago and coming to know Christ. He has served as a pastor the past 6 years and is facing another 40. Pray for his leadership and ministry. He is content with his ministry which is similar [...]
This video will look a lot better if you hum “Folsum Prison Blues” while watching -Please Pardon the Errors…Written On a Small Keyboard!
Luis Gomez is the tall man, leaning against the van. He is the pastor of Iglesia Bautista Estrella de Belen (Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church). He and his church have been ministering on the hillside that overlooks the Bay of Acapulco. The people with whom they minister may look down at the hotels that line [...]
YouTube Video -Please Pardon the Errors…Written On a Small Keyboard!
After a meeting of the advance team in the morning, Chip took two of the men who will be doing prison ministry on a whirlwind tour of Acapulco. In about 3 hours, all of the requisite stops were made: beach market for tourist t-shirts, overlook of the bay, watched the cliff divers and….Starbucks. In the [...]