We have a busy and exciting day today (including celebrating with a group of Puerta Vallartan people getting baptized!)   I'll try to post some things about that tomorrow when we have a little time off.  For today, I thought would write about the schedule that we are adjusting to in Mexico.  My wife Andrea lived in Mexico for for 4 months during college, so she had given me a little bit of a heads up, but I didn't quite get it until I had been here for a few days.

This week, we typically have woken up around 8:00 AM, and spend some time getting ready for the day.  Breakfast is between 9:00-10:00.  Yesterday, our Mexican pastor friends treated us to a homemade breakfast of wheat pancakes, eggs & salsa, and fresh fruit.   For us, we've been spending the later mornings taking some time to do some Bible devotions and pray for our day ahead.  Around 11:30 or 12:00, we hav ...

Hello again - sorry this post has to be short again.  We got back very late from the Progresso colonia in Puerto Vallarta.  We did a gathering for the families there that included music, some testimonies, a shoe give-away, and a hot dog dinner.   It was tons of fun and very fruitful.  There were about 100 kids that showed up and around a 12-15 adults. 

I'll have to save more of the stories from tonight for another time, but wanted to include a quick note about how this gathering got started in the Progresso colonia.  Up until about 18 months ago, Mario and Lety and their team had been focusing their outreach efforts in Del Villar colonia (where we've been working the past 2 days).  During their gatherings, they kept noticing these two girls showing up for the programs for the kids.   They came to find out that the girls were from a neighboring colonia that was a 15 minute walk away.  ...

We are having a great trip so far - getting a chance to deliver groceries and shoes to families in the colonias in Puerto Vallarta, as well as taking time to pray for them.   The people here are wonderful and have been very receptive.  I only have a few minutes right now, so I'll have to save some further stories for later, but for now - please enjoy some pictures via Facebook.

Anne Ptaszynski forwarded us this great video for Team World Vision, the squad that is running the August 2nd Rock-N-Roll half-marathon in Chicago.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWKb9OWOSA

My friend Liz sent me a link to an article she read recently.  It's written by Paul Bennett and it's about the power of sharing creativity (which spins very well from what we talked about on Sunday).   He's a designer and not a theologian, so don't take his opening comment too religiously...   Enjoy!

http://www.cabinetforum.org/index.php/blog/41/