Every year, the Camino Global missionaries of Mexico get together for a few days of teaching and fellowship. That’s what we were up to 10 years ago today.
Someone had organized a family craft time – making “candy houses” (cardboard base – sorry, no gingerbread).
Apparently Hannah and Nathanael were in a patriotic mood that day, as they worked with Cathy Fry, freeing candy canes from their plastic bonds.
We’re meeting with the Camino Global missionaries this week, and so I have some related prayer requests to share.
We have a new missionary family who had a rough night last night. They have three young kids who were quite sick last night, and so they had to go home to Puebla today. So we would appreciate your prayers for them.
Last night was . . . well, LOUD. There was a major thunderstorm here. And the house of another missionary family was flooded. It looks like there will be some loss, and a whole lot of mess. So you could pray for them as they assess the damage, try to get the water out of the house, and start cleaning up. Various others are taking turns going out to the house to help them out today.
Keep praying for our team member who is recovering from cancer treatment and surgery (earlier this month). She and her husband are missing the conference as well.
Although conversations have already been going on, we hope to meet more formally tomorrow with quite a few other missionaries to discuss next steps in earthquake/hurricane relief here in Mexico. Between the missionaries and our networks of churches, we have some interesting contacts. So together, we should be able to make better and wiser decisions.
We’re thankful to see how God has already been working through this situation. But do pray that God would give us wisdom as we meet.
It’s an interesting season around here right now. No, I don’t mean autumn – that doesn’t start for a few days.
It’s “conference season”! Well, that’s what it feels like. It just so happens that there are three different conference-type events coming up right now.
First, Camino Global missionaries in Mexico all get together for three days every year to do “housekeeping”, to worship together, to pray for needs across the nation, to be fed from the Word of God, and to relax!
Last year we enjoyed having the Brubacher family here, and they provided the worship music for the conference. This year I’ll be leading a little team, so I’m busy getting all the music ready for that.
Next comes a women’s conference, which is for the women of the “Bible churches” in Mexico City and area. Shari is the conference speaker this year, so she’s been busy studying and preparing for that. The theme is “Finding Peace” (see the graphic below, which is being used for promotion of the event).
Between that and preparing to lead worship at the first conference, there have been a lot of books and Bibles open all over the place!
After that (this brings us toward the end of October) is the week of meetings for Camino Global team leaders from all over the world. Last year the meetings were Guatemala, and this year they’re in Mexico.
Thankfully, there are a lot of other kind people who have been putting the work into that, but there are some things that I need to do by way of preparing for the meetings (being a team leader myself), and organizing some things for our visitors to the country.
So there’s lots to keep us busy up until the end of October!
Adding to the fun lately have been some – somewhat mild – sort of – computer issues lately, which need to be solved especially so that school work can go smoothly ahead.
Anyway, that’s just a little summary of some of the projects we’re working on right now!
Would anyone out there like to do some water park ministry for the Lord? In Mexico? In November?
I know, it sounds tough. But I’m serious.
Here’s the deal. Every year, the missionaries with Camino Global in Mexico have a field conference. We get together for rest, Bible teaching, worship, prayer, and collaboration.
Usually we meet in a hotel with a pool and a conference room. But this year it was all booked. So they went looking for another place – and the affordable place – you guessed it… turned out to be a water park.
But there’s another problem. We don’t have anyone to work with the children this year. (I could be wrong – but I think there was a group that was planning to come but then couldn’t…)
Often we’ve had a church group come down to run the children’s program. Actually, a group came down and helped with the kids at the conference, and then did some ministry in Ixtapaluca afterwards! What a great idea! 😉
So if there are any church groups out there interested, the conference itself is from the 25th to 28th of November. There would be the possibility of coming to do some ministry in Ixtapaluca as well, probably before the conference, if you’re interested.
And just to make sure you’re doing this for the right reasons, I have some bad news. It’s actually pretty cool in that part of Mexico in November. But then again, these are hot springs, so the water will be niiiiice. Anyone interested? Contact us here!
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Since I told some friends from Calgary that they could watch our blog for updates on the team, I thought I’d give you an update. With pictures and everything!
So, above you can see a craft time with some of the kids here. The kids have had a lot of fun with some of the stuff they’ve made.
On the right and left you can see an ice-breaker game they were playing on the first day.
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The team continues to be very flexible with all the changes-of-plans we have to deal with around here! They’re getting a bit of a break before diving in again tomorrow. But even in their "free" time they still have a lot of little admirers who are hanging out with them! 😉
In case you’re wondering, we’re very thankful for the weather. We’ve had some chilly conferences, but the weather this year is beautiful. So lots of people are out swimming as I speak!
Shari is helping to lead a craft time right at the moment. We’ve enjoyed a special speaker, some great times of worship, and getting to know some of the new missionaries who are here. It’s great to see so many people working in so many different ways to reach this generation.
Today we enjoyed a very clear view of Orizaba, so I snapped a shot for you:
