Word of Life

12 August 2020

Nathanael Goes To Camp.

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Each year, Word of Life Mexico has a camp for kids and youth. This year, they’re at it again – except that they went virtual!

Resistance 2020 - Word of Life Camp theme

So Nathanael is enjoying his first week “at camp” this week – in his room. 🙂 There are a lot of the typical camp things – cabin groups and teams and leaders and activities and teaching and all that.

And parents that miss their kids (pretty pathetic, huh? He’s just up there in his room, but I feel like we’ve hardly seen him. Just think how much we miss Hannah in Canada!!!).

Basically there are morning and evening sessions or whatever you call them. Today there are special workshops that you can choose, so it looks like he’ll be busier today than most days.

And knowing Word of Life, there will be a lot of serious Bible teaching and challenges to make your life count! Which is something we all need to be reminded of, right?

We’ve had quite a few from our church attend camp this year and past years, so we’re thankful for so many who are using their talents to serve the Lord.

If you want to pray for the camp, it goes through Friday. You can pray for the usual stuff – new relationships, clarity of Bible teaching, fun times, and so on – but also for the tech. I know that the camp has had mixed success with all the technology, and so many people who have varying degrees of internet access.

29 May 2018

Exciting News!

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We are excited to announce that Matheus da Silva, who served with us regularly in 2016/2017, will be joining our team here in Ixtapaluca!

Matheus is a Brazilian who lives in Portugal. He came to school at Word of Life Mexico, and part of his education included his weekend trips with several other interns to serve in Las Palmas.

Rebecca, Hannah, Matheus, Karen Matheus will be crossing the ocean again to join us on a full time basis – basically as an intern for a year.

We very much appreciated Matheus when he was here last. He and the other interns who came played a key role in the beginning of the new church in Las Palmas. He has been serving in Portugal since then, in his local church and also in Word of Life Portugal.

Lord willing, Matheus will be coming through Camino Global and FAMEX (a Mexican mission agency associated with Camino), and we hope to see him in Ixtapaluca before the end of the summer. Rod has been working hard at navigating that paperwork and general bureaucracy involved in getting Matheus from here to there.

Matheus teaching Please pray for Matheus, that God would prepare his heart for the ministry ahead. Also pray that the funds he needs would come in quickly, and that God would raise up more people to commit to pray for him during his time here.

If you’re interested in supporting Matheus through prayer or financially, please contact us.

There’s an interesting family connection between the Frys and Matheus – you can read about that, plus see some more pictures and videos, right here. (By the way, yes, this post has the same title as Rod’s. I wanted to go with something else – but frankly, this is just plain exciting news!)

23 May 2018

Summer Activities!

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Just because we won’t be in Mexico this summer, doesn’t mean we can’t be involved in what’s going on. And so can you – through prayer!

Well, it’s going to be a fun summer. The first team arrives on the 8th of June, and the last team leaves at the end of July. Our friend Samuel (and elder at the church in JesÃºs MarÃa) came up with a logo for the summer teams:

Cross the Border 2018

pickleball outreach — (Spanish speakers, please ignore the typo. Let’s just say we like pickle juice.)

Apparently, visitors can experience the popular game of pickleball in the second week of June (a game which apparently celebrated it’s 50th anniversary three years ago. Who knew?). One of many community centre outreach events.

The church in Las Palmas will be working together with a team from Pennsylvania (Hope Community Church) to put on a VBS during the fourth week of July. Please pray that this international cooperation will reach a lot of the kids in the community!

The youth of our church are also raising money to go to a summer camp put on by Word of Life Mexico. The theme will be … er … how would you translate that? I guess you could say, Get Passionate! Although in English that sounds a little too passionate for a summer camp! 🙂 Looks like it’s a soccer theme – can’t imagine why.

Word of Life Camp 2018
Oh! And how about this tempting looking baking class, which will take place in the community centre in JesÃºs MarÃa with the help of one of the teams.

Of course, this is all on top of the regular activities and ministry going on. That includes a series on the book of Philippians on Sunday mornings – sorry to miss that! And a continuing series in Sunday school on the heroes of the faith in the Bible.

It all sounds like fun, but remember – it’s all with a purpose! To serve the community, and most of all to share God’s Word! So pray for the events of the summer, and all the many many who will be involved!

11 May 2018

FusiÃ³n and other Ministry in April/May

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I’ve been slow to report on recent ministry, because it’s just so crazy around here right now! May is traditionally our busiest month, and this year is no exception.

Word of Life in Las Palmas — The Word of Life team with some of the Las Palmas congregation.

Anyway, we did indeed have a great time with FusiÃ³n, the group from Word of Life Mexico. They were here for the Children’s Day weekend at the end of April. They put on events at all three churches, presenting the gospel and connecting us with new people in our communities.

A moment from “The Great Escape” with the Word of Life team

Between the team and those here, we had some great conversations with people and several people made confessions of faith. Please continue to pray for those who heard God’s Word through these events.

The team also participated in our morning service, teaching Sunday school and sharing from God’s Word in the service.

We had more visitors last weekend, from a church in California, who came to see what all the excitement is about here. 🙂

We have a busy weekend coming up, where all four of us will be serving during the morning service – fun fun fun! AND, it’s “birthday month”, so there are some parties coming up.

If you want to hear more about the Word of Life team, check out Rod’s blog – he has a video there if you can view it in your area: Word of Life/Palabra de Vida Mexico for Kids Day 2018 (video)

24 April 2018

Coming this weekend . . . Â¡FusiÃ³n!

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Here it is!

In case you can’t read it, it says…

Come and celebrate Children’s Day with us!

When? 4pm, Sunday the 24th of April

Where? Party hall “The Happy Corner”, Palmas 1, beside High School #161.

You’ll have fun. There will be games and much more!

Don’t miss it! It’s completely free!

Does that sound great, or what??

This is just one of the activities will be taking place in three different communities this week, with a team from Word of Life Mexico! I’m not sure I have all the terms right, but I think this is part of their ministry called “Fusion Zone”.

I think they’re doing a presentation called “The Great Escape”, but we’ll learn more in a few days.

The team will also be helping out at our service on Sunday, with the kids. Someone from the team will also be sharing God’s Word with the adults.

The fun starts at the first event – 7pm on Friday – and continues until the above event is over.

10 July 2017

Hannah Heads to Camp

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Today Hannah will be heading to camp, along with 8 other youth from our church. They’re going to the Word of Life camp which is north of Mexico City in the state of QuerÃ©taro.

She’ll be gone for a week, so I’m sure she would appreciate your prayers (and her parents would too!). 🙂

Do pray that this will be a good time of growth for all the youth who attend. Jim and Rod will be driving them all up with their luggage, a few hours there and a few hours back.

Palabra de Vida Campamento 2017 — Promo poster for the camp – “A New Start”. Don’t worry, those prices are in pesos. For this week, just over CA$90 per person.

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