Retro: Easter Eggs 2007
A photo taken on this day ten years ago, in our yard in Cuernavaca. Nathanael and Hannah are showing off their specially decorated Easter eggs on Resurrection Sunday.
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Visa Update: April 2017
Just a quick update for you today. Many of you know that I’ve been working on getting a permanent visa since the beginning of the year.
Today I went to the other side of Mexico City to do the last bit of work I need to do (hopefully!) for the visa – fingerprints and signatures.
They say that the visa will be ready in about two weeks. So — here’s hoping!
Ain’t bureaucracy fun?
Talking Turkey (video)
This past week we spent a few days up in the state of Querétaro at an MK (missionary kid) camp, since everyone in the family except me is an MK!
Our friends who ran it did a great job, and a good time was had by all.
We were out in the country – farm country, with men on horses and cacti and chickens and all stuff like that there. One morning I looked out the window to see two turkeys wandering down the road. When I came out the door, they were right close to the building where I was staying.
Now if you’ve ever seen the movie Sergeant York (and you should see it), you may remember the turkey shoot scene where Alvin York “talks” to the turkey. That scene becomes important later on.
Anyway, I thought I’d give it a try myself, not having much experience with turkeys. And I discovered that yes – the scene is accurate (actually, I don’t know if the “turkey episode” really happened, but the movie is based on a real person). So here’s the video to prove it – yours truly, talking to the turkeys.
Last 90 Days Most Popular Posts (31 March 2017)
If you want to catch up on the news, here’s your chance! The most popular posts from this year so far, starting with the oldest and going to the most recent. The three posts in bold were the three most popular overall.
- What’s Going on in Mexico (is it about gasoline?)
- Completely Unprecedented
- The Ongoing Quest for License Plates
- If You Don’t Want Another “License Plate Update”, Click Away, Baby…
- Weekend Report: Children’s Ministry and More
- More on Visas and License Plates
- Retro: Tres Muñecas (three dolls)
- Quick Updates
- Quick Recap of the Last Few Days
- A Glimpse of 3 Churches
Visa Progress March 2017
As some of you know, I’m in the process of getting my permanent visa for Mexico. Well, good news! The paperwork is almost ready, and next week – Lord willing – I will be able to go to do the finger-printing-and-document-signing to finish the process.
So – we’re very thankful!
The theory is that once I have all my paperwork, I will actually be able to get license plates for our van. As you may recall, we haven’t been able to drive the van since late January, due to the paperwork complications. So yes, it will be nice to have the van again, especially before the teams start coming! (We actually had a couple of teams in March, and it did make things compicated!)
Anyway, just wanted to give you a bit of an update. Still no visa, still no van – but I’m hoping that in a week or two, after a long line or two, I’ll have some more concrete news for you. 🙂
A Glimpse of 3 Churches
Yesterday the church in the community of Jesús MarÃa was having its 7th anniversary celebration. They invited the church in Santa Bárbara and also the church in Las Palmas to attend.
So I thought this would be a good time to show you around the new sanctuary (which is still being built – you can help!), and also to show you some of the people from all three churches. The video is a little long – over 10 minutes – but I haven’t shown you these people and places for a while.
There’s no music – sorry – didn’t want to fight with YouTube’s varying copyright restrictions. But there was a lot of cool special music too. 🙂
Anyway, I’ll explain more in the video itself – so here we go!