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Tweets 9-20 November 2015

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A small but eclectic set of links today – glimpses of Mexico City, ministry, and even a quote from Jesus.

That’s a Switch

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One thing we’ve learned during this semester of classes – people don’t seem to like classes at 6pm. And what time is my English class and Bible study – yep, 6pm.

Well, that’s how we learn – by trying!

Sweets-making at English Class
Making sweets at English class
But I have had people at the English class and the Bible study, though not every week. And we’re looking at making some changes for the next semester (which starts in January). We have three weeks of classes left before the Christmas season begins.
So what’s the “switch” I was talking about in the title? Well, we’ve had quite a few people who aren’t from Las Palmas in our classes. Out of the 8 people I’ve had in my English class, I don’t think any were from Las Palmas.

The other classes have had a mix.

Because Las Palmas is actually connected (you can walk from one to the other) to Santa Barbara, we do get a few from there.

And lately we’ve actually had some neighbours from our street come to classes, which has been fun! Four of the people in my English class are friends from our street. And two women from our street came to Shari’s baking class this week.

That is a switch – but it’s a fun switch! It’s been great to get to know some neighbours in a different context. And we’ve had some interesting conversations!

We’re planning some fun things for the semester ahead – we’ll see how it goes! Meanwhile, three more weeks and then our closing program on the 10th of December.

Retro: Welcoming Ashlyn

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Only a few days old, Ashlyn is being held by her Grandma Ardys in this picture from 10 years ago today. Big brother Jevon on the left, and Hannah on the right.

Jevon, Ardys, Ashlyn and Hannah

History Week Summary

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William McConnellHere’s a summary of the posts from last week, which add some context and personal connections to this year’s special anniversaries of Camino Global, Camino Global Canada, and Camino’s ministry in Mexico.

Explorers 2006

From History to Today – Thanks!

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Thanks for taking this walk through some history with me. Today is Camino Global’s 125th anniversary (Happy Anniversary to us!). And tomorrow is our arrival-in-Mexico anniversary! Let’s party!

The Cottrills December 2006Seriously, though, we do give thanks to the Lord for all He has done, both in our lives and in the lives of so many others. It’s amazing!

And thanks to so many of you, who have prayed for us and supported us and encouraged us for so many years. Do you realize, some of you have received all 72 editions of our newsletter that we’ve sent out since 1997?! Some of you even knew us before we were married.

Even though we don’t say it as often as we should, we appreciate you all, and we thank God with you for what He has done here in Mexico.

I hope someday we’ll see the eternal fruit of our labour (and I’m talking about all of us). I know we see glimpses today, but they’re just glimpses.

Someday we will see – but we’ll see something else as well. We’ll see the hidden hand of the Lord doing it all. We were here to enjoy His work and give Him glory!

So to end off, we don’t give glory to an organization, or any one person or group of people. We give glory to the only One who changes hearts, who heals lives, who saves the lost – our Great God!

Our History (ok, just a bit of it)

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In this month’s newsletter you’ll see, as I mentioned before, a rather egocentric view of history, featuring our own journey. It was actually interesting to track down some of those dates, which I had no clear record of.

Nathanael and Hannah November 2006The picture to the right is a larger version of the one in our newsletter. It’s Nathanael and Hannah, of course, only three days after we had arrived in Mexico. We still weren’t at our destination (Cuernavaca), but we were staying with our new friends the McManus Family in San Juan del Río.

So here’s our very first post from Mexico: The Cottrills are in Mexico

And as a follow-up, The conference (and how I missed it) (by the way, I haven’t been anywhere near that sick since!)

Here’s what I wrote soon before we moved to Ixtapaluca (we moved officially 6 days later): Still in Cuernavaca

From the leadership recognition service in Santa Bárbara, Ixtapaluca – a post and even a video: A Very Special Sunday for Sendero de Vida!

How can I forget the first Sunday service in Jesús María – even though I didn’t attend! The First Worship Service in Jesús María

And how about the leadership recognition service in Jesús María? Leadership Recognition Service in Jesús María

An early post about ministry in Las Palmas: Classes Among the Palm Trees

Of course there are many more memorable times, but there are just a few I mentioned in our newsletter. Oh, the memories!

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