Visas – Another step forward (podcast)
I was able to make some progress on our visas today! For more details, listen to the podcast. 🙂
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Tweets 30 April – 10 May 2013: Good News, Opportunities, News and More
- Hey look – e-Sword (Bible Study software) is now available for iOS: ow.ly/kycFM (English & Spanish Bibles available) (30 April 2013)
- Reading: Declined table at Mexico City cafe, woman sparks political drama ow.ly/kyWUa (30 April 2013)
- ¡Feliz DÃa del Niño! Happy Children’s Day! ow.ly/i/20kxK (30 April 2013)
- Mexico: The rich get rich and the poor get poorer— ow.ly/inKlA (1 May 2013)
- Possibly the world’s first “web site” from 1992, now back online at its original URL: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html (2 May 2013)
- Heading to the GRAND FINALE of the “Where did the Bible come from?” study. I would appreciate your prayers! 🙂 (3 May 2013)
- More People Have Cell Phones Than Toilets, U.N. Study Shows ow.ly/jzhQl (8 May 2013)
- Gas tanker truck explodes outside Mexico City (no, not in Ixtapaluca) ow.ly/kP6A5 (8 May 2013)
- Any hairdressers/barbers who would like to come and be involved in outreach at a community centre in Mexico City? (8 May 2013)
- LOOK! Great news! Check out this news – hot off the press – regarding the Ixtapaluca Project! Praise the LORD! ow.ly/kQHYd (8 May 2013)
- Going on a field trip today with the kids! We’re looking for water and dirt and plants and creatures and stuff! 🙂 (9 May 2013)
- ¡Feliz DÃa de la Madre! Happy Mother’s Day! ow.ly/i/25osH (10 May 2013)
- A few pictures of the Xochimilco Ecological Park. It’s a great place to go – Lord willing we’ll be back soon! ow.ly/kVpec (10 May 2013)
The Snail Race
You never know what you’re going to see when you go outside. Today I went to tell the kids it was time to come in, and they were having a snail race.
Please Pray: Preaching Tomorrow!
I could write out a big prayer request every time I was about to preach – and maybe I should! But I know a lot of people pray even though I don’t ask. Thanks! 🙂
Tomorrow I’ll be at Iglesia BÃblica Sendero de Vida Santa Barbara (the first church plant we were involved in in Ixtapaluca) to kick off a series on Isaiah. No, I’m not preaching the whole series, just the first sermon – and maybe others down the road!
Anyway, it’s a great book and a fascinating chapter and I hope I can share the truth faithfully and get people excited about the chapters to come.
And as with any sermon, I want to let the Spirit work in a powerful way – without getting in His way!
But I’m particularly asking for prayer this time because my health has been rather rotten the last couple of days. So please pray that either my health will be good in the morning, or that God will use me in spite of bad health. Actually, pray whatever you want – that’s between you and God! 🙂
And to close, here’s one of the less-quoted but more fascinating verses from chapter 1:
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
Isaiah 1:27
How’s that going to work? Well, come tomorrow to the service and you might find out! 😉
Tweets 14-27 April 2013: Resources, Stats, News and More
The handy plugin that automatically posted my recent tweets isn’t working at the moment, so I thought I’d just post some of the recent ones “by hand”. I generally use Twitter and Facebook to post quick status updates and interesting things I’ve found online. So it’s nice to have a more permanent record here, and hopefully you’ll find something useful.
I believe it was the 12th of April when they were last posted, so here are the tweets from then until the 27th, listed oldest to newest. I’ll try to post some more in the next few days.
- Preached this morning. That might have been the first “missions” sermon I’ve ever preached. Interesting. (14 April 2013)
- Our smoking volcano looked quite impressive from here on Saturday, but thankfully the wind was blowing away from us: ow.ly/k4nDT (15 April 2013)
- Canadian cuisine comes to Mexico City? Gotta find me one of these food trucks! ow.ly/k5tQb (15 April 2013)
- Really cool customized calendars here to see online or print: ow.ly/jVT56 (15 April 2013)
- 7 Billion People. Words cannot express. Check out this page. ow.ly/k60kV (16 April 2013)
- Great Kindle deal for any interested in history/theology: Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine ow.ly/k6173 (16 April 2013)
- Tee hee… “Jetpack Solves Everything” ow.ly/ibZ8J (17 April 2013)
- “Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. So help me God. Amen.” (18 April 1521) Free eBook here (today only): ow.ly/kbPcp (18 April 2013)
- Reading: Letter to a Homosexual Friend ow.ly/jY7Xa (18 April 2013)
- Mission biographies/devotional on sale today: “Ten Who Changed the World” by Daniel L. Akin on Kindle for $2.99 ow.ly/kdSml (19 April 2013)
- Today’s study (5pm): Spanish Bible Translations â–Š El estudio de hoy (5pm): traducciones de la Biblia en español (19 April 2013)
- Going on a short term mission trip? Here are some thoughts before you go… ow.ly/jtP1Q (19 April 2013)
- A bit of an earthquake… just a “little one” from here in Mexico City… hopefully “little” everywhere! (21 April 2013)
- Interesting stat: Immigration TO USA FROM Mexico 2005-2010 estimated to be 0 (net). Today likely more moving TO Mexico FROM the US. (22 April 2013)
- Very popular where we are, and in the US too – “La Santa Muerte” – the worship of “Saint Death”… ow.ly/ik0ui (24 April 2013)
- I like doing taxes thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much! 🙂 (draw your own conclusions) (24 April 2013)
- Infinite online storage?? Looks pretty sweet…. l.bitcasa.com/5x0UHHGf (25 April 2013)
- Reading: Mexico Set Guinness Record Pointing 2,978 Telescopes At Moon ow.ly/kndkV
- Heard good things about the women’s conference today. Praise the Lord! About 163 attended. (27 April 2013)
Short-term Nurse in Ixtapaluca!
This week we’ve enjoyed a visit from Melissa, who is a registered nurse from the United States. She’s giving several talks about health and nutrition at the community centre.
Today the theme was diet and nutrition. Some of the questions were – how can I use whole grains when they’re so expensive? What if my family just wants to eat tacos? What about soy milk? Sounds like Melissa had some great, practical answers!
