This week a group from Camp Bighorn‘s Journey program will be here in Ixtapaluca for the third year. They arrive tomorrow.
You can pray for them as they travel tomorrow. We pick them up at the airport first thing in the morning, and they’ll get to know Ixtapaluca a bit throughout the rest of the day.
Rod has organized an interesting and unique schedule for the team! Throughout the next seven days they will be enjoying many eclectic and challenging activities, learning how to navigate in one of the largest cities in the world in another language and culture. Then, next Tuesday, we’ll send them off to Puebla to continue their central Mexico adventure.
Here’s the group from last year, getting their first street tacos of the trip!
Summer teams and interns in Mexico – summer logo unveiled (and some from the past) from Rod Fry…… https://t.co/kwVbupNH3p2019-02-05
Some familiar sites – "Calgary's Utility Box Art – Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become… https://t.co/V98WUXXh1h2019-02-06
Someone was having some problems with one of our contact forms, so they have now been updated – hopefully all functioning!
Here are the forms I updated, in case you want to try one:
Contact the Cottrills: Pretty simply – this is how you can contact us via email. Also remember that our email address can be found on the newsletters we send you, if you’re on our Support Team.
Join our Support Team!: If you would like to receive our newsletter and be a part of our team, this is where to go! There are a lot of things that we don’t post online, so if you’d like to be a part of the ministry here, be sure to sign up.
Change Newsletter / Update Options: Change of address? New email? Want to receive our email update as well as our quarterly newsletter? Here’s where you can change your options.
The Fry family – in this case, Rod, Mayra, and son David – returned to Ixtapaluca full of excitement and energy on the evening of the 21st of January!
Ok, well – maybe the excitement and energy came later. After many hours of driving, we should probably say that they arrived “alive” and leave it at that. 😜
Mayra and Rod share pictures (last Sunday morning) of something called “invierno” that they apparently experienced in Pennsylvania.
But, in spite of many hours of travel, and some van issues back in the USA (not to mention the threat of gas shortages here in Mexico!), they returned safely. And so – thanks to those of you who prayed for them!
We’re thankful to have the Frys back here on the team, and already they appear to running way ahead of us as they pursue God’s work here in Ixtapaluca.
The other day I was sorting through some old papers, reviving memories of some past ministry, such as the initial stages of church planting in the community of Jesús MarÃa. I was reminded of the incredible amount of work that Rod and Mayra have put into the Lord’s work in Mexico City.
Perhaps most of the things that missionaries do are not seen by most people. And that makes it all the more amazing – the things that the Frys have done, that we know about – well, we’re so thankful! And God knows the many things they have done, prayers they have prayed, tears they have shed – that few people, if any, see.
And before they get too annoyed with me for writing this post, I’ll just leave it at this – we’re thankful for many years of working with the Fry Family – Rod, Mayra, Daniel, Cathy and David – and we pray that God will continue to use them as He has in the past.
We bought some eggs at the corner store, and almost all of them had double yolks. Who says we never have any eggcit… https://t.co/Igb2H2XUOA2019-01-26
Hmmm… I think I just felt this earthquake! (Of course "I think I felt it" is much better than things crashing aro… https://t.co/9a0o9o3cuZ2019-02-01
According to recent statistics, Mexico is now the 10th most populous country, beating Japan and catching up to Russ… https://t.co/zeyn2QdI6L2019-02-01
Here we are, at our first quick look back of the year. 🙂
The most popular post this time is the first one on the list (the list is in chronological order). The series on “the Greatest Christmas Song” was quite popular, so I’m just posting the index so that you can read the whole thing.
It’s been quite the three months, no doubt! So here’s a review…
The Greatest Christmas Song: Index/Resources  This is just a place to list, in order, all the posts about “the greatest Christmas song†in order, and to provide you with a few other things to check out if you’re interested…
More Holiday Happenings  Usually I check a little more often, but this time I didn’t. So by the time we were ready to leave, we realized that Hannah’s flight was arriving very early, so we were running late…
Borders and Walls  Yes, of course I’ve been following the news about border walls and caravans and immigration. You would probably have to be living in a monastery to avoid following it….
And Then Came The Gas Shortage. Something else for the “life is never dull†file – the current gas shortage in central Mexico.
