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13 December 2022

Baptisms December 2022 (video)

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A drive of an hour and a half can mean a significant change of altitude around here, and so a significant change of climate. It seems funny to see everyone bundled up, ready to leave Ixtapaluca (I could see my breath), only to end up swimming at a waterpark…

Ready to leave Ixtapaluca — *(click image for larger version)*

So we drove to the state of Morelos, and gradually started to thaw out. We met together in an amphitheatre in the forest and sang some Christmas carols…

Singing Christmas carols in the forest...

David led the service, and Rod shared some biblical truths about baptism…

And then the three baptismal candidates gave their testimonies.

What an encouragement to hear how God has been working in their lives!

Finally, we went down to the river. Here’s a video of the baptisms – for reasons which will be clear, it’s hard to hear what’s being said. But you’ll get the idea!

After that, we enjoyed some delicious food and some wonderful fellowship and some walking and swimming (and sleeping!) as people desired, before heading back as night began to fall.

Thanks to everyone who was praying! Your prayers are not taken for granted. There were some challenging issues in the congregations – such as a fall, sickness, an accident – which could have caused problems. But God was good. Please continue to pray for those three teens who were baptized, and their families.

For more detailed information, with more videos and photos, check out Rod’s blog Mexico Matters!

14 March 2022

Retro: Hockey and Spinning Tops (video)

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10 years ago this month (the first video is from the 14th of March, the second is the 4th), I took some random video of Hannah and Nathanael playing with some other kids. The first segment has both Hannah and Nathanael playing street hockey (no, not at all common here!). The second segment much more Mexican, as Nathanael plays spinning tops (called trompos) with some friends.

17 December 2021

Retro: Wedding Pictures

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10 years ago today, the wedding photographer was working her magic at the wedding of Daryl and Iwona in Caronport, Saskatchewan.

It was a privilege to travel up to Canada for the big occasion. I had lots of time to play with pictures and video, so I took this odd little video of the photographer arranging Daryl and Iwona on a couch for a picture. Yes, it was only 10 years ago, not 50 as it may appear!

Congratulations on 10 years! Here’s my original post on the event, written 10 days later.

28 July 2021

Baptisms – July 2021

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It was a busy weekend, but a great weekend, enjoying lots of fellowship, our institute class focusing on the Lord Jesus, and then of course our Sunday service!

Two people were baptized on Sunday, and as is tradition I’m sharing a video of the baptisms (and a couple of pictures). Praise the Lord with us!

20 April 2021

Sounds of a Mexican Forest (video)

Jim Mexico, Video Blogs 1

Last week we took a long journey, although we ended up in the same state we started in (our home state), and took a few days off.

Not much to say about that at the moment, except that it was a nice change. However, I did want to share this video with you.

While we were out of the city, I took several walks in the forest. There was one sound in particular that I noticed – it sounds like it might be birds, but maybe you can tell me. The sound you’re looking for is heard clearly three times in this short video. It lasts a few seconds, and gets higher and higher in pitch. What is it?

16 February 2021

A Little Windy (video)

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It felt like summer was coming early last week, but winter is back this week.

Sorry, no, I don’t have any dramatic stories like those that we’re hearing from other parts of North America. You can complain that we’re suffering from beautiful Mexican weather if you like. But for whatever reason, it turned colder and windier on Sunday.

Now we have tarps and tents to shield us from the sun. But those just seem like giant sails when the wind starts to gust. I was leading the music on Sunday, and in spite of various clips and other things I was using to anchor down my music, I simply had to stop and talk between each song as I tried to manoeuvre the next song sheet into place, knowing that half the time I still wouldn’t be able to see all of it because of the wind. Even setting up and taking down was a major challenge.

And in the brief video below, you can see our service leader and our preacher trying to keep their Bibles open to the right page, and catch papers that went flying (all the time trying to stay casual and professional). We in the congregation were having a hard enough time, as bulletins and song books went flying, and our Bibles insisted on moving on to other texts!

Anyway, in spite of the unusual wind, we had a good weekend! Shari had a good baking class on Saturday, which ended up being a great prayer and share time as well. And we need the prayer! And we had a good time of worship and fellowship on Sunday morning.

In the midst of the many challenges that this congregation is facing, we are so thankful for these times together in the presence of our Lord. And we praise Him in times of wind and storm, as He shows His great power. Thanks so much for your prayers!

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