English Classes and Basketball (video)
I went up to the community centre today and took some video of the interns teaching English and basketball. Here’s a quick 1 minute and 45 seconds from the afternoon, to show you what’s going on…
Video Blogs
Context – Community Centre and Meeting Place (video)
Decided to show you a little bit of context today. In this video you’ll be able to see what the community centre looks like now from the outside, and part of it from the inside. Also, you can see the building (on the outside) where we meet on Sunday mornings (and other times – like for the women’s Bible study Tuesday mornings and the Chronological Bible Study Tuesday nights) and the street where it lives. Just a quick look! 🙂
A Cold Day in the Pass (video)
So on Saturday I went up to the Paseo de Cortés, up in the midst of the volcanos, with the Fry family and the interns who are here for a few weeks from the USA.
It was a pretty cold, wet day, so we didn’t do all we would have done otherwise. But we still had some fun, in spite of a little sleet. Some even went on a zip-line – I don’t think I caught everyone on film, but I caught most, including Daniel Fry. Check it out!
Women’s Conference Video from the 19th
A little late, I know, but this is a brief video of the Women’s Conference in Jesús María from the 19th. The theme was Being a Mother: A Rewarding Challenge, and the speaker/singer was Becky Baron de Muñoz.
The turnout might not have been quite as good as expected, but there was still a good group that seemed to really enjoy the conference. It’s encouraging to see some new faces and some repeat visitors (this being the second conference like this), as well as some familiar faces.
Thanks for your prayers for the conference! It went well overall, it was lots of fun and Becky shared a lot of practical advice.
Hockey / Figure Skating Birthday Party (video)
Here are a few quick clips from Hannah and Nathanael’s birthday party that took place this past Saturday in our neighbourhood. As the title suggests, there was a joint theme – hockey (Nathanael) and figure skating (Hannah). We’ll upload some pictures as soon as possible, so you can have a better look at the cakes, etc.
Thanks for all those who helped out, and those who prayed for the event – as far as we’re concerned, it was a success! We really enjoyed the time getting to know several people a bit better, and celebrating God’s gifts – our children! 🙂
By the way, you’ll see two large posters – one of a hockey player, one of a figure skater. Do you know who those people are? What you can’t see as clearly is that the posters are photo mosaics. The photo of the hockey player is made up all of pictures of Nathanael, and the photo of the figure skater is all made up of photos of Hannah. All photos were from the past year.
Without further ado, here’s the video – if you have further questions, feel free to comment!
Children’s Day Event 2010 (video)
On the 1st of May, our new community centre in Jesùs María, Ixtapaluca (the community centre is now called "Tiempo de Vivir") hosted a Children’s Day event.
Children’s Day in Mexico is on the 30th of April, but of course there are events all around that time. The day landed on a school day, so there were big parties in both our children’s schools.
But let’s get back to the event in Jesùs María, which was the next day (Saturday). The event was a big success. We had lots of amazing help from all sides – people really gave to make this event happen! Shari was heavily involved, being in charge of children’s ministry in the church.
About 150-180 children were there, plus all the adults, so it was a big crowd. It was also a very windy day, as you’ll see. So that made things interesting!
Anyway, thanks to those of you who prayed! Here’s a few minutes from the day so you can see what it was like: