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…
Is Jesus God?
Yes. But read on anyway. 🙂
The best way to learn about the Triune God is by reading passages of Scripture in which He reveals Himself. However, after that, comparing some passages of Scripture can also be helpful. Here’s a quick sample that I wrote out on a 3×5 card many years ago, specifically regarding the Son – I thought I’d share it with you. Maybe you’ll find it useful.
- There is only one true God. Deut 6:4; Isa 44:6; Psa 82:6-7
- He is the Mighty God. Isa 10:21; Jer 32:18
- Jesus is God and the Mighty God. Isa 9:6; John 1:1; John 20:28
- We are to bow to and worship only God. Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8-9; Acts 10:25-26; Judges 2:19; Exo 34:14; Exo 20:4-5
- Jesus is bowed to and worshipped. Heb 1:6; Mat 28:9; Rev 5:8,13-14
- All glory is God’s. Isa 42:8; 1Chr 16:28
- Jesus is given glory. Rev 1:5-6; Rev 5:13; John 17:5
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! 🙂
This past week’s Tweets…
- Let the games begin! This morning – Mexico vs South Africa… Go MÉXICO! #
- Starting to feel better … but still needing more rest. Nathanael is back in school, but more eye drops to go… #
- What I'm reading: Mexico – CBC.ca Sports – 2010 FIFA World Cup: Millions of people in every country in the world w… http://bit.ly/bPswWb #
- 22 hours, 38 minutes to go…. !!! #
- Helping Nathanael with homework. Just did 2 digit subtraction – the answer was negative. Do they do that in YOUR kinder? #
- What I'm reading: OCR Terminal: Online OCR – Convert PDF to Word, JPEG to Word: Shared by Jim
Did a few pages f… http://bit.ly/99fJ3s #
- The men of the house are sick. Nathanael with "pink eye", and me with some hard-to-pronounce bug of some kind. 😉 #
- Back from the volcanoes. A little sleet, but otherwise fun. Getting warm again in Ixtapaluca. 😉 #
- Heading up to the pass between the volcanoes with some friends today. Then on to a music practice tonight. Lord willing! #
- 10min/Sunday of Bible reading in your church = the entire Bible in about 9 years. #
- What I'm reading: Video: Train Your Brain With The Pomodoro Technique:
Last October I first mentioned the … http://bit.ly/a3qLmT #
Feeling better, Full week…
Thanks for those who prayed for us recently, being sick and all. Nathanael is doing quite a bit better. He was back in school on Wednesday, though he still has to have eye drops until Saturday. I’m sure he would say the eye drops are worse than the disease.
I’m not 100% yet, but a whole lot better than I was a few days ago.
Somehow we still managed to have a full week so far. I just barely made it to the Bible study on Tuesday night (which went very well, and was packed with people). Shari also had a study that morning and … lets see … she was involved in an activity this morning. It’s also been a solid week for homework, and we’ve had a lot of other things to do on various fronts.
So thankfully things are moving along. We’re looking forward to having a visitor from another part of Mexico City this weekend (and believe me, that can be a journey!). So that should be fun. AND, of course, the first World Cup game tomorrow! Mexico vs South Africa! And we all know who’s going to WIN, don’t we?
By the way, I meant to mention a while ago that you can now get directly to our blog by going to Finding-direction.com. Or you can use the old URL – same thing. A little help for those of you having trouble remembering how to spell Cottrill off the top of your head. 😉 Just don’t forget the dash.
Oh, sick.
Sick has been the word, lately – not just us, either. Other members of our team have been hit with one thing or another lately.
On Sunday I started feeling sick – I was hoping it was just my imagination, but by Monday morning it was obvious it wasn’t.
In the mean time, Nathanael’s eyes started getting red. You guessed it – the dreaded "pink eye"!
So the boys in the family went off to the doctor yesterday morning. Nathanael got a couple of drugs (including his "favourite" – eye drops), and I got some too (not eye drops. Vitamins, though, not just drugs. Imagine that!).
Nathanael is fine other than his eyes – lots of energy. But he’s home from school for one more day while we try to get him better.
I’ve been pretty out of it the last couple of days, but – no rest for the wicked … er … weary … whatever. I was trying to help Shari with her study (she helping to lead a women’s study now) and trying to keep the kids moving. Shari was up until 1 or 2 in the morning I believe, working on the study. I should have been up until 1 or 2 working on the Chronological Bible Study, but I was just too out of it.
So today I’m still out of it, but trying to do something. Like help Nathanael with his homework. Hopefully Shari will get a bit of a break so that she doesn’t get sick – though she may be nursing people back to health!
Then this morning we got word that one of the interns was quite sick. Sounds like a stomach bug, but when he got it HE GOT IT. So the Frys were up half the night helping him, and they’re trying to nurse him back to health today. They’re taking good care of him – so I have no doubt he’ll be back in the game very soon. But I’m sure he would appreciate your prayers.
We appreciate your prayers in the midst of what sometimes feels like chaos – God is working, and of course He’s reminding us that He can work even when we’re tired and sick. It’s not like He "needs" our brilliant efforts to accomplish His purpose. But He still wants us involved – thanks for those who are praying for us and helping in so many ways! There are exciting things happening as God’s Word is being spread.
Lord willing I’ll be able to make it to the study tonight… we’ll see. Either way, pray for José who will be leading, Lord willing. It’s a very key topic tonight (I guess it is every night, though, in a 15 week study of the whole Bible!) – the Call of Abram.