{"id":459,"date":"2006-08-04T06:55:45","date_gmt":"2006-08-04T12:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/resources-on-mexico.html"},"modified":"2007-02-11T07:37:44","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T13:37:44","slug":"resources-on-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/resources-on-mexico.html","title":{"rendered":"Resources on Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you want to learn about Mexico. Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve come across a few interesting links related to Mexico, so the time has come to share a few more. Here we go:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serious about learning <strong>Mexican geography<\/strong>?  Try these online <a title=\"Mexican geography quizzes\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sheppardsoftware.com\/Mexico_Geography.htm\">Mexican geography quizzes<\/a> &#8211;  lots of different topics and levels, to keep you challenged for a long time.<\/li>\n<li>I recently read a post from Dennis in Mexico that I thought outlined some very real <em>practical<\/em> (not spiritual) challenges when it comes to <strong>ministry in Mexico City area<\/strong>.  Read <a title=\"If you can minister in Mexico City...\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/ymimexico.youthministrytv.com\/?p=515\">If you can minister in Mexico City&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s hot food and then there&#8217;s <strong><em>hot food<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; check out this recent news story about <a title=\"The world's hottest chilli pepper\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/article\/0,,2-2113507,00.html\">the world&#8217;s hottest chilli pepper<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What do the <strong>ancient Aztecs<\/strong> have to do with modern Mexico?  A whole lot!  Read <a title=\"Aztec history\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aztec-history.com\">more about Aztec history here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been enjoying the blog of a missionary family that is attending the same language school we&#8217;ll be going to. If you want a glimpse of what life is like for <strong>a missionary family in Cuernavaca<\/strong>, read <a title=\"The Harer's live journal\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/kneelingwetriumph.com\/journal\/index.htm\">the Harer&#8217;s live journal<\/a>.  Their most recent entry talks a little about <a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/kneelingwetriumph.com\/journal\/2006\/07\/amigo-de-dios-other-things.htm\">the current election issue in Mexico<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A new post by <a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/caminternational.org\">CAM International<\/a> missionary <strong>Rod Fry<\/strong> about some of the ministry that&#8217;s been going on this summer, titled <a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/ixtapalucafryed.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/comments-on-gods-love-discipleship-and.html\">Comments on God&#8217;s love, Discipleship and a Crazy Summer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of our mission, have you seen <a title=\"CAM International\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/caminternational.org\">the new <strong>CAM International<\/strong> website<\/a>?  If not, check it out.  Here&#8217;s a couple of places to go &#8211; read about <a title=\"CAM International\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caminternational.org\/index.cfm?go=page&#038;pid=90\">a new Christian camp in Mexico<\/a> (particularly significant if you read Dennis&#8217; post above), or see some <a title=\"Prayer requests for CAM Mexico\" target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caminternational.org\/index.cfm?go=page&#038;pid=116\">prayer requests related to CAM&#8217;s ministry in Mexico<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you want to learn about Mexico. Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve come across a few interesting links related to Mexico, so the time has come to share a few more. Here we go: Serious about learning Mexican geography? 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