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The missionary life is full of changes, isn’t it?  Here’s a missionary family in Mexico.  In this post, the author talks about changing his program of education, taking a major trip to Canada, visiting a people group in Mexico with an unusual language and a unique culture, being joined by more missionaries and so starting a brand new team and having a new kind of ministry, struggling with certain other issues…

Change, transition, adjustment – thank God that He is present!

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This month we celebrated eight years of ministry in Mexico! Our first three were spent church planting in Mexico City with Ivan and Donna Preston. Then, five years ago, we moved to Puebla to begin developing the Pastoral Institute. Our third son, Zephan, was born in Mexico City; our forth, Isaiah, here in Puebla. Thank you for standing with us financially and in prayer over these years. We are not planning to leave anytime soon (but this is ultimately in God’s hands)! In fact, we suspect that this ministry will soon be moving into a higher gear!
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Missionaries and SNAKES!

by Jim on 16 March 2012

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Missionaries and Snakes!

All right, enough about Bible studies and paperwork and traffic – we want to hear about missionaries and SNAKES!

All right, here we go.  So, have you ever been hanging out in Liberia, and you’re in the WC, and you reach for some toilet paper, and …. !

If so, you’ll relate to this snake story from the Hoovers, from 2010.

Or what about that time when your kid lost their pet snake in the house, and you couldn’t find it for ages, and then one day…

Ok, then, check out what happened finally to this family in Mexico.

And finally, you leave your room, and then come back only to find that an extremely dangerous snake has beat you to it.  What do you do?

Well, here’s what Karen in Costa Rica did

Do you have a snake story?  Leave a comment below!

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Bi-Cultural Marriage – Challenging?

29 February 2012

We enjoy lots of friends who are in bi-cultural marriages.  Here’s the perspective of one missionary in Mexico: Although marriages to another ethnicity are becoming quite the popular thing nowadays, in some circumstances it’s not easy peasy. Being always honest and frank, I would love to share with you a little about the ins and [...]

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Troubled times, and a Prayer for the New Year

4 January 2012

I enjoyed (in a sympathetic kind of way!) this story from Niger about a therapy session – How Not To Build Rapport! What can you say when it looks like your fear is about to become a reality?  In this case, it’s a fire (Republic of the Congo)! And now, an update from Mexico about [...]

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More from our Experienced Bloggers

29 December 2011

As I continue to update our blog lists, I’m finding some great posts from our experienced missionary bloggers.  Here are some more recent ones… Interested in construction?  Here’s how it’s being done in Mexico – and some Spanish words to go with it. This missionary in Mozambique has gas!  But maybe not enough… A place [...]

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From our Experienced Bloggers…

22 December 2011

I’m now working on updating our list of Experienced Missionary Bloggers.  Not done yet, but I’ve noticed some great posts that I wanted to share with you… A thought provoking post that will make you think twice this Merry Christmas (Angola) People in one community in Mexico are thankful for this new church meeting place… [...]

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News from the Veterans

5 December 2011

I’m working my way through the blog lists and cleaning them up.  Currently, I’m looking at the veteran bloggers – and I’ve come across some interesting posts. First, be sure to check out these bloggers who are leaving the field (though not leaving ministry).  There’s a lot of great stuff on their blogs, so head [...]

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Recent Missionary Posts: Events, Change, and Culture

31 August 2011

We have a very eclectic mix of posts today, from all over the world.  Some have great insights into culture, others talk about ministry opportunities, and others challenges that missionaries are facing.  Check them out! Glimpse of Romania:  We traveled again to Gherla, Romania, this last weekend. The trip takes between four and six hours, [...]

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Aspects of Ministry from Around the World (and a couple of posts from Japan)

12 March 2011

Just a few recent interesting posts from around the world.  At the bottom I’ve included a couple of initial posts on the situation in Japan – I’ll try to have more for you next week as the news gets out.  For now, all the missionaries that have posted have said that they and their families [...]

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26 Missionary Blogs (from A to Z)

21 February 2011

So I was just sitting here and wondering if I could make my very own A-Z list of missionary blogs. All right, so it’s just another fun way to discover new blogs!  I admit, I cheated a bit with X.  But the Rapp family has to get some kind of a prize for their creative [...]

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