As we talk to people about our plans of moving to Mexico City we get a lot of questions about our safety there and our sanity in moving our family to such a violent place.
Here is a quiz, taken from the blog  www.midwesternerinmexico.com, intended to assess your risk of violence in Mexico. You’ll all be [...]

Many of you may not be U2 fans, agree always with Bono or appreciate his lifestyle, and most of you probably don’t have a man crush on him like I do (except you, Ross), but we don’t dare ignore what he says here in this speech. (Watch the whole thing, but it really picks up [...]

Full post here. I'm cramming three posts into one. We can pretend that I actually posted 3 times this week. 
My sister Jen is visiting us this week. We've been doing a lot of running, eating, chilling and eating. Yeah, as a family we really like to eat good food. Speaking of which, last night was [...]

We all know that the topic of immigration is a complicated one, with all kinds of issues and emotions involved. If you want to see an entirely perspective on immigration, check out this story (courtesy of Gary):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081025/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_migrant_revolt
What do you think the Church's response should be? 

So, it's been a while, eh? June 30th since our last post. Oh well…rather than a bunch of lame excuses and promises of more posts, I'm just gonna pretend nothing happened. (Tina, this is for you)
Tonight we hosted our International Dinner Club at our place and had an asado with 13 people. Emily is [...]

Emily and I finally have a destination. After months of planning and praying about ministry in Argentina, God has led us to the decision that Mexico City will be our destination. To make it official we signed the agreement with GBIM last Thursday. Tentative date of departure is Fall 2009, but that will depend on [...]

Mike and I have put out a request to many of our Columbus area friends and believers for help for a refugee family that he knows.  They told him of a young girl in their family who is to have her baby any time now, and they have nothing (NOTHING) for the baby.  They are [...]

Tonight Emily and I finished our project of adding some element of shade to our deck. The material is straight from Argentina and is called media sombra, or half-shade. Half-shade is definitely better than no shade! Anyway, we are pretty pleased with our work. Check it out.  

We also had a fantastic time tonight [...]

What do you think of this? What kind of message are we sending to people? 

 
'Speak English' Signs OK at Philly Shop
 

I had an amazing day! The English class I'm teaching has been going very well, at least with the intermediate student. The beginner students were just REALLY struggling, as most of them are almost uneducated, and their learning "job" is more challenging. I asked for help in a post a month [...]