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A Nahuatl House Tour

A Nahuatl House Tour

During the holiday, many people take part in Blog holiday house tours showing off their decorated houses ready for Christmas.  Well, in Las Moras, the people don’t celebrate Christmas.  There is no decorating, no gifts, no Santa stories, and most importantly, no knowledge of Jesus Christ and the significance of his birth. Although there will […]
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A Welcoming Surprise

A Welcoming Surprise

When we arrived at our house after having been gone for almost 6 months, we found that some critters had worked the whole time in preparing us a special surprise. The first critter that we found was this normally scary thing.  This one, however, was not scary as it had long ago died.  I think […]
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Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

This is our home in our little village at the edge of a mesa.  This is the first glimpse of the village from the road as we travel in.  After 5.5 hours of a very bumpy, bouncy ride it’s a site for sore eyes!
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Needed: Clean Water

Needed: Clean Water

In Las Moras, Mexico, the Nahuatl people have few options for water. Some haul it from a nearby stream where people also bathe and wash laundry. Some haul it from small, dirty springs that are often muddied by livestock. Some gather it from puddles when it rains. None of them have access to clean water, […]
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Water

Water

As most of you know, we don’t have running water in Las Moras.  When we bathe, we do it here… When we wash clothes, we do it here… Water for drinking and washing dishes is hauled from here… We bring it in two barrels in the truck… …then into the house by a 6 gallon […]
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FAMILY!

FAMILY!

These last two months that I was in the US and Canada, I had a wonderful time with my mom, brother and sister. And, before I left back to Mexico, got to spend some fun time with my sister and brother. LOVE Y’ALL!!!
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A Time of Refreshment

A Time of Refreshment

These last two months in the US and Canada have been a wonderful time of rest and rejuvenation.  I was able to spend 5 days in the mountains of Colorado with my brother, Josh, and some other friends. I celebrated the marriage of one of my cousins. And, spend time with my aunts and uncles […]
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Conversation with Alberta

Conversation with Alberta

On the second day of the dental clinic, a truckload of people arrived first thing in the morning. Alberta was the first one in the door and therefore the first with the dentist. She was really nervous. I told her it wouldn’t hurt, the doctor would give her medicine (anesthesia) so she wouldn’t feel pain. […]
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Introducing…

Introducing…

Pete & Liesl Hypki! They accompanied us on our last trip to the mountains to meet our team and the Nahuatl.  They are almost finished learning Spanish and were looking to where the Lord would have them work.  We got along really well with them, and they loved the village and the people, so we […]
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Dental Clinic by the numbers

Dental Clinic by the numbers

We had 1 endodontist and 1 dentist. We treated 84 patients representing 11 communities (For most of the people, this was the 1st time they had come to a clinic that we have hosted.  Actually, for most people, this was the 1st time they’ve been to a dentist EVER!) We treated 3 indigenous groups (mostly […]
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