To Live and Breathe

February 7, 2025

A few days ago, I returned from a very special retreat called Ava. Some of you may have read Tom’s blog about the retreat called Traction in Switzerland that he was blessed to attend shortly after we began our home assignment time. Because of how deeply Tom was blessed by his time at Traction, he […]

Mexico in the Rearview

August 14, 2024

It felt surreal to cross into the States and know that we would not be going back over it again for a full year! I watched the big border sign with the name of the country we call home disappear in the rearview mirror and it was time to embrace the reality of our home […]

Horse in a Hole

February 19, 2021

It was a beautiful day that began with a gorgeous sunrise over the Mexican mountains that surround Vicente and Erendira’s village home. The birds were singing and everything was perfectly picturesque. About mid morning Vicente headed down the road to a small store nearby. He hadn’t gotten very far when one of his friends caught […]

Art for Literacy

June 4, 2020

One of the greatest gifts we have as believers is our access to the word of God. God in His wisdom has preserved His words to us in precious written form. They are always there, they do not change and they invite us to read them and be transformed. The importance of literacy for the […]

Parental Partners

January 12, 2019

It’s amazing the way God works and the different ways He uses people of all ages and walks of life, especially when those people are available to His purposes and willing to be available to put themselves out there if asked to. This blog will highlight one cool way the Lord recently used… my parents! […]

Refreshed & Refocused – Field Conference 2017

June 2, 2017

I’m still doing laundry and unpacking from our trip to our field conference this week. We just returned yesterday and our hearts and minds feel full of things we want to reflect on and spiritual truth we still need to chew on. As we left for our conference last Sunday I will admit we were […]

Speaking to the Heart

January 30, 2017

I stood in a church service in El Paso, Texas and sang along to a praise song projected up on the screen. The words I was reading were words my heart best understands, they were the words that are the most powerful to who I am as a person, they are able to stir up […]

Come Shop With Us!

August 13, 2016

Often when we sit down to a meal as a family we will take turns sharing something we enjoy about living in Mexico, or something here we like. As the kids took turns sharing about some things they enjoy about Mexico the other day (Jude was mentioning his admiration of cinder block construction and Iris […]