Based in Managua, reaching out to Nicaragua: Christ for the City International.
It was a busy weekend at El Jardín: Youth Night and the church service this morning. Here are the highlights:
About 45 middle and high school students came to Youth Night on Saturday. Forty-five lively teenagers. I’m thankful the buildings are still standing! We played three or four silly games — more for laughs than for competition (I say “we” because [...]
Read full post...I made it through my first sermon! People tell me it went really well. If so, God gets all the credit. Here are the highlights from the August 5 service at La Iglesia de la Alegría del Señor:
Rockin’ music this morning. Walter led us in worship I can only describe as a Latin-Jewish-Christian-Caribbean mix. It was a lot of fun. Who said church is [...]
Read full post...I’m going to start a weekly tradition on the blog: a “box score” from the Sunday church service. I’ll give you some of the highs, lows, and funny moments. You’re going to have a seat on the front pew (in our case, plastic chair) at La Iglesia de la Alegría del Señor.
Here is the box score from July 29:
We [...]
Read full post...The “Team Arizona” mission trip is winding down. Today is the team’s “free day.” They’re visiting a nearby rainforest and going to catch their lunch at the trout farm. But I want to show you the work they completed this week. I can’t believe I’m finally able to say this: our church / dining hall / Celebration Center has [...]
Read full post...My goal is to keep this blog more third person than first. My other blog is about my wife and I – our lives as missionaries, ministry glimpses, etc. The Missions Minded blog is an idea center — a whiteboard – about anything missions related. But in tonight’s post, the two themes intersect.
I’m giving my first sermon in a week [...]
I’m always fascinated by lists: the 100 friendliest cities in the U.S., the billboard top 40, the 10 best coffee shops in Greater Detroit. And I’ve never even been to Detroit. I love lists. This one grabbed my attention: the “50 Most Influential Churches in America.” What jumps out at me? I’ll answer that in the form [...]
Read full post...God is awesome. That’s all I can say after the incredible church service this morning. Sixty-six people were in attendance today. Sixty-six. Numbers aren’t everything, but it’s one of the only tangible “metrics” for a church. So going from 27 last week to 66 this week is a nice indicator that God is moving in La [...]
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