Hola Everyone! I just talked with my Dad in Alberta and it is the time of year where the combines are humming and frost is threatening. Here in Hermosillo we are just waiting for the weather to get nice (day-time highs down into the low 30C’s) so we can enjoy the outdoors for a few […]
This past Saturday, Shelli put on a Bible Safari and Creative Toolbox workshop at the Northwest Mennonite Annual Conference at Camp Caroline, Alberta. Â Shelli and her team (from the Arbol de Vida church) have done this workshop many times in Mexico, Cuba and Canada with dozens of churches over the past 5 years. Â Just before […]
Hi everyone, Some important prayer requests: 1. Preparations for Olds Koinonia Christian School mission trip coming up at the end of March. 30 students and 9 adult leaders are coming to serve the Mexican people with the love of Christ. We have seen God work in and through the students of OKCS 3 times over […]
We’ve been blessed with the fellowship of many special people over the last months. Jack and Lucy Vogt and their son Joshua spent 4 months here as they escaped the Yukon winter to minister in many ways here in Arbol de Vida. Teaching Bible & English, Construction and team hosting plus many other ministries filled their […]
Last night the Arbol de Vida church held our annual Cena de Amistad which is an opportunity for our congregation to invite family, neighbors, co-workers to have a great evening of fun and most importantly to hear the Gospel. We always have a lot of fun and laughter, music and God has always provided for […]
Please pray for a very important event this Sunday, our (the Arbol de Vida congregation) annual Friendship supper that is to invite family, friends, coworkers to share the love of Christ with them. Please pray that many would come (exactly the ones the Father wants to draw to Himself) and that a clear Gospel message […]
Paul and Esther Weeks, my brother Jeff’s folks-in-law are here for a month blessing us in the Lord with their talents in many areas. Here is Paul (photo) finishing off some bunk beds for the ministry centre. Esther is sewing curtains among other ministries. Thank you Paul and Esther!
We’re getting down to the finishing touches on the upper floor of the Arbol De Vida ministry center! We thank the Lord for providing for this progress through the generosity of His family.  Here is Luis Carlos, a long-time friend some of you may remember, laying tile in one of the dorm rooms.
We have a craft club for girls every Tuesday in Arbol de Vida. Here’s Shelli with the girls…
Last Saturday we had our regular men’s coffee, devotion and prayer time at 7:30am but this time we started something we’re calling “Sábado de Salida” or “Saturday Out”. We prayed and then went out in pairs through the neighborhoods around Ãrbol de Vida. Eduardo and I talked with about 10 different people asking how we […]