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Horseshoes, Home Projects, and Holy Work

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Lately, our life in Mexico has been suspiciously close to “normal.”  We’ve taken in many beautiful sunsets from our ROOFTOP OF REJUVENATION, where worries are released, prayers float upward, and everyone becomes an amateur philosopher by golden hour. I’m considering putting together a sunset playlist, so feel free to send your favorite “watch-the-sun-go-down-and-thank-God-for-your-life” songs my way. Home sweet home! Here’s some pics of our abode/ Missionary Home in Tlancualpican. Every nook and cranny has been stuffed with steel wool and expanding foam, the screens have been replaced, and we’re feeling pretty confident that—thanks to prayer, perseverance, and the generous application of pesticides and other materials—our house is about as snake and scorpion free as possible.   We are open for visitors! We also carved out space for horseshoes in the backy...
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January 2026 Global Missionary Newsletter

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  Our January 2026 Newsletter is now available! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W5Ju2xNfSizUHxCBsWCPqfZd_Tm7Oacd/view?usp=drive_link
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Cheers to 2026!

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Happy New Year! The holiday season flew by in a blink. Christmas in Mexico was beautifully, unexpectedly different—rich with color, rhythm, and reverence. We loved seeing the season through another culture’s eyes, though the biggest difference this year was a tender one: we weren’t with our family, and that absence was deeply felt. Still, Puebla held us in its joy. From celebrating the coming of Christ, through the twelve days of Christmas, and all the way to Día de los Reyes, we were reminded that even when traditions shift and settings change, the heart of the story never does. We even attended our first Mexican Methodist potluck. Let me just say: Yum. Loaves and fishes have nothing on this crowd.  I would add this experience as a few of my top favorite gastronomical feasts in Puebla! Christmas Eve services were especially beautiful. Imagine singing all the hymns you know and love—in Spanish. It was powerful and joyful, ending wi...
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This and That!

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Pat’s surgery—long overdue—was successful. A discectomy and micro-laminectomy relieved nerves that had been causing immense pain for years. Navigating surgery without language fluency or Wi-Fi for our translator app was stressful, but God carried us through. Pat felt immediate relief. Now comes healing, PT, and eventually training to hike La Malinche Volcano—Mexico’s sixth-highest peak.  We are incredibly grateful that God guided every step and the surgeon’s hands. The hospital staff were very kind, and we even found a moment to take in the sunset! Pat is a good patient, and I'm working on my patience, lol!  Here's me posing in my nurse uniform, lol!   As for me, my ear remains plugged from a hornet sting months ago. I tried a body energy/massage therapist who also does ear candle waxing. It was… interesting. It was gross to see the debris that was removed from my ear, but at least it is super clean! The jury’s still ou...
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