Water’s Edge Youth Ministries

I myself am not an outdoors man, so the thought of spending my weekend in a tent doesn’t usually appeal to me. However, the annual wilderness retreat for me is always an exception. Besides the fact that we  do spend most of our time in a lodge, the time spent with friends and the spiritual [...]

Today was our last full day in Juchitan. Again, we met in the hotel lobby at 7:30 and made our way over to the church. I had forgot something in my room (a 2 liter of pop), and was sent back to get it. Most of us were walking, but the only person that waited [...]

Mexicans know how to build some amazingly strong buildings. They are all 99% concrete. Unfortunately, this makes for a lot of hard work. Lucky for them, a bunch of Americans came to help. Today, we again started heading over to the work site at 7:30. As soon as we got there, I was handed a [...]

Today began like Saturday. We woke up bright and early, and made our way back to the work site. After about 30 minutes of of twist-tying support beams, we all went into the kitchen and had a breakfast of timales and fresh fruit. The tamales were good, but not my favorite. Luckily, Neil didn’t try [...]

Today, being Sunday, meant that we went to church. It was a really great service. Luckily, Dad was preaching, so we weren’t going to have to deal with the possible embarrassment of the visiting pastor falling asleep. Along with a great sermon, the music was also really good. To be honest it put our praise [...]

Today was our first day of actual ministry. It began with the sound of the alarm clock at around something like 7 a.m., which is 8 a.m. for those of you back home. We left the hotel at 7:30 and ate a delicious breakfast of bread and fruit at the job site. (The breakfast really [...]

Today is indeed the first day of the Middletown Church of the Nazarene’s 11th missions trip to southern Mexico. We all woke up dark and early this morning and made our way over to the church. After loading up the vans and a few words of prayer, we left for the Indianapolis Intl. Airport at [...]