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Hechos 29 (Acts 29) is a three month mission and discipleship school held in different countries around the world that brings together Covenant students from the host country with Swedish students. They live, learn and serve together in community. A group of 35 Swedes and Mexicans (along with one Ecuadorian, one Guatemalan and one Chilean) … Continue reading »

We wanted to share with you this exciting project of Friends of World Mission (FOWM) that is partnering with Project Down.  Project Down is a ministry of the Family Development Foundation in Monterrey that we worked closely with for 6 years and continue to support from a distance now that we are in Oaxaca.   As … Continue reading »

Earlier this summer, we had the joy and privilege of having Jana Wipf, a Covenanter from Pasadena, and a student of Peace Studies at Whitworth University volunteering with us in Oaxaca.  Besides having the opportunity to see some of the ways God is at work here through missionaries and Mexican leaders, she also served with … Continue reading »

Many of you have been praying for Nils’s brother John and some have been following his fight with leukemia on their blog — http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnclauson — over the last 3 and half months. With the support and encouragement of our missionary colleagues in Mexico, Nils was able to travel to Colorado and be with John, his … Continue reading »

The following article appeared on the Covenant Newswire in June.  You can follow this link to see the original article: http://www.covchurch.org/news/2012/06/11/ceremony-celebrates-transition-for-mexico-family-ministry/#more-10839                                                        Ceremony Celebrates Transition for Mexico Family Ministry … Continue reading »

Please join us in praying for my brother John, his wife Deanna and their 5 year old son, Kai.  John was recently diagnosed with AML, a form of Leukemia.   He just finished the first round of chemo-therapy and they are now waiting to see how effective it was and how soon he will need … Continue reading »

For a little more than a week at the end of January, we had Erika’s brother, Chris, and parents, Dan & Petra. It was a blessing to have time with them plus it gave us the excuse to do some of the uniquely Oaxacan things like visit the world’s largest tree in El Tule, hike around the Monte … Continue reading »

Since our arrival we have been alternately visiting the four Covenant churches located here in the valley on Sundays as a way to get to know everyone and as we sought God’s guidance as to where we should make our church home. We are very excited that we have made the decision to attend a … Continue reading »

Erika traveled to Monterrey on Monday to help the FUNDEFAM team with the final details in preparing for the youth camp this weekend where she will lead four interactive Bible studies on the life of Jesus. She is very excited about sharing the gospel with the teenagers and asks for prayer that they would be … Continue reading »

Last week I traveled as part of a small group of Covenant missionaries and visitors from Harvest Ridge Covenant in Kansas to the Isthmus region of Oaxaca to participate in a health screening program that is part of a ministry called Semillas de Salud (Seeds of Health) headed up by our colleague Dr. Cindy Hoover.  The … Continue reading »