Archive - March, 2008

5 Times to Pray for Us

March 30, 2008 in features, Missions, Prayer with 0 Comments

One of our goals is to get people to pray for us. It’s important for us in both life and ministry to have people who will pray for us.

We know that our success is based on the prayers of people like you. We’d love to have a ton of people praying for us and the ministry in Mexico City (and Latin America).

So, here are five times when you could pray for us. We’d love to have you praying for us when these things happen to you.

  1. When you eat tacos or see a taco bell (or any Mexican food). Tacos are popular here. If you eat tacos or burritos (like at Chipotle…mmm), stop and pray for us.
  2. When you hear someone speaking Spanish. Everywhere you go, you probably hear people speaking Spanish. Next time you’re in a store and hear Spanish, pray for the Poulette family.
  3. When you see a soccer ball or a soccer game. If you take your kids to soccer practice or a soccer game, or if you pass by a soccer field or see it on TV, pray for us.
  4. When you hear a dog bark. We hear dogs barking everyday. When you hear a dog bark, pray for the ministry in Mexico City.
  5. When you see our prayer card. Don’t have one? Get one here!

BONUS: Right now!

Let us know if you’re praying for us. You can also send us your prayer requests on our sign-up page.

(Images by: ericbegin2000 and ktylerconk on flickr.com)

VIDEO: A Day in the DF

March 29, 2008 in Mexico City, Video with 0 Comments

Here’s a quick video of Mexico City (the Distrito Federal, or DF). Included in it are sights in the zocalo, the Angel of Independence, the Palace of Fine Arts, the Monument of the Revolution, and others.

Watch it on Blip.

They Don’t Teach that in Seminary

March 27, 2008 in Seminary, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

Wednesday in my Professional Orientation to Youth Ministry class, one of the students came in with a very heavy heart. He had spent the whole day before with one of the students in his ministry. My student was talking about the situation, and I could feel his heart for the guy in his youth group.

Much of what we teach in seminary is theory. There is a lot of information that passes between professor and student, but something that you can’t really teach in a classroom is what my student demonstrated yesterday in class. The compassion and burden for people is something that cannot be learned in the classroom. It is something that God gives you. When you hurt for those who are hurting, you are demonstrating a true characteristic of Christ.

Some numbers

March 26, 2008 in features, Global Youth Ministry, Mexico, Mexico City, Missions, YMI, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Mexico City. For some reason, I can’t get it out of my head. There is an enormous need in this mega-city. Our job is to train youth workers for local churches. In the United States, there is a trained youth worker for every 600 young people. In the rest of the world, there is a trained youth worker for every 400,000 young people.

In order for Mexico City to have one youth worker for every 600 young people, there would have to be around 25,000 youth workers in this city. There aren’t even that many evangelical churches in Mexico City. The population of Mexico City is less than 2% Christian, and the young people of this country are in desperate need for role models, mentors, heroes, and leaders.

We’re off to a great start with the 9 students studying at the seminary to be youth ministers, but we need more workers. I believe that something great is going to happen in this city. We need youth ministers here in Mexico, and we need global youth workers from the United States who will help with this enormous job.

A Quick Easter Update

March 24, 2008 in Family with 0 Comments

We went to church at Capital City Baptist Church, and English speaking church in Mexico City, since Easter isn’t celebrated that much in Mexican churches. It seems like Good Friday is celebrated more here than Easter Sunday.

We invited two students from the Seminary over for Easter dinner, and we tried to explain to them how we celebrate Easter in the USA. We had great food, great company, and lots of fun playing with Nathan’s Easter present.

Here are some home video clips from Easter.


Easter Eggs 2008 from Dennis on Vimeo.


Easter Basket 2008 from Dennis on Vimeo.

Mexico City Images

March 24, 2008 in Mexico City with 0 Comments

Here are 25 images of Mexico City that we have taken while we’ve lived here. If you want to use some of these free pictures of Mexico, please just make sure that you credit us in your use of them and leave us a note in the comments. They are licensed with Creative Commons.

Mexican flag El Angel and a Vocho El Angel 2 Angel de la independencia Bellas Artes top

Mexican stock exchange Traffic El Caballito Latin American tower and Bellas Artes Looking for work

Cleanse your Aura Chapultepec Lake Churreria El Moro revolution plaza Asi es el DF

World Trade Center Organ grinder 2 selling cotton candy Lady in Mexico City need a sombrero?

World Trade Center SANY0286 Teotihuacan Statue at Basilica Basilica de Guadalupe

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The Craziness of the Resurrection

March 23, 2008 in Church, features, Personal Growth with 0 Comments

The account of the resurrection in Matthew 28 sounds crazy to me. The author seems to be talking out of his mind.

“There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.”

You know how things get skewed when you are excited? I imagine that the account is somewhat like that. I can imagine that the author was flustered, trying to put into words what he had seen, saying, “There was an earthquake, and then, there was an angel. He looked like lightning. He was glowing. His clothes were as white as snow. All the guards were like dead men.”

Unfortunately, we usually tell it with a monotonous tone of voice, as if we’re not excited to hear it. One day, I want to see someone burst into a church service with the kind of excitement that I read in that passage. “You’re not going to believe me, but here’s what I saw.”

That’s the craziness of the resurrection. It’s wild. It’s unheard of. It’s something that will change your life radically. It changed the lives of the disciples who were scared out of their minds in Matthew 27, and now in Matthew 28 (and Acts), they went on to change the world. That’s what the resurrection can do to you.

(image by: dbarronoss)

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