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Generic depersonalized labor is useful and at times necessary for service projects, but it’s not my favorite part of short-term missions work.  It is far more interesting to see each member [...]

Destinations: Ch’ol Jungle – Carranza, Cuctielpa, Maria Morelos Beep…beep…beep. Our alarms buzzed as we all climbed out of bed and quickly finished last-minute preparations before [...]

The end of the trip came all too early… soon everyone was packing their suitcases and preparing to leave early Sunday to head back home.  Saturday night into Sunday morning was filled with [...]

It only seems appropriate that it is my turn to write the blog for our Saturday rappelling adventure.  After all, it’s with fondness that I remember the last time I wrote about rappelling [...]

Last night we returned from the Ch’ol jungle. Julie had prepared for us a huge meal of taco salad that was absolutely and phenomenally delicious! We were so zonked, though, that we beat a [...]

Today is the start of the end of this three-week chapter in Chiapas. We leave our last jungle stop, Benito Juarez, and return – after six hours of driving, and several queasy stomachs – to the [...]

Today we were in Maria Morelos. We split the team into two groups – one half did a children’s program at the church, while the other half installed filters. After breakfast, our hosts [...]

Hello Everyone! We are now two weeks into our trip and are headed back into the jungle today. God is SO good and we have been blessed above and beyond what I ever expected. Today, before heading [...]

Two days before leaving for the jungle again, we started Friday off with breakfast at the Ozuna’s house.! The whole team got up early, dressed nicely, and enjoyed a wonderful meal and gracious [...]

Editor’s note: We do not yet have the written reports for Thursday and Friday. Here is a sneak preview of the team’s activities.