A Walk in the Park
Parque Villa de Fañe in Guasave is absolutely gorgeous this time of year. The city has been renovating it, so it's very different from the park we used to visit when we first came here. A small railroad runs around the perimeter of the park, the city pool has been patched and painted and is now open to the public (for free, no less), the old and incredibly dangerous slippery slide and broken ferris wheel have been removed and the swings and monkey bars have been spiffed. Even the small "zoo" (I use that term loosely) has been cleaned up and the animals look to be in better shape (still makes me sad to see them in captivity, but at least their habitats are clean.) In short, it is a great pl

Playing Baseball till the Cows Come Home
About a month ago Juaquin, one of the brothers in the church, approached Doug about starting a baseball camp for the kids of the area. It didn't take a lot of persuasion to get all our boys interested!The kids from Boca meet with kids from the local village of Alomito six days a week (two days for each of three age groups). Juaquin played semi-professional baseball for several years and is passionate about the sport. Juaquin's passion for baseball paired with Doug's passion for youth is making quite an impact on these young men!

Fishy Fellowship
On Tuesday, Doug and Esteban took Andrew out fishing (early birthday present). They did well -- although they missed the tide on the way back in and ended up having to haul their nets a bit farther than they had intended! Oops!They arrived home tired and dirty...and just in time to leave again for our Tuesday night Bible study. One of the wonderful things about the culture here is how flexible everyone is. That can be a frustrating thing when you're trying to actually get something done according to a time schedule, but generally it makes life flow a little more smoothly and less stressfully.Instead of rushing around trying to eat supper before we left, we just left

Fall in Sinaloa
Well, we haven't posted much lately, have we? You know it's been a long time when you can't remember your username and password! Sorry about that. With the cooler weather here, I should be able to find more energy and time to keep you all updated!It's late October in Las Glorias and the heat has finally rolled out to sea. Hurricane Rick blew past us last week and it looks like he took all the humidity with him. Thank you, Lord!Now we begin preparations for our winter mission teams who will be coming down soon. In fact, our first team should arrive next week. Keep them in your prayers! They are a family from Sacramento.