¡Viva la Vida!tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-194642013-05-01T11:25:35-05:00...teaching, learning, living in Nuevo León, México...TypePadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef019101b40ef0970c2013-05-01T11:25:35-05:002013-05-01T11:25:35-05:00Did you know this about Mexico?Greg and Jantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017eea17696a970d2013-04-08T16:37:59-05:002013-04-08T16:37:59-05:00When we moved to Nicaragua ten years ago, we were most concerned about having internet in our home to keep in contact with our families. We were able to get a cell phone that would connect to our laptops (one...Greg and Jantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017d4290be2b970c2013-04-05T21:01:13-06:002013-04-05T21:01:13-06:00So, Easter Sunday was last week, and in my almost ten years on the mission field I haven't gotten used to the lack of celebration like we do in the US. It's okay, because what we do in the US...Greg and JanFaithful friends!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017ee9d51acc970d2013-03-29T09:45:28-06:002013-03-29T09:45:28-06:00These guys have been coming to Mexico on a mission trip every year since before we even arrived. I love that I have been able to watch them grow and they have seen my boys grow as well. There aren't...Greg and JanMexican National Anthemtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017c38222051970b2013-03-26T21:55:20-06:002013-03-26T21:55:20-06:00Recently I was asked to direct a choir to sing in the regional contest for the National Anthem. I thought it was a little funny since I have never sung the national anthem nor formally directed a chour. These are...Greg and JanThe Streets of Laredotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017ee9c1a85e970d2013-03-26T08:15:06-06:002013-03-26T08:15:06-06:00We have been in Mexico for the past seven years on a tourist visa, keeping our residency in the US and crossing the border every six months for a time of shopping, r&r, and paperwork renewal. Today is the day...Greg and JanA kid born on the mission fieldtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017c381ad65e970b2013-03-25T18:14:21-06:002013-03-25T19:32:19-06:00A kid born on the mission field is an interesting study. Our three sons were 5, 9, and 10 when we moved out of the country. Cade is our fellow missionary friends' boy. Watching him develop bilingually and biculturally has...Greg and JanMugsy Boguestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017d4249031c970c2013-03-25T14:36:53-06:002013-03-25T14:36:53-06:00Lots of people come down to Mexico and adopt pets while they are here. Mugsy is a sweet rabbit that replaced a deceased rabbit named "Suppertime". We do not have a lot of dull moments around here, for sureGreg and Jantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017c38155644970b2013-03-24T22:49:26-06:002013-03-24T22:49:26-06:00Today was a goodbye party for three people who have been here since November: Jon, Hamilton, and Ina. We don't even know how many people have come in and out of our lives during the last ten years. Goodbyes are...Greg and JanGood gifts for missionaries...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017d424092a3970c2013-03-24T09:41:41-06:002013-03-24T09:41:41-06:00Probably the best gift I have received in the last ten years as a missionary was my Kindle. I love to read, and I love to read in English. To have instant access to books has brought such joy to...Greg and JanSome of my beautiful students!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017c38112b84970b2013-03-24T08:56:12-06:002013-03-24T09:00:10-06:00Last month, our school was forced to participate in a National Anthem contest. I was put in charge of the choir and chose 17 girls to be a part. The anthem is very high and five minutes long We didnt...Greg and Jantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017d423d8d2e970c2013-03-23T22:25:33-06:002013-03-23T22:25:33-06:00See this? We're building a new middle school and high school as a church/school plant in a nearby poverty-stricken neighborhood. So excited about what's to come there!Greg and JanOut of the depths do I cry unto you, O Lord... an analysis of evangelical disappointment about the recent U.S. presidential electiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef017c33c240ba970b2012-11-19T13:39:03-06:002012-11-19T16:48:33-06:00"Out of the depths I cry unto you, O Lord!" thus begins Psalm 130, a psalm which has inspired more than forty composers, including the masters Bach, Mozart, Handel and Mendelssohn, to write compositions based on its plea. It has...Greg and JanSeeking Glory, Honor, and Immortalitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef016762e9606e970b2012-02-24T11:44:44-06:002012-02-24T11:48:22-06:00In Paul's letter to the believers in Rome he, in encouraging the Roman believers to great feats in the faith, appeals to something, very, well, Roman, here in chapter 2 and verses 6-10: "[God] Who 'will render to each one...Greg and JanMaking Disciples, Internationally. Towards a mission statement ...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef015438f96107970c2011-12-26T17:21:37-06:002012-08-06T12:42:19-05:00In working on putting together this Missions Discipleship Project, we've been hammering together something like a missions statement. It's divided into three parts: the why, the how and the what. The Why: In everything we do, we seek to transform...Greg and JanJamie the Very Worst Missionary on Short-term Missionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef015438a2f6a6970c2011-12-21T10:05:11-06:002011-12-21T10:11:50-06:00Jamie, I think I love you. But you scare me. You are the Tyler Durden of the world of evangelical missions. You say things (in your blog) that provoke and enrage otherwise well-meaning, nice, missions-minded evangelicals as no one else...Greg and JanLifecoaching Jesus: The Savior Falls into the Hands of a 21st Century Life Coachtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef0162fc85c602970d2011-11-17T11:16:45-06:002011-11-17T11:16:45-06:00This is a guest blogpost on success I did over at the Heart of Campus Ministry blog. I hope you enjoy it! Lifecoaching Jesus: The Savior Falls into the Hands of a 21st Century Life CoachGreg and JanGuarding sound doctrine without hurting people tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef0162fc4df374970d2011-11-11T09:30:06-06:002011-11-11T09:34:57-06:00I am a teacher. And I must confess that I have an obsession with being correct - especially when it comes to my theology. Not (I hope) in an arrogant way but rather (again, I hope) my desire springs from...Greg and JanA Short Primer on the Exciting New Discipline of "Social Entrepreneurship"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef015391fa75c1970b2011-09-30T12:56:36-05:002011-09-30T13:17:50-05:00"Capitalism is under siege. Diminshed trust in business is causing political leaders to set policies that sap economic growth ... Business is caught in a vicious circle ... the purpose of a corporation must be redefined around creating shared value."...Greg and JanSuccess & Failure as bipolar teacherstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1b4453ef01543531f18c970c2011-09-06T12:11:54-05:002011-09-06T12:17:57-05:00Failure is the sum of all my fears. My fear of failure is one of the biggest things I've had to overcome in my ministry and it's something that has, at times, driven me to achieve things that perhaps otherwise...Greg and Jan