by MAM | Jan 18, 2014 | Newsletters
Deep in the verdant mountains of Quiche country, along a winding dirt road, is the village of Mixcolaja and a MAM church pastored by Humberto Mux. In a humble, well-cared-for, wooden house with beautiful flowers gracing the exterior, lives Yari
by MAM | Nov 15, 2013 | Newsletters
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Jungle Boys’ Camp Three canoes glide on the dark surface of a large river; two are beautiful wood/fiberglass combinations and the third a Coleman canoe with a 6 hp outboard motor. A breeze ripples the water and the sound of...
by MAM | Sep 12, 2013 | Newsletters
Can You Find My Parents? This slideshow requires JavaScript. The carefully held-in scream suddenly broke through my pinched lips and joined my sisters’ screams as we were lifted high off the ground. I clung to my sister’s hand as she clutched the edge of the backhoe’s...
by MAM | Aug 4, 2013 | Newsletters
When Are You Going to Die? Death is a part of life. It strikes near and far. Boston and China, Syria and Oklahoma. There are car crashes and cancer, farm accidents and suicide. Death is tragic, cold, and cruel. And with reason Paul writes, “The sting of death is sin.”...
by MAM | Mar 30, 2013 | Newsletters
Shining Castles Built of Mud Since boyhood I have enjoyed fixing things up. Well, not really fixing things because I am not a mechanic. (Yeah, I can hear some of you laughing!) I loved to buy old BMX bicycles at garage sales for $10.00, fix them up, and get them...
