Leadership Training Encounter Tijuana 2010

Sweat is a great thing when the wind hits you. So we are thankful for fans within the house. But electrolytes are lost and heat exhaustion comes fast. So our home remedy is a half a glass of mineral water, a fourth glass of pop and 6 ice cubes.
But soon we will get a heat reprieve. Now the purpose is not to escape the heat….but that is one of the nice side benefits.
The 26th of June we will fly to Tijuana for an event that Alejandra Ortiz has organized. Tijuana is the farthest from central Mexico. It takes 52 driving hours to go to the training camp. So Ale has organized a house camp. Ale’s private school director is lending his home for 15 students and staff. It is within walking distance of the Pacific. (The ocean has the same glorious aroma in Baja California as in the Pacific Northwest.) Student leaders from four cities will be there.
Ale was one of four new staff who came to our home in January for intensive Bible classes. The second week we studied Ephesians. (She earned the highest grade in Latin America in the Ephesians exam.) What Ale learned changed her life, so she wants the student leaders to have the same opportunity.

When Ale was in junior high school, she gained the nick name: Chispa or Spark. Chispa is an adequate description of our friend. She is activity, reads and speaks English well. In the worldwide mission celebration in Edinburgh a few weeks ago, Ale was the Mexican student representative. God has given her special talents and opportunities. She is and will influence many students and others for JESUS.
Pray for them and us during these ten days.
John and Jan
PS: Not only will we teach Ephesians to the students, but John will give three workshops and a sermon in Chispa’s church. It just happens (?) that John taught the pastor in the Wesley Seminary in the 1980’s.