First Worship in León

Great news: we are in Leon!

The mission team here in Mexico relocated last week from Torreon, a northern city, to Leon, which is located in the country's central region.

We got into our house yesterday and are really enjoying it so far.

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Here's a quick sidenote to give you insight on my husband: last night he walked a few blocks to find supper, and came back with tacos from a place called Los Cunados. "I had to stop when I saw they served tacos de cabeza," he explained. (Cabeza meaning they were made with bits of meat from the head of a cow? pig? other animal? I couldn't tell, but I diligently tried them. They weren't bad.)

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Anyway, the plan is to get English classes started in a couple of weeks and use them as an evangelism tool. We'll rent a place to hold the classes in, and then start using that location for services in a few months.

Since we are currently in a city without a Lutheran church - the first time for Mike and me in Mexico - we are holding services on Sundays in our homes until we begin worshiping in the rented English class facility. This morning we worshipped with the congregation at St. John's in Sleepy Eye, MN (more info here).


The congregation has live services on the Internet, so we really felt like we were participating. We sang along to the hymns, followed the liturgy, and prayed with the congregation.

Special thanks to Pastor Kevin Draper for the sermon, and to his wife Sallie for some of the tech savvy that makes the live services possible, and to the other members in Sleepy Eye. We'll be seeing more of you during these next few weeks!