Summary: Fall 2010 trip. Preaching of our men. Mexico News.
Category Archives: Life-in-Mexico
Violence in Mexico
Some people may be wondering about the violence in Mexico. Yes, there is a lot of violence in Mexico. Down here we hear of a lot of stuff all the time, and quite frankly, there are no such thing as a “hot zone”. Everywhere there are deaths and violence. From the best I can understand the situation, most of the death is drug-gang related, even the deaths of teens by drug lords. A Federal policeman told me that the soccer team that was celebrating a victory and got wiped out was actually a gang that they formed among upper class kids. A rival gang didn’t like their victory. When the kids have parents that are drug dealers, they have easy access to high powered arms and people who will use them to kill.
It is my understanding that the drug infiltration has gone into the entire government, police forces, and military, and this extends all the way up to Calderon, the president of Mexico. The situation just is impossible to correct without starting at the top, and this won’t happen very easily. We are currently in a downward spiral which will get worse and worse. As the economy gets worse and worse, the drug lords will start offering to pay off the national debt and other such non-sense, and that is when they will legalize drugs and the rich will enter big time into the drug traffic without it being illegal.
From my point of view, I don’t think our Lord can delay His coming very much longer. Things are getting too close to the Antichrist’s government in our world, and either He will send a revival as a reprive of things, or they will start locking up Christians. Frankly I fear more the US than Mexico on that point.
Update: Pray for our Protection against Kidnapping
Kidnapping in Mexico is on the rise, and we as missionaries are possible targets for this violence. We ask for your prayers for us, and our ministry here.
Hello world!
Hi world! This is my first post in this blog. Started Abril 12, 2010. I learned Word Press Monday of last week. Tuesday I started www.davidcoxsermones.com, and have it up and working. The rest of last week I searched for widgets and plugins to make this thing half way decent. This week I am starting the English counterpart (this blog). What fun! My head hurts! All that learning of a new program that is totally strange to me, and learning how to make it work (endless google searches and youtube searches on this that and the other), was done between preaching Wednesday night, witnessing 3 hours Sat, and between cleaning the church and a friend invited us to eat with him afterwards, I left the house at 10AM and got home at 5PM. Sunday I preached Adult Sunday School, AM and PM services, and in addition I wrote the Intermediate and Youth Sunday School Classes, not to mention making the evening service into a tract (Gossipers). So I had about 6 preparations, and I did next weeks Intermediates, so that makes seven. (My kids home schooling was light last week). Busy week. By Sunday night I was horse and today I am worse. Staying up at night working on these things is a killer.