Expat Living

ANAVETS Mexico Unit 19 celebrated its fifth anniversary on Friday, September 5, with more than 100 members and well-wishers in attendance. Guadalajara’s new Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner Sébastien Moffett and Assistant Consular Officer Stephanie Saavedra were welcomed as honored guests.

Little Chapel by the Lake

Sunday, August 31, Brother Thomas Walker will speak at the 11 a.m. service.

Donations for our mission, San Juan Tecomatlan, are always gladly accepted via our big purple box in front of the Chapel. The next outreach date is Tuesday, September 2, meeting at 3 p.m. in front of the Chapel to carpool to San Juan Tecomatlan.

Tuesday’s Bible Study in the book of Zechariah, is at 4:30 p.m. and Thursday’s Bible Study at 10 a.m. are held at Pastor Thomas’ home at Avenida del Parque 123 in Chula Vista and both are also available via Zoom.

Saturday’s carwash fundraiser is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Chapel by the boys from Mama Cleo’s boys home.

Email belvaajijic @gmail.com for the Zoom link.

Located at Chapala-Ajijic Highway (Hidalgo) 10 in Chula Vista.

Just over a year ago, Dr. Wayne Cook and Dr. Ted Rogers began planning a church on the west side of Ajijic. United in vision, they wanted to start a church that would reach out to the community and meet the needs of locals both in word and deed.

The sounding of the shofar, a trumpet made from a ram’s horn, heralds Rosh Hashanah. This ancient instrument’s cry serves as a call to repentance and a reminder to Jews that God is their king.

Imagine enduring 12 weeks of weekly chemotherapy treatments.

Imagine afterward enduring daily radiation treatments for 12 straight days — after surgeons removed one of your kidneys because the tumor wouldn’t let it go.

Imagine chemotherapy treatments continuing after surgery and radiation, two per month, for seven months — 14 treatments total.

Imagine you’re just a little three-year-old girl. Imagine you’re her parents.

The voices rose almost spontaneously at a community potluck in 2023. One song turned into another, and laughter mixed with harmony as neighbors discovered the joy of gospel music together. Out of that moment, what seemed like a passing suggestion — Why not start a gospel choir? — begun to transform into a movement at Lakeside.