John Simons

Mission Trip - Leaving Today

Most of the team is already on the ground in Paraguay.  Josh and I leave today to join them.  We leave Ocala today at noon.  We will arrive in Paraguay around 2:30 tomorrow afternoon.  That is a long trip.

Please pray for safe travel, for effective evangelism, and for God to be glorified.  I hope to post photos and updates at least a couple of times while we are in Paraguay.

Tags: Missions, Paraguay, travel

Spanish and Me - a History

Since I am preparing to head to South America, I have come to realize that my Spanish has gotten very rusty. Once upon a time, I could speak and understand Spanish fairly well, even if I was never really fluent. Of course, before that I really hated the Spanish language.

For starters, my mom was a high school Spanish teacher. She even went and did an exchange program while she was teaching. She went and spent a month (I think) living with a family in Saltillo, Mexico to improve her Spanish. My dad knew a little Spanish, but really not very much. My mom always wanted my brother and I to learn Spanish, and I can remember her giving us impromptu lessons while she cooked dinner, or at other times during everyday life. At that point, neither my brother nor I were particularly interested in learning a language that we didn’t see much need for.

› Continue reading

Tags: English, Language, Paraguay, South America, Spanish, travel