Mercado Monday

Posted in Mercado Monday by Amanda

Mercado Mondays will be posts dedicated to highlighting new photographs taken by me or products from Mexico that I have for sell in my market, or “mercado.”

This lovely Monday I would like to share with you one of my favorite prints taken in Mexico. It’s a photo of bougainvilleas growing on a vine ladder attached to one of the houses in Piedra Angular. You can purchase this 5×7 print presented on matte board as you see below for $10. To view more photographs and prices check out my Photography page.

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© Amanda Lee Photography. “Flores.” 5×7 matted print. $10.

20Jul2015

Frontera Fuerte

Posted in Frontera Fuerte by Amanda

Piedras Negras is known as ¨the strong border of Mexico,¨ or ¨la frontera fuerte de Mexico.¨ Posts on ¨frontera fuerte¨ will be dedicated to sharing more about the city and the area of the world that I have grown to love. So, welcome to the tour!

For this first tour update, I would like to give you an idea of our location. Piedras Negras is situated directly across from the Rio Grande on the other side of Texas. The only thing that separates Piedras Negras from Eagle Pass, Texas, is a bridge to get across the river.

San Antonio, Texas, is about 2.5 hours from us, and if you would ever like to come for a visit, that´s the airport you would fly into! No international flights necessary here. Easy peasy!

We are also in the middle of the dessert. Think dry heat and cacti. The closest big body of water, the Gulf of Mexico, is about 3.5 hours away in Corpus Christi, Texas.

For more info about our city, check out my page here.

13Jul2015

Ministry Minds: CrossRoads Missions

Posted in Ministry Minds by Amanda

“Ministry Minds” is a blog category dedicated to highlighting ministries, organizations, and people that I have witnessed to be a powerful presence and example of servant-leadership and sharing Christ’s love.

The first ministry I would like to highlight is CrossRoads Missions! CrossRoads has permanent fields in Appalachia, New Orleans, and Piedras Negras. We also serve all over the U.S. and other parts of the world through Help Build Hope and Storytellers. I was first introduced to CrossRoads in Piedras Negras as a college summer intern in 2008 (see photo). Those sure were the good ‘ole days!

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What I like most about CrossRoads Missions is that their focus is on partnering with already-existing ministries to empower and equip them to continue serving full-strength within their own city. In Piedras Negras, we’ve partnered with schools, orphanages, soup kitchens, churches, etc. It’s really awe-inspiring to see how God is at work all over the city through all the different ministries.

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Another unique part of the ministry of CrossRoads in Piedras Negras is Piedra Angular, which is a neighborhood of homes that CrossRoads has built over the course of almost 18 years. The vision behind this project is to be a “hub” for Christian families to live and have community and then go out into the city to serve in their various ministries.

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I am so excited to become the Field Coordinator for all the different aspects of our ministry in Piedras Negras and to be able to connect everyone! To learn more about CrossRoads and what my role will look like, check out this page. To visit CrossRoads’ main website, check it out here.

Peace.

6Jul2015

¡Bienvenidos!

Posted in Newsletters by Amanda

Hi, friends. Consider this your official welcome to my website! Feel free to explore. This is the “home page” where all my newest blog posts will show up. If you scroll down, you’ll see my very first post. Look above, and you’ll see a menu bar with other pages to navigate through. Learn more about my new position with CrossRoads Missions in Mexico here. Check out cool items for sale in my Mercado here. And get involved with my ministry, visit here.

If you would like to be notified every time I update my blog, you can sign up to follow me over to the right. I hope to use this media to keep you all informed and involved in all that’s going on with my ministry in Mexico!

In the spirit of July 4th, I leave you with a picture of what it’s like to watch Texas fireworks from Mexico on the Rio Grande border.