Hello! We're the Finchers from Nashville, TN. Check back here often to read about our adventures in our new life at the City of Children in Ensenada, Mexico.
© Jeff & Natasha Fincher
Jul
27
Last weekend Natasha and I went home to Nashville so I could perform the wedding ceremony of two of my former students. It was a beautiful and busy weekend as we were in town for only 48 hours. During that time, we were able to briefly visit with some of our friends and family.
We hung [...]
Jul
27
We had a great week with the group from Mayfair in Huntsville, AL last week. Here are a few pictures from their trip:
Jul
19
Here are a few pictures from the group that we hosted last week:
This is our teen girls with some of the cast from the skit doing an evil laugh:
Here is the rest of the cast:
Our preschoolers loved the puppet shows each afternoon:
This was the finale of a dance that our teen girls did for the [...]
Jul
19
Last week was the hottest week we’ve seen since we moved here! It got all the way up to 89 degrees. I know those of you back east are scoffing at that last sentence but that was really hot for Ensenada. So when the dorm parents in the baby dorm pulled out the swimming pool, [...]
Jul
12
Natasha and I have been amazed at how creative our summer mission teams have been at retelling the stories that we assigned them to teach back in February. One of the groups produced a series of videos before they arrived to review the stories that had already been told. These videos were great and our [...]
Jul
7
Last week, in addition to us hosting lots of friends and family (click HERE to read all about it) last week, we had 3 guys that graduated from Lipscomb come and visit. They didn’t fly out until Sunday, July 5th, and so Natasha and I showed them around Ensenada and San Diego on Saturday the [...]
Jul
7
We don’t have a group here this week. So while walking across campus, I heard singing and decided to check it out. Miriam (one of our recent graduates) was sitting under a tree with Jhonny and Jose. She taught them a song that they would like to share with you now. It is entitled, It’s [...]
Jul
3
Is there anything more beautiful than the smile of a happy child?! This is Karla getting ready to go down one of the slides on our new playground for the first time. Notice the hordes of paparazzi down below. You’ve got to click on this picture to get the full effect!
Jul
3
The work on our new park began with the Campbell Street group and the Goodlettsville groups preparing the ground, clearing weeds and trash, and removing large dirt piles. Then the Southside / GACS groups did the hard work of digging the holes for all of the poles:
Finally, the Pleasant Ridge / Western Hills [...]
Jul
3
Today we went to a new restaurant in Ensenada that serves really authentic Mexican tacos that we’ve never seen anywhere else here in town. Some of the highlights of this restaurant included several different types of tacos including birria (which is like roast beef), chicken mole (which is chicken in a sauce made out of [...]
