Dave Miller's Mexico

10/16/2024

I’ve got doctors, dentists, eye people and more with me in El Istmo of Oaxaca for 2 weeks of health clinics. Tons of fun, lots of work and a lot of blessings!

10/12/2024

12 years ago I first served with Pastor Gaspar Chable on medical mission in Oaxaca. Today we're both picking people up from different airports in Oaacac for another time of medical mission together. But today Gaspar is making it happen on his birthday! Gaspar Chable, a man with a servant's heart, no matter what. I'm honored to have him as a friend. Feliz Cumpleaños Gaspar! Mil bendiciones. [We were a lot younger then!]

09/21/2024

The first time I experienced this in person, I was walking one night in Oaxaca and saw a bunch of activity near a local intersection. Stopping with my wife to watch what was going on, we soon saw a makeshift wrestling rink going up. Right in the middle of that intersection. And then the fun started as wrestlers and bodies were soon flying everywhere as the people enjoyed a great night of Lucha Libre. It's a great part of the Mexican culture and experience.

09/07/2024

My newest Substack on what's driving the peso lower against the dollar. And of course, a couple of small food bites!

Connecting the dots between AMLO's judicial reforms and the weakening of the Super Peso

08/31/2024

If you follow me, you know I spend significant time in Mexico. Even some of my closest left leaning friends in that country are uncomfortable with a president who is claiming a mandate to reform the judiciary in order to conform it to his will. Read this article...

Diplomats say López Obrador’s judicial reforms threaten Mexico’s young democracy and the United States’ most important trade relationship.

08/03/2024

If you know you know!

07/02/2024

Back to writing. Here's my latest before I get on a plane back to the US. Happy reading...

What the campaign strategy of Mexico's President Obrador can teach Joe Biden as he tries to salvage his campaign after a disastrous debate.

06/23/2024

In my glass yesterday afternoon in Guadalajara… Entre Manos from Amititan, Jalisco

06/17/2024

I can't offer enough Thank You's to all the people who reached out to wish me and Chelle a Happy 45th Anniversary. Hard to comprehend just how long that is. Again, thanks to each and everyone of you, our friends across multiple lines of life.

06/01/2024

Tomorrow is election day in Mexico. I was there six years ago when AMLO won in a landslide. I was there in 2000 when Vicente Fox broke the back of the PRI party after 71 years of election wins. This year I am watching from afar. Stuart Colvin, a friend of mine from Australia, sent this article on the elections, from his islands perspective... it's definitely worth a read!

Mexico’s election is the largest in its history with 20,000 posts in the polls: but the key race is the presidential one, says University of Melbourne expert.

05/21/2024

In 2015 I asked Chef Pilar Cabrera of Restaurante La Olla in Oaxaca to help us at a Vocational Camp I was doing for young people there. I was pretty nervous, not knowing what she would say. Of course she said yes and she's helped me and Adventures In Life many times over. Today I want to say Congrats to my friend for being recognized by Michelin for her restaurant in Oaxaca City. Great job Pilar... felicidades a ti y todo el equipo de La Olla. Nos vemos pronto.

La Olla – a Bib Gourmand: good quality, good value cooking restaurant in the 2024 MICHELIN Guide Mexico. The MICHELIN inspectors’ point of view, information on prices, types of cuisine and opening hours on the MICHELIN Guide's official website

02/11/2024

Sunrise over Guadalajara this morning.

02/06/2024

My good friend Cesar Antonio Vergara and his family is from Viña del Mar in Chile. Here's what a large part of the city looks like today after Lahaina like fires raced through. If you're the praying type, now's a good time.

01/10/2024

My 34th year of serving in Mexico. It never gets old…