Monthly Archives: January 2017

God is working on my heart. After our debriefing meeting at the Travel Lodge in San Antonio, I said my good byes, hopped into the van with a few others for the short ride to the airport, and then found myself all alone for several hours waiting for my flight. I had not come as […]

Well, I missed all of Saturday, as I came down with a nasty sore throat, and stayed at the hotel in McAllen all day. The rest of the group did a construction project in the morning, then helped with the festival at Alianza Church in the afternoon. The festival is one of my favorite things […]

After a short night at iStay Hotel in McAllen, we had breakfast and met for our 7 am devotion in one of their conference rooms. Jay & John led us in worship songs, then Dave talked about Phil. 2:3-4 again. Today he shared about King David, how he was a sinner like the rest of […]

I am sort of winging it tonight, as it is 11:45 pm, and we just arrived at our hotel in McAllen, Texas, after a 6 hour drive from Del Rio. It was a good day, starting out as usual with singing, a devotion, and prayers before we headed out across the border. Jay, one of […]

Our first full day on the Mexico border area. I started out early, waking to a few others rousing up at 5:30 am, and saw Pat Schmeling starting to cook bacon in the kitchen. He was in there by himself, and seemed kind of lonely. I had not yet helped out any in the kitchen […]

Tuesday: We all gathered at the hotel in San Antonio late in the afternoon, after our various plane trips from a bunch of states. This is my fourth trip. I look forward to it every year. I have moved to another city since I first started coming with the Temecula group, but still wouldn’t want […]

Our last day began with not enough sleep. The van group cleaned all the vans to prepare them for Group 3 then they went out to eat. My roommate didn’t get into his bed till 5AM. After breakfast we formed a rectangle of chairs to share our personal highlights. For many it was the singing, […]

This was our last full day since we are heading to San Antonio late today. We made an early departure at 7 AM for the Border Mission in Hidalgo. The director greeted us along with the one of the pastors of a church we will be working on. He told about their work then we […]

We woke up in the plush surrounding of the Smart I Stay Hotel and enjoyed breakfast fellowship. We headed across the border to Reynosa and followed the Rio Grand littered with dumps of garbage. We were welcomed to a village setting called Senda de Vida. The entrance was paved and residents greeted us for worship. […]

We began Saturday at The Stepping Stone Missionary Center and enjoyed a full breakfast provided by the pastor’s wife. Then devotions included spirit fill singing and another message on upside down living. We loaded the vans and headed across the Mexican border at Laredo to Nuevo Laredo. It was already a hot day when we […]