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Good morning. Buenos dias! It is Wednesday morning. We survived the first day of our projects in Acuna. I was so wiped out that I could not do my reporting until the morning after. Getting old is tough. It was a good day though. We started out with breakfast at Faith Mission. Clay Ramirez gave […]

Good evening. I will be attempting to give you all a word’s eye view of what POWER is doing on Group One. Someone asked me at work yesterday if I was excited about my upcoming vacation. I told him that I wouldn’t exactly call it a vacation. But on the other hand, I look forward […]

It’s 2:00 am and the night is young for the van crew as they head off to a local IHOP were they will have their weekly late night bible study.  The drivers and their shotguns are fast asleep in bed after a long 4 hour drive from Reynosa, Mexico to San Antonio, Texas.  With little […]

We hit the road early today, leaving the hotel in McAllen at 7 am, and arriving at Alliance Church in Reynosa before 8 am. We went to an upper meeting room, where we sang a few songs, then Brian shared from the Bible again. He continued teaching us about ‘redeeming the time’, then we all […]

Today was a good day! We started out at Sende De Vita (Hector’s homeless shelter). Only it doesn’t look so much like a shelter anymore. The government paid to put down concrete paving throughout the entire place, with concrete curb and gutter out in front. So once you get off the rutted dirt road, you […]

Friday, Power Group, Week 3 We started out the day as we always do, worshiping and praising God in song, then Brian talked to us about ‘teachable moments’ for ourselves as he shared the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10:17-22. We need to be continually reminded of not making idols, whether it […]

We all crawled out of our bunk beds around 6 am. The weather is warm, and the sleep was refreshing. After breakfast, Brian Park shared a devotion with us about ‘Powerful Moments’ in our lives, using Ephesians 5:15-16 as a reference. We all have our ‘aha’ moments, but he encouraged us to ‘walk circumspectly, redeeming […]

I would be remiss if I didn’t start this journalistic effort without a story of travel adventures (if you knew me, you would understand). I met the group from Riverside at the Long Beach Airport, and promptly lost my iPhone. I realized it after about 5 minutes, and knew that it had to be at […]

It’s the end of week 2 and the guys have left.  They left with full bellies stuffed with hot dogs from Dave Johnson’s favorite chili dog establishment. But now with the guys gone and many left over “dogs” Dave Johnson’s heart kicks into action. In the Power Ministry our work is never done.  The leadership […]

Matthew 4:19-20 Today was a blessing on several levels.   We did not have the typical “work assignment” day that has personified this POWER trip.  The drive from McAllen last night was uneventful.  We stopped & had dinner at Rudy’s BBQ.  This was my first exposure to one of the various Texas-style BBQ’s.  Great stuff – […]