Category Archives: Yearly Trip

While last night it approached midnight as most POWER team members called it a night. This morning, they needed to be packed, with their bag on the luggage van — ready to depart the Red Roof Inn in Laredo by 7:00 AM. They were on the road to El Cenizo, for a quick breakfast at […]

Third day of the trip, it’s Wednesday, and the group spent the day in Acuna. If you caught today’s earlier mobile post, for those of us on the JOY (Jesus – Others -You) Tour and puppet team, the morning started with a smooth border crossing, followed by a police stop (scroll down to read more […]

Today went great. We will be posting more later tonight after we make our way to Laredo, TX.

No problem crossing the border this morning — but shortly after crossing, our van (driven by Loren Vander Schaaf) got pulled over by the local policia. Then the three other vans in front of us got pulled over, too. That’s a little nerve wracking. BUT no problem. They were just checking in with us, and […]

As Much As We Can“This might be the only mission trip some of these guys ever go on,” said Mark LeDuc last night — early this morning, really — before we hit the sack. It was about 2 AM, and the IHOP bible study group hadn’t returned to their dorm beds yet. There were three […]

This morning, men from ten states rolled out of bed with a single objective: make their way to San Antonio, TX. They started in Rome, GA and Riverside, CA; Oklahoma City and Maurice, IA. There were veterans and first-timers, all with a similar expectation of God working in big ways over the next week. A […]

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Magdiel and Matamorros… a big finish to the week two mission trip! Today we crossed the border from Brownsville to Matamoros on the gulf coast. The tropical weather, warm sun and cool breeze was a perfect backdrop to the day of encouragement and ministry. We entered Magdiel Bible College that prepares young men and women […]

Debriefing and Travel This morning is our debriefing. This is where we try to express to one another in words what God has done in our midst and in our hearts. It’s a touching time of hearing men express their love for Jesus and the privilege of serving Him in this way. There are stories […]

Border Mission, Hidalgo… is a staging area for distributing Bibles, rice, beans to Reynosa. Our assignment was to “demo” (demolish) a large structure. This can be a lot of fun, since we get the opportunity to swing sledge hammers, and use skill saws and sawsalls to break things. The job was more difficult than expected. […]