Power Ministry

We have officially finished our construction projects for the 2012 year of the Power missions, and we have accomplished so much through God. Reynosa, saw our men create with just 12 hours of work a nearly finished Senior Center. We performed outreach to the community to the Border Mission in Texas, we Worked on a dining hall expansion and electrical wiring in a children’s home, but most importantly we got to share the love of our God with our brothers and sisters in Christ. God was gracious enough to keep the rain away while we worked and ministered to the Reynosa people. The lives touched will have an eternal impact.
Check out the photos flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerministry .
Praise God!

The leader on the Project, Larry Johnson asked me: “Do you Drywall”? To which I replied. “I Dry clothes…I Dry Dishes!” He assured me that I could do this” So I began hammering nails into the drywall to secure it to the beams and frame of this new house. I couldn’t help but think of two things: First, how one day in the future after paint and decorations, and furniture, someone in this family would be laughing, reading, or sleeping in this room, in this home, in which I was nailing up drywall to make it possible; Second, How one day, over 2000 years ago the same type nails were used to hang Jesus Christ to a Beam… The Beam of the cross in which he was the drywall, in which we could comfortably laugh, read and sleep because he gave his life and saved us to make that possible.

“Twiggs”
With Christian Love, from Crossroads Christian Church- Corona CA

Hello again my power junkie friends and welcome to another night of Spiritual renewal, brought to you by another day of spiritual grace. Today on our prayer day, we attended one service in the States presided by pastor Bill, and then to Reynosa to hear a second. While language differences made conscious understanding of the word by word translation impossible (especially for a 100% non Spanish speaker, I was amazed to feel God’s presence. It was an exhilarating service filled with music, dancing, and the friendliest people I could hope to meet. I wouldn’t want to give the impression that this day of rest meant sleeping and telling jokes, because after the second service we went off to throw a party where people from the community came to celebrate the love of our God.
So while I have you, I would like to ask you…Is understanding, or rather the desire to understand what God wants from our lives becoming a barrier which blocks the way for more meaning in your life? I noticed that while I couldn’t understand the language of the person speaking at times, I did understand the word of God when spoken. And to me, that means truth, I can understand the Truth, frankly that is big.
It also means I need to begin to reevaluate some of the choices I make in terms of my walk with Christ. Perhaps it is time to stop attempting to “understand” what God Wants in our lives, but time to start to OBEY.
Tomorrow we have many great activities planned, but I don’t want to spoil it for you, as always check out our photos on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerministry .

Keep us in your prayers and God Bless.

Good Evening Y’all… That’s Tex’n for all of you, and before we get too deep into the wonderful things God has been working into the lives of people living in the Mexican, and Texas region let me ask those who may know; why is there such a preponderance of apostrophes in Texas vernacular. It is this humble blogger’s hope that the reason is they have such nice things to say, that God has given a vocabulary where one could string 5 or more words into the space of one word….As in Y’all’haven’yo’sef’good’evnin’, it kinda rolls off the tongue.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerministry Go there and check out all the photos from today. But for those who are enraptured by my prose let me tell you of the beauty and the Glory of our Lord and Savior (amen). We finished a roof for a family, electrified missionary duplexes, added siding and extended a restroom area to the same missionary duplex. In the dormitories at Faith Mission (not to be confused with Faith Mission International) we finished up the front porch, as well as loaded God only knows how many lbs. of beans and rice (each bag has enough servings for 504 people) I am probably missing so much, but when God is working through someone it takes them over, and leaves them asking for nothing but to be worthy enough to be working for such a kind and gracious master.
Huge shout-out to the family and friends who are praying for us and supporting this true work of our Lord. We miss you all.
Tomorrow is Sunday, and I am so ready to get my worship on, my personal favorite time of day, and tomorrow, I will be swimming in it, oh oh oh, and did I mention a party tomorrow? Carnival in Mexico with the ninos…(sorry I don’t know how to do the squiggle line) How awesome is our God to give us these moments in life? Family, when we return we shall have those moments to share as well.
Till next time God Bless, Keep Praying, and Y’all’get’yo’sef’sum’beauty’res’cause’tommorrow’y’all’gonna’be’lookin’evn’betta’than’taday!

Prayer/Praise Requests:

Today we ask everyone to lift up our brother Steve Huddleston and we ask Father God to help him primarily with his walk with God, but also for guidance and direction in his business affairs.

Tonight we ask everyone to keep Mike Day’s family in your hearts as he has been called Home leaving them behind.

We also pray for Barrie Day’s medical difficulties, and subsequent difficulties in finding ways to pay for these difficulties.

We pray for Robert, Adam’s dad, he recently suffered a heart attack, but is presently doing well thanks to our King.

Tommy lifts up his friends and family currently experiencing medical difficulties, and asks God for a speedy and painless recovery

And always we Praise God for giving us the opportunity to serve Him this week and for teaching others of the loving sacrifice He made so that we may be with Him always.
Praise God!

God Has set us apart again tonight to lift up our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you all for your prayerful support. I believe that God is listening, and His spirit is felt in what we do.

Tonight Fred lifts up Liz to God and asks Him to help her with her vision, macular degeneration, and we pray surgery, if necessary, ultimately results in healing.

We all pray for Ken for a safe trip home tomorrow. As he consoles his Associate pastor during his moment of grief over the loss of his wife. Our hearts and prayers go out to you.

Pat prays for the new relationships among the men here that God can sustain them and use them as a way of bringing us all closer to Him.

Rick asks God to help with his confusion and to Speak guidance into his heart so that he understands clearly and without conflict the actions he should take.

Robert asks God to be with the Moss family and Billy during his difficult medical issues.

Praise Reports.

Way to go God for giving us the strength to finish the Acuna projects.
for the inspiring reception from the inmates,
for the touching testimony’s of our brothers in Christ.
and for all the souls who have made the choice to accept Christ in their hearts.

All Praise to God.

Thank you Family and friends for your thoughts and prayers. It is being felt and God is giving us His strength thanks to you.

–In Christ love

Sometimes I have doubts, I wonder how much of my life is directed by either God or myself. Seeing the lives of children who live less than a mile away from our border, and at times, a rather cynical view of “random” car checks that lead me to believe, perhaps life is not as random and I am not is as control as I had hoped. I am beginning to realize that only God has that total control in our lives.

This morning, prior to our divine driven excursion, each man heard a devotion and an explanation of an experiment I had seen Dr. Stephen Covey do in some Leadership class I have taken….

So what are your “big rocks”. As a Christian I would argue there can only be one, and that would be building and nurturing our relationship with God through His son Jesus Christ. But in the “big rock” analogy I realized That while some things may need to be sacrificed, it is possible I would outgrow some of the thing that I once was, There still is room.

See my fear is that if I REEEEAAAALY put God first, I wouldn’t be able to do anything else (WWWWRRRROOOOOO OOOOOONNNNNNGGGG) The truth is I wold be able to enjoy more of God’s gifts when I am on the same track as him.

Today each Man here, put God first. We all experienced His love and compassion, His joy, and his desire to be in our lives. Joy tours got to see the experience of one of our own binging a lost soul back to start their relationship with Jesus. Others worked construction in ways perhaps unfamiliar to them before. and Others served their brothers by preparing delicious meals. However as one becomes closer to Christ, We cannot start as an empty vessle, but as one who is filled with our Father’s love.

God Bless You All,
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