2013 Week 1, Day 3 – The Work Continues!

In case you dropped by to see the Day 3 blog posting, and saw the great photos, but nothing else — well, like everything during POWER week, there’s a story behind this. And this story involves a dead battery in the POWER truck. If you noticed the...

Getaway Day!

Week 1 projects are where they need to be in Acuna. We had lunch back at Faith Mission, and are loading up the vans right now for our first leg heading southeast for McAllen — with a stop in Laredo for dinner. Pray for a safe caravan. More on today after we get...

2013 Week 1, Day 2: POWER Week Begins in Earnest

Building. That’s what everyone expects to do when they come on the annual POWER trip. Swinging hammers. Pounding nails. Chop saws and sawdust; there was plenty of that today. Walls were framed and roof trusses built with amazing speed.In Ciudad Acuña, across the...

2013 Week 1, Day 1: Arrive in Del Rio

We’ve arrived! Faith Mission in Del Rio, Texas.Dave Barnes of Corona, CA calls the group of more than 80 men (with a large contingent of first timers) to the dining room for the late night orientation. He jokingly scolds one of the bunk rooms. “We’re...