2016 Group 1 Day 2: A Full Day in Acuna

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...

2016 Group 1 Day 1: Another Power Trip has Begun

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...

2015 Week 3 Day 6:  Finishing the Race

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. ...

2015 Week 3 Day 5: Super Church, Super Kids, Super Bowl

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...

2015 Week 3 Day 4: Sende De Vita

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...