2023 Group 3 Day 3

I am freelancing today, as I took only a few notes. It was a busy day! We are still calling Valley Baptist Retreat Center home, for a couple more days. We had our morning devotion in one of the conference rooms at a little after 7 am. Pat spoke again about fearless...

2023 Group 3 Day 2

Today was our first full day down on the border. The bunk bed sleeping arrangements were great, except a group of our guys had been delayed on their flights, and came stumbling in at around 2 am. At first I thought someone was getting up early to go to breakfast. I...

2023 Group 3 Day 1

We are down on the border again! I haven’t seen the list of guys yet, but recognize a lot of men from past years. We do have more than a couple first timers, which is exciting to see. The airline trip went mostly uneventful from Burbank, California for me. My loving...

2023 Group 2 Day 6

Our groups participated in the same activities as mentioned in day 5 (Joy tour, building projects and Track assembly). We also had the unique honor of briefly hearing from Allen Ehlers. Allen is in his 80s and recently had his lovely and godly wife of 65 years,...

2023 Group 2 Day 5

WORSHIP/MESSAGE Cody Gibbs and the worship team were inspiring today. Every day is good, but I had to record the sound of 50 men singing to the Lord in unison. What an experience. Once again, Pat Schmeling was spot on with his admonition from the Lord for us to act...