by admin | Jan 16, 2016 | Yearly Trip
POWER TRIP – Week Two … Day Two After a short nights sleep (sometimes referred to as a nap!) the Team set out for a 6:45am breakfast at Luby’s Cafeteria ( how cool is it that a restaurant that does not even open for breakfast, would open their doors to serve...
by admin | Jan 16, 2016 | Yearly Trip
It was a long day, but a good day today. I was awakened by the POWER wake up call at 6:10 am. I had slept through the whole night, which was extremely unusual for me. I thought at first it was my roommate’s alarm going off. I was dead to the world. I made it...
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Yearly Trip
“On the Road Again … We just can’t wait to get on the road again!” (Apologies to Willie Nelson) In spite of a long travel day for Power Teams arriving from Georgia, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, and California, the Week Two Power Team is eager to embark on its five hour van ride...
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Yearly Trip
Breakfast was at 6 am in the iStay Hotel in McAllen today. After a couple of songs led by Dave, Cameron & Clay with their guitars, we heard an message from Clay using Ephesians 3:20-21 to encourage us to ‘take the cap off our life’. “Now to Him who is...
by admin | Jan 14, 2016 | Yearly Trip
We started out our second day in Del Rio/Acuna with breakfast at Faith Mission, worship songs, then a short message from Clay about not always having to rely on others for spiritual inspiration, but developing our own spiritual maturity. The main verses were from I...
by admin | Jan 13, 2016 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 11, 2016 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Feb 3, 2015 | Yearly Trip
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. ...
by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Feb 1, 2015 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 31, 2015 | Yearly Trip
Friday, Power Group, Week 3 We started out the day as we always do, worshiping and praising God in song, then Brian talked to us about ‘teachable moments’ for ourselves as he shared the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10:17-22. We need to be continually reminded...
by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Yearly Trip
We all crawled out of our bunk beds around 6 am. The weather is warm, and the sleep was refreshing. After breakfast, Brian Park shared a devotion with us about ‘Powerful Moments’ in our lives, using Ephesians 5:15-16 as a reference. We all have our ‘aha’ moments, but...
by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Yearly Trip
I would be remiss if I didn’t start this journalistic effort without a story of travel adventures (if you knew me, you would understand). I met the group from Riverside at the Long Beach Airport, and promptly lost my iPhone. I realized it after about 5 minutes, and...
by admin | Jan 29, 2015 | Yearly Trip
It’s the end of week 2 and the guys have left. They left with full bellies stuffed with hot dogs from Dave Johnson’s favorite chili dog establishment. But now with the guys gone and many left over “dogs” Dave Johnson’s heart kicks into...
