by admin | Jan 21, 2013 | Yearly Trip
It’s the last day in Mexico for this week’s POWER team!First, a quick breakfast at the hotel — for those who didn’t sleep in too late. Then it’s boarding the vans for our trip to Reynosa and the Dome Church: Alianza Cristiana.It’s...
by admin | Jan 20, 2013 | Yearly Trip
Today and tomorrow, we’re back in Reynosa at the Dome Church: Alianza Cristiana. While there were work projects in the morning, this afternoon’s work sites were cleaned up, and the POWER teams prepped for the festival, which drew hundreds of local children...
by admin | Jan 19, 2013 | Yearly Trip
GRADUATING CLASS OF 2013Today is a day a lot of the POWER guys look forward to every year, and that’s visiting Magdiel Bible School (find it on Google Maps by clicking here: Instituto Biblico Magdiel). It’s in Matamoros, directly across the border from...
by admin | Jan 18, 2013 | Yearly Trip
After a very short night, the POWER men were up again early this morning. If they had the time, they ate a fast breakfast at the hotel — and along with their luggage were on the vans by 7 AM. Next stop, devotion time at Ezequiel Aljandro’s POWER church in...
by admin | Jan 17, 2013 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 16, 2013 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 16, 2013 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 15, 2013 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 15, 2013 | Yearly Trip
We’re about 45 minutes out of Del Rio on Hwy 90 in a caravan of 12 POWER vans, having stopped for dinner in San Antonio. Richard Chabolla in our van was the facilitator, introducing guys to one another, learning how they ended up on the trip this year. Joel...
by admin | Jan 14, 2013 | Yearly Trip
This year, rather than flying in with the POWER guys from Southern California, I used frequent flyer miles to save some green, staying with friends in Austin Sunday night. Traveling as a single for a trip like this offers its own opportunities. From Ontario to...
by admin | Jan 31, 2012 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 30, 2012 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 30, 2012 | Yearly Trip
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...
by admin | Jan 29, 2012 | Yearly Trip
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...
