2014 WEEK 1, DAY 3: Half Work day in Acuna and Travel

Devotional time this morning was very moving. To be in a room full of 90+ men and have the HOLY SPIRIT move and men begin to weep is an amazingly powerful experience. At FOG (Foundations of Generations church) this morning a group got to play soccer with the Nationals...

2014 WEEK 1, DAY 2: Work day in Acuna

The sun comes up it’s a new day dawning…… After a late night arrival and group logistics maneuvering the men of POWER recharged with a few hours of sleep at Faith Mission in Del Rio.We we’re awoken to the smell of coffee, sausage, and oatmeal....

2014 WEEK 1, DAY 1: ARRIVE IN DEL RIO

All 92 men have arrived in San Antonio ready to start serving the Lord from ages 18 to 95.  After a dinner of country fried steak and bake potatoes at Acadiana we enjoyed getting to know our fellow brothers on our three hour van (12 vans total) ride to Faith Mission...

2013 Week 1, Day 6: Festival at the Dome Church

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...

2013 Week 1, Day 5: Magdiel Bible School

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...

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...

US Highway 90

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...

Power back in the States

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...