by Power Editor | Jan 20, 2024 | Trip 2024
Festival, festival, festival!! Day three started off chilly – in the 30s, which is COLD for southern Texas! But that’s OK, the power men easily persevered through by the grace of God. Our devotion was given again by Tim James who is getting better as the week...
by Power Editor | Jan 19, 2024 | Trip 2024
What a day! The 46 men that make up week two of the 2024 power mission trip, started off by heading to Reynosa and participated in phenomenal music and devotions led by our very own, Tim James. His message was “I will not be ashamed” which spoke to me personally. Then...
by Power Editor | Jan 18, 2024 | Trip 2024
And we’re off! Day one of week two, 2024 is in the books! My name is Ben and I am a first year attendee with Power and I’ll be your journalist for the week. So far, I’m very impressed with Power. The organization, leadership, ministry and fellowship opportunity...
by Power Editor | Jan 16, 2024 | Trip 2024
Another cold morning warmed up with hot food for breakfast. Worship and devotions were held at the Valley Baptist Retreat. Our devotion theme continued from Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed “. We then hit the road going southeast to the border crossing in...
by Power Editor | Jan 15, 2024 | Trip 2024
A cold morning greeted us, 33 degrees F (only occurs two to three times a year!). Breakfast and hot coffee got us going though. We held our worship and devotions at the Casa de Fe (house of faith) church in Mexico. The pastor and some of the congregation greeted us...
by Power Editor | Jan 14, 2024 | Trip 2024
We started the Sabbath bright and early with a hearty breakfast. We had another stress-free border crossing and headed to the Senda De Vida facility run by Hector and his wife. The facility is an exceptionally well run camp for 1200 people from about ten countries all...
by Power Editor | Jan 13, 2024 | Trip 2024
Another bright and early start to the day with breakfast served at 6:30. Waffles shaped like the state if Texas alone with chorizo and eggs were the specials. We hit the road for worship and devotion at the Border Mission facility. This mission started back in the...
by Power Editor | Jan 12, 2024 | Trip 2024
Our day started similar to yesterday, a hearty breakfast at 6:30 followed by stirring worship and then the daily devotion. Our devotion theme for the week is from Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel”. We then headed across the border into...
by Power Editor | Jan 11, 2024 | Trip 2024
Most of the men arrived without problems, getting to the Faith Mission in Del Rio, Texas around 9 pm after enjoying a tasty meal at a Chinese buffet. Unfortunately, the last eight men didn’t make it to the Mission until 1 in the morning due to canceled flights...
by Power Editor | Mar 7, 2023 | Trip 2023
Today was our last work day in Mexico. After some great worship songs, Pat came up for his last message on Hebrews, chapter 11. Before starting, he informed us that our group of men doubled the previous record of purchases at the POWER store last night! He then read...
by Power Editor | Mar 6, 2023 | Trip 2023
It was up at 7 am today for me. The breakfast crew got up a lot earlier- around 5 am, to have breakfast ready by 6. I could have used more sleep, but as the day progressed, I felt better. You can’t help but get motivated with the work that POWER does on the border!...
by Power Editor | Mar 5, 2023 | Trip 2023
We got to sleep in a little today. We didn’t leave the Valley Retreat Center until 8:45 am. I also fixed my computer to reset to time zones automatically. I had been fooled into thinking that it wasn’t so late when I start typing these musings. We drove across the...
by Power Editor | Mar 4, 2023 | Trip 2023
Third day using the Valley Baptist Retreat Center as our lodging place. We started our day with another well prepared breakfast in the Retreat Center cafeteria, but today jumped in the vans, heading across the border to the Rio Bravo facility in Reynosa for devotions....
by Power Editor | Mar 3, 2023 | Trip 2023
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...
