by Power Editor | Jan 15, 2018 | Trip 2018
Faith Based Ministries … Who/What is the Target of Your Faith? Morning worship and devotions took place at Border Missions, a non-profit, non-denominational ministry located in Hildalgo, Texas just across the border from Reynosa. For the past sixty-one years...
by Power Editor | Jan 14, 2018 | Trip 2018
POWER MINISTRY 2018 ….. WEEK ONE/DAY FOUR Now is the Time To Worship ….. Now is the time for a Festival!! by Terry Hickey Sunday on a Power Trip week is a day for worship and to conduct a community festival, as opposed to day of construction …. but...
by Power Editor | Jan 14, 2018 | Trip 2018
POWER MINISTRY 2018 … WEEK ONE/DAY THREE “Get Out Day … We’re Going On A Road Trip” See You Next Year Acuna …. Work continued in Acuna and at Faith Mission during the first half of the day. After lunch all of our personal gear and...
by Power Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | Trip 2018
POWER MINISTRY 2018 ….. WEEK ONE/DAYTWO “Find out what that ONE thing is, and do it” (Curly’s Secret to a Successful Life – “City Slickers”) Greetings from Acuna, … and the Men of Week One; including not only those from...
by Power Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | Trip 2018
POWER MINISTRY 2018 ….. WEEK ONE / DAY ONE ACTS 1: 8 … But you will receive POWER when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. With the above words of Paul, the...
by Power Editor | Jan 30, 2017 | Trip 2017
God is working on my heart. After our debriefing meeting at the Travel Lodge in San Antonio, I said my good byes, hopped into the van with a few others for the short ride to the airport, and then found myself all alone for several hours waiting for my flight. I had...
by Power Editor | Jan 29, 2017 | Trip 2017
Well, I missed all of Saturday, as I came down with a nasty sore throat, and stayed at the hotel in McAllen all day. The rest of the group did a construction project in the morning, then helped with the festival at Alianza Church in the afternoon. The festival is one...
by Power Editor | Jan 27, 2017 | Trip 2017
After a short night at iStay Hotel in McAllen, we had breakfast and met for our 7 am devotion in one of their conference rooms. Jay & John led us in worship songs, then Dave talked about Phil. 2:3-4 again. Today he shared about King David, how he was a sinner...
by Power Editor | Jan 26, 2017 | Trip 2017
I am sort of winging it tonight, as it is 11:45 pm, and we just arrived at our hotel in McAllen, Texas, after a 6 hour drive from Del Rio. It was a good day, starting out as usual with singing, a devotion, and prayers before we headed out across the border. Jay, one...
by Power Editor | Jan 25, 2017 | Trip 2017
Our first full day on the Mexico border area. I started out early, waking to a few others rousing up at 5:30 am, and saw Pat Schmeling starting to cook bacon in the kitchen. He was in there by himself, and seemed kind of lonely. I had not yet helped out any in the...
by Power Editor | Jan 24, 2017 | Trip 2017
Tuesday: We all gathered at the hotel in San Antonio late in the afternoon, after our various plane trips from a bunch of states. This is my fourth trip. I look forward to it every year. I have moved to another city since I first started coming with the Temecula...
by Power Editor | Jan 24, 2017 | Trip 2017
Our last day began with not enough sleep. The van group cleaned all the vans to prepare them for Group 3 then they went out to eat. My roommate didn’t get into his bed till 5AM. After breakfast we formed a rectangle of chairs to share our personal highlights....
by Power Editor | Jan 23, 2017 | Trip 2017
This was our last full day since we are heading to San Antonio late today. We made an early departure at 7 AM for the Border Mission in Hidalgo. The director greeted us along with the one of the pastors of a church we will be working on. He told about their work then...
by Power Editor | Jan 22, 2017 | Trip 2017
We woke up in the plush surrounding of the Smart I Stay Hotel and enjoyed breakfast fellowship. We headed across the border to Reynosa and followed the Rio Grand littered with dumps of garbage. We were welcomed to a village setting called Senda de Vida. The entrance...
