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...
by Power Editor | Jan 21, 2017 | Trip 2017
We began Saturday at The Stepping Stone Missionary Center and enjoyed a full breakfast provided by the pastor’s wife. Then devotions included spirit fill singing and another message on upside down living. We loaded the vans and headed across the Mexican border...
by Power Editor | Jan 20, 2017 | Trip 2017
We began the day aware that it was inauguration day for our country but focused on the work that lay ahead of us across the border in Acuna. I am beginning to be aware of the shift in daily responsibilities that many carry and for which I am grateful. There is a depth...
by Power Editor | Jan 19, 2017 | Trip 2017
Morning came early but included a filling breakfast. Then came a surprise for me, the singing. I do not know what it was but as we began to sing, my eyes were filled with tears, running down my cheeks. What is it about? Was it the songs or the harmony of men singing?...
by Power Editor | Jan 18, 2017 | Trip 2017
The day began at 4 AM with my alarm clock reminding me that my Power Ministry week was beginning. My brother arrived and we drove to meet at Magnolia Presbyterian Church parking lot at 5:30 to meet others that were going. Once we cleared the stop and go traffic on the...
by Power Editor | Jan 17, 2017 | Trip 2017
Another morning begins with a new twist. Luby’s. How often does a cafeteria open for breakfast for a group of men on a mission trip and from what I understand 3 years in a row. We were the only patrons in the entire building. 76 men, worship time, our speaker, and two...
