2017 Group 2 Day 7

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....

2017 Group 2 Day 6

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...

2017 Group 2 Day 5

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...

2017 Group 2 Day 4

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...

2017 Group 2 Day 3

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...

2017 Group 2 Day 2

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?...