Buenos tardes, amigos and amigas! We have completed our last “big” work day of the mission trip, and as I write this, the others are trying to gather in their gear and prepare to pack up early tomorrow morning before we head over to the colonias. It is the new normal for us, as we … [Read more…]
Hola, amigos and amigas! We have completed another great day serving the Lord in Reynosa. Yes, it was hot, but today, it was also somewhat cloudy and there was a breeze all morning. What a blessing! Today, we were scheduled to pour the ring and columns. This involves mixing lots of concrete and passing buckets … [Read more…]
Hello from your Mexico Missionaries What a full day we have had today! Our mornings always begin with coffee, (prepared by Doug the night before,) then a great breakfast prepared by the two Diane’s and Charles Bell, (our Weslaco FPC helper,) which is followed by our morning devotional. This morning, we spent part of our … [Read more…]
Hola, dear friends! We have spent a wonderful day serving others in the colonias today. We are following a slightly different schedule this year. The folks from Faith Ministry have requested that we arrive in the colonias a little later in the morning, so we are having breakfast at 6:00, devotional at 6:35, and departure … [Read more…]
Greetings from your mission team in Weslaco, Texas. Guess what? It is hot in Texas today! The word on the street is that the temperature will reach the 100’s every day we are here. We will surely have some acclimating to do this week. As is our new normal, our day began on Saturday morning … [Read more…]
editor’s note: Click Here to view many pictures from this year’s trip. Dear Friends – We have safely arrived back home and thank God for His many blessings this past week. Our travel days were blissfully uneventful as we made our way from Weslaco to Baytown, Texas, on Friday afternoon, and then drove from Baytown … [Read more…]
Hola, Amigos and Amigas! Our mission team of 17, plus many helpers from Weslaco FPC, are finishing our last day in Texas. Tomorrow will be our final day in the colonias, as we complete the last two rows of blocks on our family’s new home. In a few weeks, another mission group will pour the … [Read more…]
Hello good friends and prayer partners! We have completed another great day in the colonias, as we serve God both physically and spiritually. Yes, it was still quite warm today, but the heat is tolerable, at least until noon; from then on, it seems to double in heat index. The other difficult part of the … [Read more…]
Greetings from Texas. Surprise! It seemed a whole lot hotter today than yesterday, if you can even imagine. I do not think the temperature was higher today; it is just that we were on a concrete floor putting up a concrete block wall in the heat of the sun after 2:00. Wow! It was hard … [Read more…]
Hola from your Mexico missionaries at the end of our first day in the colonias. (No surprise! It is really hot here in south Texas and in the colonias.) We have put in a full day of work building a house and serving the Lord, and we are always grateful for our safe return to … [Read more…]
