2020 Group 1 Day 6

Battles. That was the theme of this mornings devotion to kick off our final day of week one for Power 2020. El Shaddai represents God Almighty. This is our layer of protection when we go to battle. As we finish this trip, we are all reminded that we are going back...

2020 Group 1 Day 5

Jehovah Rafa, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Shalom. Healer, Provider, and Peace giver. Those are the three forms of God that we can experience. This was the start of our day at Border Mission in Hidalgo, TX as delivered through Brian Parks devotion. We loved this message as...

2020 Group 1 Day 4

İTe doy Gloria, Gloria! That phrase has been hummed, sang, and yelled all day. It means “I give you glory, glory!”. Missionary Bruce introduced our Power team to this Mexican worship song this week, and it has been something I have weighed on all day as our team has...

2020 Group 1 Day 3

Greetings from the beautiful town of McAllen, TX! We just touched down to our final destination of the day at the Wyndham Garden Inn (its 11:00PM), and are still in one piece, as one team, serving one God. Today has been…logistical. Most of all of us had a good...

2020 Group 1 Day 2

Good evening from Faith Mission International! I will get straight to the point and let all of you worry warts out there know that all 62 men are healthy, full bellied, and alive. Now to the good stuff… This morning started with a tasty breakfast, followed by some...

2020 Group 1 Day 1

Hello friends, family, and all other loved ones reading this post! We made it to Faith Mission International in one piece, and are quickly getting into the groove of things to kick off the first week of Power Trip 2020! As we settle in, conversations are flowing, food...

2019 Group 3 Day 6

POWER Journal Week 3 Day 6 This is my last blog of week 3. I have enjoyed journaling this trip. Thank you to the POWER leadership for assigning this task. It has been a pleasure! Up for breakfast at 6:30. Guys are looking a bit less tired but still moving slowly....

2019 Group 3 Day 5

Good morning! Last night we got ourselves in to Faith Mission at about 1:30am. But POWER leadership had a bit of mercy upon us and we were allowed to sleep in an extra 1/2 hour. At the Mission we sleep in bunk beds with about 30 guys to a room. It is a real snore...

2019 Group 3 Day 4

POWER Journal Week 3 day 4 Getaway day! Sunday is our traditional day off from work activities. Heavy rain this morning! I am glad I packed my jacket! Temperature will be twenty degrees less than yesterday. Due to the rain we are canceling Bruce Hepburn’s place and...

2019 Group 3 Day 3

POWER Journey week 3 Day 3 Up early at 6:00, Down for breakast and loading into the Vans at 7:00 sharp. Heading to boarder mission. Awesome worship with a shout out to Alex Perez for spontaneous joy leading a Spanish language worship time. Tim James brought forth his...

2019 Group 3 Day 2

POWER Journal week 3 day 2 Up early, 6:15. Between late night crews including Van Crew, water crew, prayer team, media team, and many other tasks necessary to pull this trip off in true POWER style, most men had less than 6 hours sleep. But it’s a big day ahead, tins...

2019 Group 3 Day 1

POWER Journal Day 1 Everyone has a first day like this. Call it a theme with variations. But here is my day… Up early, 3:30 to make it to San Diego in time for our flight. Feeling tired but excited as well. So looking forward to this trip. Drive down to San...

2019 Group 2 Day 6

It was another full day in Del Rio/Acuna. After rolling out of our dorm beds, we had breakfast, devotion, and took communion. Heading across the border, we split up to finish up the projects at yesterday’s sites. My van went to finish a house for the Silva family. The...

2019 Group 2 Day 5

We all did surprisingly well today, considering we were operating on only 4 hours of sleep. Our food crew cooked up a good breakfast offering of eggs, oatmeal, cereal, donuts, juice, several kinds of fruit & of course coffee. We had our morning devotion at the...