Pics - Before and After

Here are a couple of pictures of a widow's house that was painted this week by a team from Village Parkway Baptist Church. Believe me when I say that there was a lot of work to do here. Thanks to this group for a job well done.

Living Water

Last week I, along with several other guys from our church, helped load a truck with bottled water to send to Monterrey, Mexico. There were hit pretty hard by Hurricane Alex down there, and drinkable water is at a premium. Anyway, as a result of the water distribution (and I'm leaving out a lot of details here), over 100 people have made professions of faith. WOOHOO!

Rounding Up Questions - Driving Home Answers

I'm busy as a (insert animal here) this week. We have 3 teams in town, and they're all going in different directions. AND, we're having our VBS at church this week as well. But it's all good.
All of our teams are from Texas. They are canvassing our local neighborhoods, inviting kids to VBS and passing out copies of the gospel of John. 2 of the groups are painting houses, and one is conducting its own VBS in a local park. Yet another is installing some new playground equipment, among other things. Throw in a broken A/C unit, a torn up lawn mower, a leaky toilet, and a little disaster relief work, and you get missionary nirvana. I wouldn't have it any other way.

The Disaster That Was

While we only suffered minor damages in Brownsville from Hurricane Alex, our friends to the south weren't so lucky. Here are a couple of photos from Monterrey, Mexico.

The Disaster That Wasn't

After giving us all a good scare, Hurricane Alex went south of us. Lots of rain, but not much else. Coverage of the storm can be found here.

Train Up A Child....

Another busy week in the valley. This week we once again worked with a team from Christ Community Church in Omaha, Nebraska. For many years this team worked in Ciudad Juarez, but the violence there forced them to look for another area for ministry. Thankfully, they found us.
The team conducted VBS, played sports with the kids, did some one-on-one evangelism, and built 2 houses. They have been doing trips like this for a long time, and the experience showed. All in all a very good week.
One thing that I must point out is that the students were all 9th graders. Isn't it wonderful that these kids have experienced international missions, and learned the importance of serving others, before they have even begun high school?

River Hills

Earlier today I posted a blog about a group from the Corpus Christi area. Most of this team was from River Hills Baptist Church. Here is a good story about them. Check it out!