God calls us to love our neighbors. Figuring out who our neighbors are is not hard. It’s everyone. Figuring out how to love them is not hard either. You don’t need elaborate plans or a detailed strategy. Jesus’s command to love our neighbors is a lot like the Nike slogan: Just do it. And what’s completely amazing is when we { read more… }

Day Three in Peñitas, and we’re building more than just a house… we’re building relationships! The Empowerment Team doubled their class sizes today. From eight women in each class yesterday to 16 and 11 in the classes today. Good news spreads fast! (left) Jolinda teaches a class on marriage enrichment. (right) Idalia (red shirt) is the interpreter. She quickly corrected Cathy today when { read more… }

Break for the Border Day Two began with prayer for some to go up… and some to come down… walls to on the house to go up… walls on hearts to come down. And they did! At the start of the day, the Rodriguez homesite looked like this: But by the end of the day, it looked like this: Construction { read more… }

Over a year ago, a small team gathered around the table in the “yellow room” at First Baptist Crawford and believed God could. And they believed God would. And they said yes and trusted God.. even though the unknowns far outnumbered the knowns… even though the mission seemed daunting. But in our hearts, we knew… “The One who calls you { read more… }

So here’s the story for today. We have a dirty shower. I can say that with no shame because I am a bath kind of girl, so Brad is singularly responsible.[Note: And if you read yesterday’s post, then you understand my statement of, “…because he puts up with me,” and you’d know it’s true since I just threw him under the { read more… }

What is it about my fingers on a keyboard that brings forth confessions of my soul? I start typing, and before you know it, I’ve already thrown myself under the bus. Yet more treadmarks on my backside today. I have an addiction. Well, let me clarify and say that it is a mostly a seasonal addiction. Mostly. It hits this time { read more… }