Who Says You Can’t Go Home
It is impossible to forget when your eyes are first truly opened to the world. For me, that was 2003. I was a 14-year-old living in white suburban privilege, with no knowledge of a world past the end of my block.
Breaking the Language Barrier: English Classes in Reynosa
This summer, five people applied and were accepted for internship positions here at Faith Ministry—positions normally reserved for young persons aged eighteen or older.
Meeting Others’ Needs and Our Own
In August of 2015 I created a spreadsheet of twenty two internships that I would apply to over the next few months. Many thought it was far too early...
Letters in the Sand / Letras en la Arena
The buckets need to be filled. The wheel barrows need to be dumped. The blocks need to be stacked. The mezcla needs to be mixed. The walls need to go up. And here I sit . . . on the dusty arid land...
The Living Water
When one thinks of the word oasis, we often picture a place adorned with decadent landscapes with mountains so high they take the breath out of our lungs or an ocean that reaches as far as the eye can see.
Our Trip to the Tar Heel State
If you couldn’t tell by our Facebook photos, we thoroughly enjoyed our time in North Carolina last week! Even though it rained every single day we were there, and we only saw the sun once, we had an incredible trip.
México, Guardian Angels, and Remembering
One week ago, I stood on a rocky dirt of a soccer field in the outskirts of Reynosa, México. I decided to dust off my high school soccer skills on a team of the four gringos taking a swing at playful competition with our Mexican friends and foremen.
A Vision from God
I cannot believe that it has been almost twenty years since we started our ministry! This ministry is a vision that God gave me a few years back. It has grown a lot because of the different Christian people...
Some Things Never Change
Five years. That’s how long it had been since I’d hugged Omar, eaten real tamales, and dug a foundation in the kind of heat that only exists in Reynosa in the middle of summer, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Relationship Is the Real Bridge across the Border
I have been participating in and helped lead mission trips to the Tex-Mex border since 1989, more specifically since 1994 with Ministerio de Fe / Faith Ministry. My wife, Janis (better known as Juana in Mexico), helped lead these trips also...