Petra Anderson
After a stressful day for family and friends, Petra made it successfully through surgery to remove bullet fragments that were lodged in the back of her brain. Petra's sister, Chloe said that the doctor was very encouraged about the…
Petra Anderson
I woke up this morning to the news that there had been a terrible shooting in Aurora, Colorado, which is an eastern Denver suburb. The shooting took place at the premier of the movie, "Dark Knight Rises". When I…
Pastor Stephen Phelan leading worship
When Dawn and I were in San Diego a week ago, our friend, pastor Stephen Phelan, pastor of Harbor Mid-city, the main church we are partnering with, shared this story. Part of the vision of the…
Our House
We've prayed for our house to sell for over a year now, so we could move to the San Diego - Tijuana border. Our house has been on the market for almost exactly one year. I remember when we…
partially charred flowers that survived the fire
The Waldo Canyon Fire is now 100% contained. Hurrah! That's great news! Yet many lost their homes, and more were damaged. Some of our friends, Doug and Jodi Hammerstrom live right above the Flying…
Pastor Leo and Gloria in front of the sign to pray. If you look close you will see on the 2nd line the request, Hno. David Diaso su casa (brother, David Diaso for his house)
I was so encouraged when we…
Dawn with Emily Gryder
Emily Gryder arrived from North Carolina this past Saturday! We are thrilled to have her. She has a sweet disposition.
She is majoring in Spanish at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hills. While she is on the…
Pastor Leo Nevarez and his wife, Gloria
Apart from the hour and a half wait in line to cross back into the US we had a great time in Rosarito and Tijuana on Friday!
While there we met Leo Nevarez, pastor of…
Dave, Zach and Ray
Dawn and I have enjoyed getting to know two of our interns over the last week. Zach Lutz, a student from Moody in Chicago, and Lindsay Anne Dransfield a student from the University of Maryland in Baltimore…
Enrique Peña Nieto
On Sunday a new president from an old party was elected in Mexico. Enrique Pena Nieto from The Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI won the election by around 6%.
The PRI had ruled in Mexico for 71 years until 2000.…