Some of our boxes waiting to be unpacked
Since I am living out of boxes, and without internet its slowed down my communication to the outside world in a major way.
Each day we are making progress towards getting our house set…
Bob Bjerkaas with Billy and her daughter Hillary
One of the things that I like about short-term mission groups is that they bring energy and that can be infectious in a positive way. This past week Pastor Bob Bjerkaas from Church…
Bob Bjerkaas on the left with his guys in the chicken coop
This week in the midst of trying to find a place to live, we've had a short-term group with us from Calabasas, CA, which is in northern Los Angeles.…
The Challenges of Moving
This has been a crazy week!
On Monday I returned from a ten-day trip to Pennsylvania and Maryland. Since then it's been all about getting our house and family ready for our upcoming move. The unrest has…
Dave at Timonium Presbyterian Church
Yesterday I was with some old and new friends at Timonium Presbyterian Church. I first met this church when they brought a short-term missions group down in 1992. Don Wright was one of the church members…
Dawn & Dave - The San Diego Harbor in the background
On Sunday when I was leaving church at Aisquith Presbyterian, just outside of Baltimore, a friend of mine discreetly handed me a crumpled ten-dollar bill. I stuck it in my…
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…
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…