What's going on in:
San Diego
&
Aguascalientes
There is a lot going on and I want to keep you all informed with the highlights of each month. Thank you to all who pray for and support these ministries. We are able to bless so many people and we couldn't do it without you. To God be all the glory. Gracias amigos!
November was a nice change of pace after all of the traveling last month. I spent most of my time in San Diego and was able to do a lot of ministry with my home church, Horizon.
After all of the hard work on our mission trip to Peru we had a free day. On November 1st, we got to tour downtown Lima with Cesar, the pastor who does the Spanish service at our church. Cesar is from Lima, Peru, and knows the area very well. There were some beautiful buildings and it was fun hanging out with everybody and hearing the history of Peru on our last day. We also got to buy souvenirs. I found a very unique hat that I decided to buy for one of my girls down in Mexico. She really likes pandas and a couple of years ago I bought her panda pajamas for Christmas...I thought this hat would compliment them nicely. Before I give it to her, I got to have some fun with it at Panda Express in the Houston airport. We flew back to San Diego on November 2nd and I am very grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord in another country.
We took the youth to Indian Hills Camp for their Country Days event. We went one Sunday after church and there was a good turnout. It was a fun day and the camp had lots of activities. There was laser tag, archery, a zip line, a BMX course and more. It's cool to see the kids building relationships and having fun together outside of church.
My home church, Horizon Christian Fellowship, had their annual turkey & pie giveaway. We gave out 600 turkeys & pies to the surrounding neighborhoods! The people drove in and we organized them in a line around the campus parking lot. We put a mark on their windshield to determine how many families were in the car and how many turkeys/pies they would receive. We were joking that they had to take the "mark of the feast" in order to be able to receive.
We had a Thanksgiving service for the Jr High ministry. All of the teachers brought in some food and we had a full-on Thanksgiving meal. It was really good! I gave a quick message on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, which says:
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
Everyday for us Christians should be Thanksgiving. Our God is so good and there is much to be thankful for. Afterwards we had some activities planned for the kids. It was a fun time together.
And finally, I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family. We went to my brother's house in Los Angeles for a couple of days and I got to spend time with him and his family. My nephews love playing "wall ball" so we did a lot of that. My niece is growing up fast; I gave her lots of Uncle Bob-o kisses. It was a blessing to spend time together and I was definitely very thankful for my family. I hope all of you had a great time celebrating!