Month: October 2018

Everyone is anxious about the border wait time but we are excited to be on our way home. To be safe, we elected to forgo the morning church service to get a jump on time for those of us driving to Phoenix and to ensure we have enough time for the rest to make their flight. Satan attempted to discourage us with a strange encounter and threats from a lady at the church because we couldn’t break her 500 peso bill. Our joy about what God has done in and through us will not be deterred. A piece of our hearts will be left here with the wonderful people and BCM here in Rosarito. Will update again when we cross.

There is too much to write about for the evangelism in Tijuana we did so I will save that for a different post. This evening we are doing a hotdog feed for the community surrounding the church here that Pastor Carlos serves at with his family. We are overwhelmed with not only God’s movement here in the area but also so encouraged in our own walk. To God be all the Glory!!

I apologize for not posting last night but our access to internet is spotty which has made posting challenging. Our build set a record for team from Northside; we finished in under 6 hours. Jon Youngquist gave me the role of doing the key handing ceremony and it was tough (tears) but awesome at the same time. Teague said an amazing closing prayer and this wonderful single mom and her 3 kiddos have a new home. After a quick trip back to lodging to clean up headed to Tacos Manuel where I had the best street tacos in my life. This has been such a great experience for all of us and we have already seen God’s hand; more on that later. We are at breakfast now and after will head to Tijuana for a whole day of outreach and door to door evangelism. Please continue to pray for the team as we practice in hearts what we will say about our testimonies in our witnessing today. Also pray that the Lord will open the hearts and ears of the people who will hear His good news today.

We all got what sleep we could (some better than others) and got up to get to breakfast at Pancake Republic. Jon Youngquist and his crew (BCM folks) as well as Chuck met us there. First thing….COFFEE! The picture of the beach is the view from our balcony at Las Olas.

…in Rosarito. We are all tired but pumped and ready for what Lord has ahead. It is a great group and we are boiling some water to brush our teeth before bed. Will get bottled water tomorrow morning. Night night everyone. More tomorrow on build day.

Very uneventful. They opened one door of our van and waved us through without even looking at our passports. We very much expect it to be different on the way back. 😅

The team is safe in San Diego. We had a great flight and the Lord rewarded our patience with a beautiful sunset in the air. Now we will pick up Jerry and the van and head for the border. Next update when we cross.

The Seattle part of the team made it to the airport and after some drinks and food we are hanging out at the gate. Flight is unfortunately delayed a little over an hour so our new departure time is 6:20pm with a 9:05pm arrival in San Diego. Team is catching up and we know the Lord is very much in control. Poor Jerry will need to wait an extra hour for us in SAN.

Today Teague, Todd, Seth, Andy, Alex, Matt, Kyle, Jerry, John, Kurt, Curt, Kirk, Antony, and myself travel down to meet Chuck and Jon to build a house and evangelize to the people of Rosarito, Mexico. Check back as I will provide regular updates and pictures during our trip.

Please pray that the Lords Purposes will be executed perfectly through us and that those we come in contact with would see the Lords love, grace, mercy, and provision through all that we do.

Ben