Ten Years Ago

This morning, my friend, Nic Garza, messaged me about his upcoming speaking appointment at my church. Talking to him brought back memories of when we first met.  It was ten years ago when I held a series of revival meetings in Mexico.




In the fall of 2007 I traveled to the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico with my friends Mike Easton and Tony Murrell.  From October 15 through 20, we held nightly revival meetings in three locations. Mike held meetings in Rio Bravo, mine were in Valle Hermoso, and Tony’s series was in Reynosa. The meetings were coordinated by Nic Garza with help from Pastor Trevino and Pastor Martinez of the East Gulf Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists in Mexico.

I had a wonderful time and met so many great people.  I was truly humbled by the people I met.  In Valle Hermoso the people treated me like royalty and everyone wanted to feed me.  Every night the church was packed even though the temperatures were in the 90's and there was no air conditioning.  I have wanted to return to the area, but there are safety issues.  Someday I hope to return.

Here are some photos that we took on our trip.


LOOKING OVER THE REYNOSA MEETING SITE




TONY VISITING IN NUEVO PROGRESSO




REYNOSA MEETINGS




TONY MIKE AND NIC




RICHIE DELIVERING A FOOD BASKET




VALLE HERMOSO SABBATH SCHOOL




TONY SPEAKING




BAPTISM AT VALLE HERMOSO




NIC AND RICHIE HELP PREPARE FOOD BASKETS




RIO BRAVO MEETINGS




MIKE GIVING OUT FOOD BASKETS




MEETING CONFERENCE PRESIDENT PEREZ




PASTOR MARTINEZ




CHILDRENS MEETINGS IN RIO BRAVO




ISABELL WITH HER NEW BIBLE




TONY VISITING WITH KIDS




MIKE MAKING NEW FRIENDS




BAPTISM AT VALLE HERMOSO




RICHIE AND A FELLOW BODYMAN




YOUTH AT THE VALLE HERMOSO SDA CHURCH




RICHIE PRESENTING YAHAIRA A NEW BIBLE




RICHIE AND NIC PRAYING WITH BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES



RICHIE MIKE AND TONY AT THE VALLE HERMOSO SDA CHURCH




RICHIE FINDS A CAR JUST HIS SIZE




TONY INSPECTS THE FACILITIES




MIKE AND FRIENDS





NUEVO PROGRESSO SABBATH SCHOOL




NUEVO PROGRESSO SDA CHURCH




NIC AND RICHIE EATING BREAKFAST




VALLE HERMOSO MEETINGS




TONY SPEAKING




POWER BREAKFAST




PASTOR TREVINO




RICHIE GIVING AWAY A CD