Saturday, August 12, 2017

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.

Valle Hermoso SDA Church


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.

Reynosa Meeting Site
LOOKING OVER THE REYNOSA MEETING SITE



Tony
TONY VISITING IN NUEVO PROGRESSO



Reynoso Meetings
REYNOSA MEETINGS



Tony Mike and Nic
TONY MIKE AND NIC



Food Basket
RICHIE DELIVERING A FOOD BASKET



Valle Hermoso Sabbath School
VALLE HERMOSO SABBATH SCHOOL



Tony Speaking 2
TONY SPEAKING



Baptism
BAPTISM AT VALLE HERMOSO



Food Baskets
NIC AND RICHIE HELP PREPARE FOOD BASKETS



Rio Bravo Meetings
RIO BRAVO MEETINGS



Mike Delivering Food 2
MIKE GIVING OUT FOOD BASKETS



Meeting Pastor Perez
MEETING CONFERENCE PRESIDENT PEREZ



Pastor Martinez
PASTOR MARTINEZ



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CHILDRENS MEETINGS IN RIO BRAVO



Isabell with her new Bible
ISABELL WITH HER NEW BIBLE



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TONY VISITING WITH KIDS



Horse Cart
MIKE MAKING NEW FRIENDS



Children during Prayer
BAPTISM AT VALLE HERMOSO



Mechanics
RICHIE AND A FELLOW BODYMAN



Teens at Church
YOUTH AT THE VALLE HERMOSO SDA CHURCH



A Bible for Yahaira
RICHIE PRESENTING YAHAIRA A NEW BIBLE



Praying with Baptismal Candidates
RICHIE AND NIC PRAYING WITH BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES


Tres Amigos
RICHIE MIKE AND TONY AT THE VALLE HERMOSO SDA CHURCH



Tiny VW
RICHIE FINDS A CAR JUST HIS SIZE



Tony Inspects the Facilities
TONY INSPECTS THE FACILITIES



Mike and Friends
MIKE AND FRIENDS




Nuevo Progresso Sabbath School
NUEVO PROGRESSO SABBATH SCHOOL



Nuevo Progresso SDA Church
NUEVO PROGRESSO SDA CHURCH



Breakfast
NIC AND RICHIE EATING BREAKFAST



Valle Hermoso Church Service
VALLE HERMOSO MEETINGS



Tony Speaking
TONY SPEAKING



Power Breakfast
POWER BREAKFAST



Pastor Trevino
PASTOR TREVINO



A CD for Bebe
RICHIE GIVING AWAY A CD


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