weekend

Bits from the weekend past...

We were out of town for the weekend, my husband and I, traveling to Laredo. We visited with friends, and worshipped at the church we helped to build during a couple of summer short term mission trips. It was while laboring under the Very Hot Laredo sun that the Lord prompted us to full-time missions, and this was our first trip back since. What joy, to worship in the completed nearly completed sanctuary, and to renew old friendships. (and we ate some Very Delicious food- Que sabroso!- too!) We're looking forward to returning with the entire family as a couple of teams come down in July.

(photos: the sanctuary at LaVid PCA in Laredo, and Pastor Carlos Canos and his wife, Andrea, both very dear to us.)

It was HOT in Laredo, 112 on Saturday. Sure, it was a "dry heat," but hot is hot. It's sort of like existing in a blast furnace...

We stopped by the BRIDGE bookstore, a non-profit Christian bookstore in Laredo. The DenHartog family opened the bookstore to provide Christian publications and quality literature to the Laredo community and theological material in Spanish and English to workers on both sides of the US/Mexico border,
Books
Recycled to
Instruct,
Disciple,
Guide and
Educate.
Profits also help a boys home in Jalisco, Mexico. The DenHartogs are eager to share a cup of coffee with you, and that's a pretty good combination, good books, good coffee, and good fellowship. I showed great restraint and only walked out with one new book that has been on my to-read list, Radical by David Platt. I'm looking forward to returning in July.

If you are thinking of cleaning out your bookshelves, and might have books to donate to the BRIDGE bookstore and ministry, let me know! It would be a blessing to many.

On the journey over to and back from Laredo, we traveled through the little town of Falfurrias, Texas. According to the water tower, Falfurrias is home to the Fighting Jerseys. There is something about ordinarily gentle animals turned into competitive mascots that amuses me. Our old neighborhood high school was home to the Mighty Bunnies, and you've never seen such a tough looking bunny in your life!

And, best of all, was to return home on Sunday, to a hearty welcome, a decorated house, and a freshly made chocolate Father's Day cake!
A good weekend, indeed.