Thursday, March 26, 2009

Hi all, it has been a long time since I was last here.
I am sick and tired of the news and the incorrect reporting they are all doing on the situation with the cartels in Mexico. They are working their way to taking Americas' guns away through what they are reporting. As many in our government now want to do.
Yes weapons that go into MX that the cartels use are form the US, but they are not LEAGLE guns in either country. What do I mean? The guns that come form the US have been acquired illegally, either through a straw buyer of from someone who has stolen them. They are not coming form law abiding citizens in the US that have fallowed all the laws that govern us when we buy guns.

It is as always in MX. The outlaws always have guns. Ever since I can remember, people have been killing each other with guns in MX and they have been outlawed for over 50 years. Criminals will always have guns, if they obeyed the law, there would be no problem. And they need their weapons to defend their business, drugs, another illegal activity. One thing that would help is to stop the drug use in the US, but no one seems to want to talk about that. For the cartel to sell drugs, they need a market, and the US is a great one. It is not that we can have and own guns in the US, it is that too many of us use drugs and don't want anyone to say anything about that. But now that the MX government is really starting to get a hold on the trafficking there, the cartels have had to fight back. The sad thing is that their biggest obstacle to overcome is the US MX boarder. Ever Sunday I go to Guerrero to preach, I have to go through a military check point. They are on the river road about two mile form the Rio Grand. They do stop drug, but not all. Then comes the river and the US law enforcement. They get some, but they can't get it all. Not the way things are. We have to close or secure the boarder first. That means stopping illegals form coming to the US. But our government does not want to do that. The majority of the Latino community in the US is Democrat. They would lose to many votes. And besides, each illegal that come to the US is one more person that the MX government does not have to care for and it is one more person who is sending money back to MX. Last year MX had over a 23billinon dollar income form workers in the US sending money back. They do not want to lose that. Maybe that is where we need to start. Tax that out flow of money. So politically it is not convenient to either country to close the boarder through the laws that we already have on the books. The fact is is that it could be done if Washington would allow it. I know to many US law enforcement agent here where I live to know that for a fact. The government ties their hands.

All the government is doing about guns going to MX is all about taking ours away. Drugs are a secondary thing, if it were not things would be different here already. One officer I know recently was sent to one of the major cities in TX with a large number of agent and arrest warrants to fill. After several days the local jail told him to stop bringing people in because they did not want to process them. He was doing his job and still had between ten and twenty warrants to serve, but he was stopped. And they say the guns are the problem. The problem are people.

But even greater than that it is an sin problem. The farther we get from God as a nation the worse it will get. Let us stand first for our Christianity and then for our nation as our forefather intended. Let us obey the Word of God and the constitution. Let not our freedoms be taken away form us.

Monday, June 16, 2008

In San Antonio

Greetings to all,

I know this is long overdue. And because of that I would like to give a big shout out to all the wonderful people of North Point that hosted me while I was there. I had a wonderful time while I was there. I felt as though I were home like never before. It was great to visit so many in their home, and share with them what is going on in our lives.

I am in San Antonio right now. I had to bring Sandra to a training seminar for her job a Brackett ISD. This is so she can get certified to work with special ed kids. ( I stand corrected, it is a paraprofessional training. ) This is not her Texas certification for a teaching position, she still needs some more paper work on that, but she is working on it. Please pray that she gets it all worked out.

I am setting a Micky D’s catching up on some things I need to do on the computer. Looks as though we will be here for several days, so I hope I don’t get too bored. Sandy is back in Brackettville working her babysitting job. Brenda is busy at Oil Belt camp. She says there is a lot of work, but I believe she is really enjoying it.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Three preachers in a pod


I have had a good time at North Point with the ministry team. It is interesting working in an environment as this. Three preacher and a missionary, you never know what will come up.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Thanks to North Point

I have been at North Point Christian Church for the last week. I have had a wonderful time getting to know new people and seeing old friends. I’d like to say thank you to all the ones who have had me in their homes for a meal or have hosted me in any way. Also a big thank you to Tim and Mindy for providing me with a place to stay. I pray that my time here has been a time for God to work through me and the congregation in favor of the ministry in Mexico. I thank God for North Point and their support over the years. I have seen the bond of our relationship grow and strengthen this week, and only more good will come. Every time I come to NP I feel more a part and more like family. God has a way of providing all our needs. My prayer is that I fulfill my roll at NP as God wants. Once again to all, thank you.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Trip

I just got back from San Antonio. I went to pick Brad up at the airport. I had dropped he and Linda off last Wednesday to go to Rockford. They went up for a board meeting. This meeting was a re-organizational meeting for the ministry. Terry Stine, former missionary to MX and current president of Boise Bible College, was present to help with the whole process. I would like to thank him for all his work.

My trip has been pushed back by at least one day. I have had to have more work done on the truck before it is ready for a long road trip. I hope to leave early Friday, stop in and see Brenda, Dad and some of the family in Salem on Saturday on my way to North Point. I will be there for two weeks.

Please pray that all goes well on my trip.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

It Runs


I know some had doubts, others wondered if it would ever happen and yet others new it would not, but it has happened. The S10 is going. After setting here for almost a year I have finnaly got it going. I still have some details to work out on it, but it is running and has plates. I will be taking it north for Brenda to use this summer at her job. I will bring the Suburban back with me. Diesel in Mexico is around $2.10 a gallon, so I hope to save some money with it.

Fishing Fun



I want to give Bob and Gene Slate a big thank you for taking us fishing this past Saturday April the 18th. We had a lot of fun with them on Amistad Lake. We were able to catch 9 fish and a lot of sun. It was the first time for Sandra Sandy and me to fish out of a boat.

Sandra had a hard time with the fishing. She enjoyed it, but she did not catch anything. Sandy did real well. She ended up catching one. I did OK. I caught 3, but I lost more tackle than anyone. Bob said I was getting expensive and they showed me how to fix my own rigging.

We all enjoyed the lake. It is wonderful to see and feel the beauty of God’s creation. One would not think such a beautiful thing would be found in an area as this, but yet it is here. It is good to stop and take a look around and see what an awesome God we have. Let us praise Him for who He is, the Great “I AM”.