My king!

This is always a good reminder!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGCMl_b0n4&feature=related

The Father's Love

I was sitting with Gabriela on the plane Tuesday heading to PA for Thanksgiving, and something really funny happened. She did something that reminded me of... ME!

I had bought some candy for her so that she could have a snack on the plane since, of course, there are no longer complimentary snacks... SO

She ASKED FOR THE CANDY... and I, being her FATHER, gave it to her. I poured the candy on her tray. I later proceeded to try to get a piece of candy from her and was flatly denied! She covered the candy with her hands and said that it was hers! So I explained to her that I was the one who had bought the candies and that she would not have them if I had never given them to her... it did not matter... THEY WERE HERS!


What did this remind me of?

ME with my heavenly FATHER!

THANK YOU PAPA for all that you give me, and please forgive me for holding on to those things that YOU have given me!

I did end up getting candy from her in the end... I just took it!

The truth of Ministry

I just came back from a leadership Network in Dallas, Texas. It was a great conference. I was talking with a older pastor, and He was stating that for the majority of people when they get called to ministry, it is very hard for the individual. Most people when CALLED are not willing to do it, think about it... how many people in the Bible were used by God but began by not wanting to do it? The calling is for all there is a cost are we willing to pay for it?

This reminded me of Jeremiah, when he states that he has to talk about the Lord because if he does not his bones will ache! So i thought about myself and also how so many times still I am hesitant to accept the fact that we are here to build HIS kingdom and not mine!

Being a hero

Today was very exciting! I did not realized how cool I would be to a bunch of 4-5 year olds. I got to drive the bus to their first ever field trip. All the kids gave a huge high five and just thought I was the coolest. Not that I need their opinion to know that :-) But it was a great time with our girl. God has and is doing amazing things, and one of the things I have been praying for is for HIM to open the eyes of my heart to be able to see more of His hand in my life! Let me encourage you to do that you will not be disappointed!

Garage Day

For about six weeks Gabriela and I have been going garage sale hunting... It has been a blast... so as a good Salvadoran I have been teaching my daughter how to become a good haggler... she still does not understand why our goal is to pay less than what they ask! today's hunt..

ice cream maker 4 dollars

purple beaded curtain confused for a bunch of necklaces for $1

alligator caller- free

awesome hangout time with Brie- priceless

Our New Princess

We are so grateful to have this wonderful blessing in our lives. Her name

NADIA RHAE which means hope is flowing. If you want to know why we named her this; look at the blog that Jessica posted on May 21st.

Intrusion or an Invitation?

Thanks for being patient and waiting for me to publish new stuff. The summer is gone, fall is here, so it is a great time to celebrate and start blogging again. The Lord does amazing things all the time, and I am just thankful that He allows me to see it.

Last week I took the opportunity to tell our campus in Homestead that we held the power to encourage people. We have opportunities during the week to give hope to people. So I encouraged them to be looking out for those opportunities.

24 hours later…

Monday Morning…. I was in my office trying to organize my week and was ready to charge the week when I received a phone call from the front desk. I was told that there were two guest who needed to talk to me. In my mind I thought… I don’t have time for this! (THIS IS AN INTRUSION.)

But I welcomed the guests into my office. As I began to talk to them, they told me that they are Jews and that they believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He was the Messiah. They also asked me what believing this meant to them.

WOW! That morning, those two individuals received Christ into their lives in my office.

Two lessons learned…

1. Christ looked at people in a way that I should always look at them. He looked at them as an invitation to minister, not as an intrusion in ministry.


2. God is so good at giving the test and then teaching me the lesson. Totally opposite of what happens in our natural world.