Pat
Making Do With What We Got
How I saved a life with a turkey baster... and learned to make do with what I got.
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MCU Guatemala
A Couple of Christians Foundation ~ Misioneros Cristianos Unidos
Sharing Jesus' Love and Hope in Guatemala for
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Pat
Jan 25, 20212 min read
A Fresh Glass of Water
It was a disturbing sight. Brutally abandoned in a parked van, they baked under the relentless Guatemalan sun for hours. Twelve of them...
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Nov 19, 20203 min read
Singing Out Loud
God blessed each of us with some type of voice. It would be a shame not to use it.
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Jul 30, 20203 min read
Loving Like Jesus
When God empowered the chosen to write the scriptures, not one recorded Jesus saying, "I love you." And that is His message.
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Nov 22, 20193 min read
Biggest Production Ever
Bells and whistles don’t change the Word. Crowd size can't diminish it. No building can contain it. The Word is Love.
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Jul 10, 20193 min read
Small... but mighty!
Last week, Yesenia and I attended a meeting at the Casa de Dios Church, a mega-church with an 11,000 seat forum and a pastor Guatemalans...
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Pat
Jun 29, 20156 min read
7 tips for selling Christianity
“The key is to keep believing in your product even when your target is determined to destroy it. If your faith is strong enough, it will...
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Pat
May 27, 20155 min read
Five Clues to Child Poverty
Over time, the pictures we take of mission trips start to look alike. After 10 years in Guatemala, I take fewer photos than ever before....
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Pat
Apr 11, 20154 min read
Hotdogs..and the way things should be.
Chili, cheese, sauerkraut, and onion sauce covered a thick line of spicy brown mustard over a steaming dirty-water hotdog nestled in a...
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Pat
Jan 13, 20154 min read
Who the heck wants to be tolerated?
Just a few months after I started attending services at a church in New Jersey, I wanted to become a member. So I attended a few classes...
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Jan 6, 20154 min read
God sometimes works in surreal ways....
So yesterday, I found myself in New York City, sitting in a Horn and Hardat’s automat on 42nd street. The shiny chrome and glass wall...
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Pat
Oct 10, 20144 min read
Why Are You a Christian?
“ But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the...
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Pat
Sep 19, 20144 min read
Riding With Jesus
Sometimes I find it hard to believe how much I used to enjoy driving. Nowadays, I'd just as soon let someone else take the wheel, or even...
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Pat
Jul 15, 20144 min read
Efforting Prayer
Last Wednesday, we worked with a short-term mission team. We prayed before we ate breakfast. After the meal, we sang a few songs and had...
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Pat
Jun 13, 20144 min read
Crossing the Sea
So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for...
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Pat
May 19, 20144 min read
Slaying Giants
The battle of David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-58) is a popular Bible story. For some, it is a classic “underdog wins” scenario. On the...
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Pat
Feb 20, 20143 min read
Self esteem and our kids
“You are a child of the Lord God Almighty; the apple of God’s eye; the Holy Spirit lives in you and Jesus loves you more than you can...
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Pat
Jan 25, 20142 min read
The Great Plaintain Adventure
“Blessings and miracles are often disguised as insurmountable problems.” Did you ever have one of those haunted house nightmares where...
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Pat
Dec 1, 20134 min read
Healing Ourselves
Did you ever turn on the television and come across one of those Bible-thumping preachers curing people? Usually they have someone on...
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Pat
Sep 20, 20132 min read
Powerfully Specific Prayer
Yesenia and I were once invited to a church breakfast that featured a visiting pastor from El Salvador. He specifically asked Yesenia to...
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