Healing Our Borders

Every Tuesday, at about 5:15 pm, we hold a peaceful, legal, remembrance vigil, to keep in our minds and hearts the names of those persons who have died crossing the desert in the hopes for a new or better life. Thanks to Tommy Bassett, here's a little bit of what goes on.

Many Things

Many things have been going on in the past few months- ironically the majority not work related. The retreat, as pictured in a previous post, was wonderfully refreshing, and greatly needed.

In the last few weeks, to supplement all of the paperwork I've needed to do, and all the sweeping I've had to keep up on (having a dog that sheds is the PITS), I've also bought a guitar and started to learn to play. While I've only had a few formal(ish) lessons, I've been tinkering for about 3 weeks, and can now play a little.

I'm not one to toot my own horn (too much), but here are my latest advances on the guitar.

[I welcome comments!!]

Puerto Peñasco 2011

This past week was Frontera de Cristo's retreat to the beach in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. We stayed in beach houses, had time for prayer, cooked community meals, and of course, enjoyed the ocean. I added a little exploration and surfing (ish) into that combination, and had a fantastic time. It was the perfect getaway.

Since the house I stayed in also had a 4-wheeler, I re-taught myself how to drive, and enjoyed daily zooms through Choya Bay (the part of the city we stayed in). Here's a taste of the week:

A view from our porch

My view every morning :)

A look over Choya Bay

More Praisin'

Here are some more videos of the CPC Praise band "Reunion Tour" one stop only.

And finally, if that wasn't enough fun for you...a little bit of puppy play.

Puppy pt. II

Well..since I've had Wally for almost 5 months now, and he's getting huge, I figured I'd take some comparison photos. Here they are!

Back to Mexico, Back to Work

I've been back for a couple weeks now, and I have been busy than ever. Thankfully, I've had 2 fabulous groups come through, and finally...RAIN!!

Here are  a couple videos from an experience in the desert, as well as the drive back, and some photos taken after some afternoon rains.