Arrived

We left the LaQuinta in Dallas at 7:30 AM today.

After filling the gas tank, our first stop was Schlotzsky's Deli, just north of San Antonio, for lunch. Guess who ordered pizza.

We took on fuel again in San Antonio. Chris and John had never seen the Alamo so we decided to stop since we were so close. The San Antonio River Walk is right there so we had to check this out too.

Just south of San Antonio we exited off of I-35 and headed south on Hwy. 281. This was a long boring drive. We stopped in Alice, TX for a pit stop at the Whataburger.

We arrived at our mission home base at 5:00 PM today. We are staying in a dormatory at the San Juan UMC in San Juan, TX.

San Juan is right next to Pharr, TX. We met Pastor Bob Clark and his wife. Also greating us was Carol Lahti, the missions coordinator. Pator Bob Clark serves two churches; the Pharr UMC and the San Jaun UMC. They are about one mile apart. After a brief meeting with Pastor Bob Clark he and his wife joined us for dinner at Las Bogambilias Restaurant. We had a Botana for three. Guess who had the fried chicken and guess who had the chicken Fajita. After dinner we had a devotion time and continued to learn more about each other and our motivations to serve others. It was a very powerful evening. We shared some very interesting and personal stories about how our lives have changed because of service in the name of Jesus Christ.

Tomorrow the work begins. We know we will do home repairs and the project house has been selected. We will learn more tomorrow morning after breakfast.