September 18, 2008 in
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How do you define excellence? At Cross Point we define it by: Doing the best you can with what you have. I’ve seen excellence come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. From time to time church planters and pastors will visit Cross Point and walk away wishing they had as many volunteers as we [...]
July 23, 2008 in
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I can’t tell you how good it is to be back home. God did some amazing things through our team and I couldn’t be more proud of each one them. I will be buried the next couple of days in e-mails, phone calls and make-up meetings but it was totally worth it. I took this [...]
July 22, 2008 in
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Dear Pete, I know this poverty is hard to see. Imagine how I must feel not only seeing it in that one location but seeing it across the world at all times. Imagine how I feel as I look down not on strangers but individuals I have created to reflect my glory that are living [...]
July 21, 2008 in
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Dear God, After spending an afternoon in the Hole*, once again, I’m full of pain, confusions and tons of questions. God, I just don’t get it. WHY? Why are there so many kids that don’t have enough food to eat? Why are families living in city dump and using trash to feed their kids and [...]
July 20, 2008 in
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This week I’ve gotten several questions from you guys about how a typical Dominican family lives. Here’s a quick video that will give you an idea of what it’s like. Sorry for the rough camera work. I’m a pastor not a cameraman. The Dominican House from Pete Wilson on Vimeo.
July 19, 2008 in
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As you might imagine, at night our group is tired. Very tired. The days our long, and hot, and very sweaty. However, we still have a blast just hanging out. This trip we’ve spent some time at night just sitting around and making up songs. Thought you might want to check this out. Allow me [...]
July 19, 2008 in
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I talked to Moise today and asked him how we could pray for him. He said, “Pete, there are three thing for you to pray for.” 1) Pray for the church. Pray that we will continue to reach this community and that many Haitians will come to know Christ. 2) Pray for my desire to [...]
July 18, 2008 in
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Today I want to introduce you to some great friends of mine. If you’ve ever been on a CP mission trip to the D.R. then you’ve met them but if not….meet the Rogers. While in college Jeff was in a discipleship group I led. Brandi (my wife) was in a group with Vicki and so [...]
July 17, 2008 in
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Today was another day of hauling buckets of sand and water and cement blocks. This team is resilient and they continue to fight the heat and exhaustion. Thought you would enjoy seeing all of them in action! The Bucket from Pete Wilson on Vimeo.
July 17, 2008 in
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In case those of you back home wonder what we eat while visiting with our sister church in the D.R.. Here you go… Yes. Every day. Several times a day. If you had to eat the same meal every day for a week what would it be? *To read some other blogs from our trip [...]
