May 14, 2009 in
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Surrounding myself with the right people has always been key. I’ve discovered as the church grows and I receive more opportunities it becomes even more crucial that I surround myself with individuals who keep me grounded and focused. Let me introduce you to two of those people today. The first is Dino Rizzo the pastor [...]
May 13, 2009 in
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By the time you read this post I’ll be well on my way to the Dominican Republic. For the next four days I’ll be spending time encouraging and speaking to around 200 pastors from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. There will be 4 different languages represented among the pastors assembled at this G.O. Ministry conference [...]
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 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 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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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 [...]
July 16, 2008 in
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Today was a long day but I was so PROUD of the team. They worked REALLY hard. We tied re-bar, carried almost 400 hundred buckets of sand to the second floor along with a couple hundred buckets of water so we could mix concrete. The church is looking great. The walls of the second floor [...]
July 15, 2008 in
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If everything happened as planned, by the time you read this, I will be in the air and on my way to the Dominican Republic. I get the opportunity to spend the next 7 days with a group from Cross Point as we continue to build the church/feeding center we sponsor. You can track us [...]
