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How Can You Forget?

Buckner Peru. Those two words changed my life forever.
I went to Peru with the intention of touching the lives of the children in the country and instead, my life was touched and forever changed .
How can you forget the sad, but beautiful eyes of a young girl who has seen and experienced too many horrors [...]

Spiritual Adoption

Last month we had a celebration in Longview. Many gathered to celebrate the finalization of an adoption. A little boy, once immersed in the CPS system, is now part of a safe, loving, and forever family.
The picture of spiritual adoption is invoked in Romans 8:15 when Paul writes that we have received the “Spirit of [...]

The Perfect Plan

We walked up the long walkway edged with flowers. Yellow blossoms seemed a perfect way to welcome us to this new beginning.
“Was that him?” We saw a little brown head peeking out from around the back of the house and heard some giggles as we walked into the very tall slim pink home of the [...]

Full Circle Through Buckner

Not too long ago, I preached at Pueblo Nuevo Community Church in El Paso where I was greeted by a young lady named Ana Elizabeth Edwards.
Years before, I had the privilege of performing the wedding ceremony and pre-marital counseling for her parents Marta Moran and David Edwards while I was a pastor at Pueblo Nuevo [...]

A Part of my Dreams

The children at The Pan de Vida Children’s Home in Mexico City are very special to me. They have filled me with a force and desire to live. Their eyes reflect the need to be loved and the excitement of knowing that God has
something prepared for them.
Before coming to this foster group home, these children [...]