by Hampton | Dec 7, 2011 | buildingaboat, Uncategorized |
a few days ago, we decided to make posters of Christmas words and decorate them. The kids did this while Christmas music played, and enjoyed the time. Today, I had to test a few things for a shoot I have in the morning, so I just asked the kids to step in… actually, I had to make them do it… but anyway, they did, and as chaotic as it was with these crazy kids, and with a little help from our friend, Jordan, there were a few fun shots. Merry Christmas to everyone, and I hope each of you are blessed with Joy, and Love, and Jesus this season. Can’t you see the hope in their...
by Hampton | Sep 7, 2011 | buildingaboat, Uncategorized |
Time for school, for schedules and a great need for priority in our lives. It’s Young Life season again, kicking off Monday, September 12th. With collectively 28 College leaders mentoring our middle and high schoolers, NW Austin Murchison (and area private schools) and Anderson High Schools continue to be blessed with one of the greatest communities I’ve been a part of. Thankful for the intentional ministry, prayer, support of leaders, partnerships with local churches and a lot of devoted hearts for seeing Kingdom work here on earth. In NW Austin, we gear up for another powerful year of being part of the story God’s writing in NW Austin. Last summer, Jimmy and I were blessed to accompany NW Austin to Crooked Creek Ranch to watch some YL High Schoolers closest to our heart visit camp. As I watched them play, learn, and pursue Jesus, I kept remembering and seeing them as they were when I met them. Middle school. The were bold, amazing girls that have journeyed to where they are now. Beautiful young women. Watching the same class of boys grow into young men has been equally humbling to see how God’s using these kids to change and transform many of us. Some courageous, some still searching, but many are counting the cost, and beginning to agree with the Creator of their worth, and value and understanding their role in changing the world. Club starts on the 12th, but the relationships between leaders and kids has been ongoing. Here’s a shot I took while sitting in back of club at Crooked Creek Ranch in Frasier,...
by Hampton | Aug 17, 2011 | buildingaboat, Uncategorized |
I just learned today, that a friend in Mexico was baptized. Daniel at Casa Bugambillia, a clinic in Mexico, has been cared for and loved well by these people. When we met, he was paralyzed from a gunshot to the neck. His road has been long and anything but easy. I remember us all holding hands around his bed, praying for him, crying with him and most importantly bringing Z to meet him. Z and Daniel have common backgrounds. Z’s father was a man that had brought Cocaine to Mexico and Z’s journey is an amazing story in itself. After losing his father on the front steps of his house by gunfire, a lifestyle of drugs and prison, Z is now a follower of Jesus and missionary. Danial, after time at Casa Bugambillia in Mexico, is now in a wheelchair getting around pretty good. First time we met him he was tough at first, then wept as we prayed with him. I’m sharing part of a blog entry from a friend below. You never know how something will impact others or how you will be used, but God really used our friend, Eleazar Garza (better known as Z) that day we met Daniel, and he’s been using him & Casa Bugambillia ever since. My heart is full that mercy is a part of the journey, that none of us would get there without it, and that Daniel has come home. Audra’s Post: I think the greatest way to describe where Z is now is to tell you of a moment we had the first day at Casa Bugambilia. While visiting patients...
by Hampton | Feb 7, 2009 | buildingaboat, missions, Uncategorized |
Buenos dias amigos. Yo soy muy cansado. That means I am beat. We had a great day today and I am meeting many new folks. There are 19 people on this trip and we are really having a great time laughing and joking around. There are both men and women on this trip and we mixed up some serious concrete with the ladies today. I like to call them “las Chicas de Concreta”. We put concrete in a house for a family today and they were so much fun. We had two of the kids helping us today. a girl and a boy (5 and 6) it was great they were.shoveling concrete and just covered in concrete dust. We passed out a bunch of candy to kids all day long. Our hosts down here are a couple named Larry and Dr nancy they have a clinic and hospice for many people. There are a couple of guys in wheelchairs with CP and a little girl named Lupita also with CP. They are truly inspiring folks and really dedicated to their clinic Casa Bugambilla. The donations that the Harts made has almost doubled the size ofthe clinic and they are hoping to have room for 20 One of my favorite parts of today was a bit of time we spent with one of the guys that we work with down here named Roberto. He lives here and works with and for Larry. He took us to see his family and we had a fun time talking amd laughing with his kids. He has twins and little...
by Hampton | Feb 6, 2009 | buildingaboat, missions, Uncategorized |
Here’s Jim’s first note from the airport heading out to Mexico again. He is texting through transitions, like crossing over the border, letting me know they’re safe and all is well. He’s excited for another mission and excited to hear about his journey there. I’ll be updating the blog with his posts as he emails them out. Here’s his first note from yesterday: I am sitting in the airport about get on a flight headed to Harlingen to join up with the group that got me hooked on this mission work. I am excited to see these guys because I have not seen most of them in a year and lots of things have happened in my life and theirs since then. I have to be honest this trip has been different in that I am finding myself truly caught up in our world and where the future will take my family and I have not had time to reflect on the trip and focus. For example, every time I have come I asked the kids to donate a toy and this time it slipped my mind. I know it is a silly thing to be concerned with but some times I wish we were all required to take some quiet time and reflect on the lessons of life. Man pretty deep considering I am still in the airport. Take some time over the next few days to get quiet and just listen to that voice in your head. It is the truth inside.
This will be the first mission for the Custer Road church since they lost Matt Hart...
