9apr15 Failures (Por favor, desplácese hasta la parte inferior de la traducción española) (please scroll down to the bottom for spanish translation) Denis and his 6 sisters were taken by Mi Familia, a government organization. I feel like a failure. Good thing the word FAILURE is a Dean word, and not a God Word! I […]
Author: Dean Peters
Reborn
6 pictures and 6 stories (1) 02apr15 Reborn Nicodemus was a religious leader. Por favor, desplácese hasta el fondo para la traducción española. He knew all the fancy prayers, all the formulas for holiness. He even knew all the ways to get people to join his brand of religion. Jesus was a criminal, a radical […]
Reality
27mar15 Reality (Por favor, desplácese hasta el fondo de la Traducción Española) Many pastor kids and missionary kids have problems. They live in less that great conditions. Usually live pretty close to poverty. They see dad preach lovely sermons, mom giving money to help the less fortunate. Then at home they see their parents being […]
Apologies. (Desplácese hasta el fondo para el español.)
Why do we blow it so often? (Like I said, when I write these weekly thoughts, I am usually writing to myself!) There is nothing I would rather do than go back in time to undo and unsay things that I should have never said nor done in the first place. Even in these newsletters! […]
Sin
14mar15 Sin (desplácese hacia abajo para español) The spanish word for ‘without’ is ‘sin’. Interesting, isn’t it? ‘Without’ is a great discription of sin. Doing something without God’s approval (sinning) usually leaves you without a lot of things. Spouses, health, homes, possessions, money, happiness, friends etc. all tend to disappear when someone begins to let […]
GOOD MORNING
6mar15 GOOD MORNING (Para leer esta traducción en español, por favor, desplácese hacia abajo) I heard someone once say to a child, CHANGE YOU ATTITUDE! YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS TO DO SO. A little harsh, but for me it was on of those AHA moments. We choose our mood. Being told to do so is […]
Mountains (desplácese hacia abajo para español
26feb15 Mountains (desplácese hacia abajo para español Here is the picture of my little hotel room and a big mountain in front of it in Mexico. I got to be in Monterrey Mx this week for my job. Medx is kind enough to let me help out from time to time to support my family […]
Hurt Feelings
20feb15 Hurt Feelings (Desplácese hacia abajo para la traducción en español.) A little 3 year girl has not spoken to me in a week. I pray that I just hurt her feelings some how and that it is not a sign of something bad happening in her home. Even so, if I had indeed hurt […]
Taste (Espanol ajabo)
13FEB15 and Taste (Espanol ajabo) We try to encourage the children to pray before they eat. Once a little boy prayed,*** “LORD, HELP DEAN TO BEHAVE HIMSELF, AND MAKE THE FOOD TASTE GOOD!” I dont know about the first request, but the food tasted great. The Bible teaches us to taste and see that the […]
TMI
5feb15 TMI (español abajo) King Solomon, the wisest man in the world said that When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, Proverbs 10:19 Our GOAL is simple: GIVE IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN A CHANCE AT LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION Short and sweet. We have learned a lot through working with children. The most important thing is to […]