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The Senior Activities Center Saga Happy Ending

Jul 9, 2014Steve Sanchez4 CommentsHope Chapel Hill Country, Texas Tales!

I’ve been going to the Hill Country Senior Activities Center since arriving last year in Texas with the intention of getting to know the community by making acquaintances with the elders of Dripping Springs, as I serve them and pray for them. (Click here for part 1 of this story.) Four new visitors came to

My First Texas Open Air

Jul 2, 2014Steve SanchezOpen Air, Texas Tales!

With my church plant work here in the Austin area, Dripping Springs to be exact, I have not been posting at this blog regularly. Rest assured, I do try to share my faith everyday, mostly it’s with my church invitation/Gospel tract flyer. And since I live in a small town now, I have not preached

10 Things God Didn’t Tell Me Before Moving to Texas (“Movin’ On!” Part 10)

Apr 1, 2014Steve Sanchez7 CommentsTexas Tales!

When I got the call from God to move to Texas on June 21, 2013, to plant Hope Chapel Hill Country (read about “my call to Texas” in part 1 by clicking here), I had no idea what was in store for me. I just wanted to be obedient. Within about two months, we sold

Hill Country Hypocrisy

Mar 26, 2014Steve Sanchez2 CommentsTexas Tales!

SOME HYPOCRISY WAS ON DISPLAY at the Senior Citizens Activity Center where my daughter and I visited at lunch time a few weeks ago…. (Start at Part 1 by clicking here.) If you’ve been following this story, then you know I’ve been having a few run-ins with the manager there. My purpose in visiting these

Open Air Preaching “On-Hold”

Mar 18, 2014Steve Sanchez3 CommentsOpen Air, Texas Tales!

I was thinking about what my life used to be like before I moved to Texas to plant a church and thought about how much my priorities have changed since arriving in Dripping Springs on September 29, 2013. One of my favorite things to do was preach in the open air regularly. It has been