Windshield wipers slap across the front of the van as our driver navigates choppy roads where his skill in maneuvering through mud is challenged by deep ruts caused by trucks hauling sugar cane. Deep in the sugar cane fields that provide the major industry for the Dominican Republic, our day’s mi...

I have never been one to dig deep on “knowing your why” or building my company for a “higher reason,” things I’ve always been told I needed to have in order to be successful in business. Instead, I’ve always just built because I enjoy challenges, overcoming obstacles, and feeling a sense of accom...

Four months have passed since Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti, creating a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished nation. The Category 4 storm whipped the country with winds of up to 145 mph, bringing heavy rainfall, deadly tides and resulting flooding. More than 500 people were killed and up ...

The first day that my wife, Karen, and I volunteered to build a Habitat for Humanity home was in August, 2008. By the end of the day, it was 100 degrees, and probably even hotter on the concrete slab! From that day forward, we became core volunteers with HPUMC’s Carpenters for Christ outreach gro...

Thank you for helping us fill the wishes of Dallas County abused and neglected children this year! HPUMC is our largest filler of wishes (at 600 wishes) and we are truly grateful to all of your members for stepping up to make dreams into reality for our kids. As you may imagine, many of these ch...

I’ve been told that it is in the seeking, not the finding, that God works. For more than five years, I’ve sought out different opportunities to grow closer to God. So when I was approached about a mission trip to Costa Rica, I jumped at the chance. I went with zero expectations but was willing to...

I grew up in southeast Alabama. My hometown of Dothan was close enough to the coast to make day trips to 30A and Panama City, meaning we experienced some of the realities of hurricane season. I have vivid memories of Opal, Ivan, Earl, and Dennis, and my grandparents told legendary stories of Andr...

In June of this year, I got a chance to visit Highland Park United Methodist Church’s Medical Clinic in Haiti for the very first time. I wanted to see more of Haiti than the clinic in Petit Goave, so I spent a few days in Port Au Prince first. In my work as Outreach Director for HPUMC, I have tra...

Last week the world lost a true humanitarian and our church community lost one of its earliest and most ardent champions of global outreach, Dr. Kenneth Foree. Kenneth became a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church in 1943 and has been a pillar of the church since that time. I had the g...

There are just over 300 families (101 in Dallas, Texas and an additional 208 families in ten countries around the world – including Afghanistan) who have been blessed abundantly by God over the past 20 years because of a very unique commitment. All of these families have one thing in common: they...