tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52610812011-04-21T13:56:28.085-07:00Rick DeBruynePoints of Light Ministries
Lincoln Ave. Church, Pomona, CARick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-64664583282012499242008-06-06T12:15:00.000-07:002008-06-06T13:01:36.019-07:00
It's been over two years since I've posted on my blogger! Guess what I've been doing. The house is done, the lawn is in, and we have a garden. For those that may not know, we had the house built but did the finish work ourselves. We painted inside and out, tiled, laid laminate floors, put in irrigation, and did the landscape. Of course we'll never be done, but we've to the point we're Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144817787471799952006-04-11T21:39:00.000-07:002006-04-11T22:00:41.986-07:00We primed the facia and soffits Saturday. Did a second coat on Derrick's house today. Will do ours tomorrow. Bank was out to look at the houses today. The inspector said Derrick's house is 56% done. Today the builder put in the front doors and secured the houses. The mechanicals are almost done. We're moving along!Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144278804943093002006-04-05T16:05:00.000-07:002006-04-05T16:13:24.943-07:00We leave for home tomorrow morning. Anxious to see how the builder is coming on our house(s). The one by the big palm tree is Gladys and mine. Derrick and Rosy's is the one further back in the picture. They were working on heating, plumbing, and electrical this week so not much change on the outside. We had a problem with the design of Derrick's porch. That held up the roofing. They have Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144278229635146862006-04-05T15:59:00.000-07:002006-04-05T16:03:49.636-07:00
Here's Grandma doing what she does best, working on crafts with the kids. Today it's coffee filter flowers. They color the coffee filters with markers, fold the filter into a small cone, then dip the tip in water. Comes out looking tie-dyed. The crafts never last long, but its the process that counts.Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144277939329718582006-04-05T15:49:00.000-07:002006-04-05T15:58:59.330-07:00
Think we're having fun? Can't believe how little babies are at 3 weeks. On the other hand, just as I was thinking about how little she is, I thought about the miracle of birth and how a mom can push a little one this size out of her body! And to think some moms have babies twice this size. And then I look at Macayla, 20 months, walking, starting to say a few words. They grow so fast. Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144036769384284122006-04-02T20:54:00.000-07:002006-04-02T21:02:44.073-07:00Here's the other three. Getting a "horsey ride" is always a special part of having Grandpa come. Wait 'til Daniella grows up, I'll have a real back-full.Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144036426550536202006-04-02T20:48:00.000-07:002006-04-02T21:00:28.793-07:00 Here's the newest addition to the family: Daniella Jaqlyn White, three weeks old. She was born 3/9/06, 8:43 AM. She joins Hannah, Elijah, and Michaela. No more seats left in the van.Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1144035464927488842006-04-02T20:32:00.000-07:002006-04-02T20:37:44.936-07:00Spent Monday-Thursday of last week in Birmingham, AL at Weed and Seed Training. It was a good opportunity. Lots of good BBQ, too, at Jim and Nicks. Took the DART across town every night to eat. A quarter to ride. Price was right and hospitality of our driver was great. Enjoyed the time. Tired when I got back, especially having spent last week in Michigan then back to Pomona for three Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1143661920139828722006-03-29T11:48:00.000-08:002006-04-05T15:42:45.056-07:00I've been in Birmingham since Monday with Weed and Seed. Good presenters. Third event I've gone to in 10 days on Logic Model. Fortunately got something out of each. This one gave more "real" prompts to help fill out matrix. Six hundred people here all dedicating themselves to at-risk neighborhoods. Four foci of Weed and Seed are Law Enforcement; Community Based Policing; Intervention, Prevention,Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1143258419258999242006-03-24T19:38:00.000-08:002006-03-24T19:46:59.260-08:00Spent the afternoon at Pomona High School. Got call that students were staging walk-out and adminstration was concerned somebody would get hurt. When I got there, there were lots of police and a fire truck but things were peaceful. The protest was about the House Bill on Immigration. Tomorrow about 500 adults from Pomoma expected to go to LA to protest. Interesting to watch the kids. Many Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1143257688458997212006-03-24T19:30:00.000-08:002006-03-24T19:34:48.473-08:00Sitting in World Vision capacity building training session. Tonight on vision. Spent an hour now trying to get people to think about what vision is and how to do it. Fun stories but seems like could be done in much shorter time. Funny thing is saw one person's evaluation form tonight said "not enough time to work the material through." Guess we're all different. Try to be patient. I like Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1139899278177391452006-02-13T22:37:00.000-08:002006-02-13T22:41:18.176-08:00Spent most of the day working on an application for World Vision's Compassionate Capital Fund Training and Subgrant for Points of Light. Amazing how much time it takes to format everything after it's prepared. Tables and EXCEL sheets take soooo much time. Hope we get something out of it. Going to apply for TELACU CCF for Lincoln Ave.Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1139898898100614892006-02-13T22:29:00.000-08:002006-02-13T22:34:58.110-08:00 Here's one of our members, Ed Scheenstra, (on the left) with his winning tuna. It's 280 lbs. He caught it 980 miles off the coast of San Diego on a ten day trip. Did a quick search to find this picture and found several other posts with Ed's name in them. He obviously loves fishing. Congradulations, Ed.Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1120515028032323512005-07-04T15:00:00.000-07:002005-07-04T15:11:45.853-07:00Haven't posted for quite a while. June was a full month. Had two youth groups in from Athens, TX and Oregon. They helped with Kidz Carnivals in Angela/Chanslor, Karesh/Abbey Lane, and Northern Lights. Also removed a delapitated fence for an older lady referred to us by Pomona Code Enforcement and built shelves for People Matter Ministries' new food bank. It was great.
Spent a lot of the Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109654299995957862005-02-28T21:14:00.000-08:002005-02-28T21:21:04.113-08:00Neighborhood Watch First Meeting: Just came back from first Neighborhood Watch meeting at church. Pomona PD sponsored it, we hosted it. We had a good showing both from the community and our church. I'm proud of our people for coming out, especially since many do not live around here. From the community we had about 25 families with maybe 50 people in attendance. The officer that helped run Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109435283992548442005-02-26T08:23:00.000-08:002005-02-26T08:28:03.993-08:00Ecclesiates 11:4-6
If you wait for perfect conditions you will never get anything done. God's ways are as hard to discern as the pathways of the wind, and as mysterious as a tint baby being formed in a mother's womb. Be sure to stay busy and plant a vierty of crops, for you never know which will grow --- perhaps they all will. (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, Wheaton, IL. Tyndale House Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109290414669299672005-02-24T16:09:00.000-08:002005-02-24T16:15:57.106-08:00PUSD Offical Indicates Agreement is Moving Forward for Space by Karesh/Abbey Lane. George Hunter, facilities director for Pomona Unified School District has indicated that a lease is in the City Attorney's office waiting to be drawn up for a building adjacent to Karesh/Abbey Lane. The rent and utilities will be mitigated in exchange for the value of the tutoring and homework help we will be Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109290156061535622005-02-24T16:05:00.000-08:002005-02-24T16:16:59.323-08:00Prayer Meeting to Start in Angela/Chanslor: Next Tuesday night we're going to be starting a prayer meeting at the minnistry center in Angeles/Chanslor, 7:00 PM. Robert Quesada who lives upstairs is going to be leading. Councilman Rodriguez and his wife will be joining us. It's nice to have this beginning move towards La Capilla del Barrio de la Angela/Chanslor, the Church at Angela/Chanslor. Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109203981668014972005-02-23T15:55:00.000-08:002005-02-23T20:25:47.440-08:00I met a gangbanger at Angela-Chanslor this afternoon. He's a nice young man, reserved, respectful. He came to my afternoon computer class for kids. There were three young men in their early to mid teens and two girls in fifth or sixth grade. We worked with MS WORD writing just a short note. This young man wrote, "I ven (been)livin en Pomona 14 years. I ven gagvaging (gang-banging) 1 years.Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109202614831358172005-02-23T15:43:00.000-08:002005-02-23T15:55:05.820-08:00New Computer Class Brings New Connections: This morning I had three women start a computer class at the Angela-Chanslor Community Outreach Center. They were so fun to watch. One lady was back this afternoon practicing what she learned. "A little every day," she said. She said she, "Never touched a computer... except to dust it." One of the ladies wrote in English. She's been in the countryRick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109202152001450772005-02-23T09:30:00.000-08:002005-02-23T16:13:50.743-08:00Student Scores Big Gain on Benchmarks: One of the young ladies I tutor at Marshall Middle School was named Student of the Week this week. Gabriella Jimenez is a neat young lady. Mrs. Lane, her teacher writes, "Gabriella has a wonderful sense of humor. Her effort in improving her math skills is absolutely terrific. She comes early in the mornings to study and stays after school to better her Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261081.post-1109138265900117572005-02-22T21:54:00.000-08:002005-02-23T15:36:34.796-08:00Surprise Visit from Old Friend, Denomination’s Director of Mission Services:
Bruce Menning, Director of Mission Services for the Reformed Church in America, and Jhonny Alicea-Báez, Supervisor of RCA Mission Programs in Latin America, Western U.S., Alaska, and Canada stopped at our house unexpectedly Monday. Bruce is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He had flown into Ontario for a week of meetings Rick DeBruynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06771811033233400949noreply@blogger.com