Me, Pete Vega, Carlos, Nathan and Isaac Gonzales

I spoke at the Eastwood Church of Christ in El Paso, Texas, this past Saturday, doing three sessions on “All Things To All Men.” It was a bilingual seminar, and the majority of those in attendance were Latinos.

The singing group Voces was there. The group was started by Carlos, Nathan and Isaac Gonzales, and their dad, Paul, is a minister at the Eastwood church. Pete Vega now sings bass with the group. Carlos has helped me a lot with music for my radio program; Voces even recorded the opening song for the program. They sang on Saturday afternoon, which was a huge attraction, especially for the younger crowd.

I also spoke to the congregation on Sunday morning. I really enjoyed my time with them.

Not all the weekend was good, though. On Thursday, I could tell that our 10-year-old Lab, Jasmine, was sick. She had been losing weight over the last few weeks; Thursday she didn’t really want to get up. Friday she seemed weaker, and she died Friday night, while I was in El Paso. I really hated that Carolina had to deal with that by herself.

Our son, Daniel, who is the true writer in the family, wrote a nice tribute over on his blog.