La Iglesia El Pozo
Ames, Iowa 50014
(515) 292 1734

• Education: Some bible college, some regular college. But mostly lessons learned the hard way. Algo de escuela biblica, algo de la universidad. Pero principalmente por el camino duro.
• Experience: 2 years as a preacher. 1 1/2 as pastor. 2 anos como predicador. 1.5 como pastor.
• Comment to those looking at my sermons: What a blessing it would be if the Lord could use one of my messages to help someone I don’t know help someone else I won’t know until we both get to heaven. Que bendicion seria si el Senor podria usar uno de mis sermones para ayudar a uno que no conozco ayudar a otro que no conoceria hasta que llegamos al cielo.
• Sermon or series that made a difference: Rick Warren’s series on the purposes of a church changed my ministry radically. La serie de Rick Warren sobre los propositos de la iglesia ha cambiado mi ministerio radicalmente.
• One of my favorite illustrations: Christianity is not a religion. A religion is man’s pursuit of God. Christianity is God’s pursuit of man. La Cristianidad no es religion. Una religion es el busca del hombre al Dios. La Cristianidad es la busca de Dios al hombre.
• Family: I’m engaged to the most beatiful girl in the world. No kids yet. He he Estoy comprometido a la mujer mas bella que hay en el mundo. No tenemos hijos ya. Ja ja.
• What my parents think of my sermons: They haven’t heard too many of them. No han escuchado muchos de ellos.
• What my spouse (really) thinks of my sermons: My fiancee never gives me much negative feedback...I guess I’ll have to wait a few years for that. Mi comprometida nunca me da mala reacion...supongo que tendre que esperar unos anos por eso.
• Best advice given to me about preaching: Sermon preparation is 25% preparation and 75% suplication. And People don’t care what you know until they know that you care. La preparacion de un sermon es 25% preparacion y 75% oracion. Y La gente no le importan lo que sabes tu hasta que saben que ellos te importan a ti.
• Books that have had an impact: The Purpose Driven Church, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. Visioneering by Andy Stanley. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala. The 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell. La Iglesia con Proposito y La Vida con Proposito por Rick Warren. Visioneering por Andy Stanley. Viento Fresco, Fuego Fresco por Jim Cymbala. Los 21 Leyes Indispensibles de un Lider y Los 21 Leyes Irefutables de Liderazgo por John Maxwell.
• Hobbies: Guitar, books, writing, music. Guitarra, libros, escribir, la musica.
• If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: Love the Lord with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself. Ama al Senor con todo tu alma y a tu projimo com a ti mismo.
• Something funny that happened while preaching: In Spanish there are so many different dialects and one word can be perfectly fine in one dialect while completely inappropriate in another. I said one of those words while preaching. En espanol hay muchos dialectos distintos y una palabra puede ser palabra buena en un dialecto mientras esta groseria en otro. Yo dije una de esas palabras en una predicacion.
• What I want on my tombstone: He fought the good fight. Lucho la buena batalla.