SEWING, SELFIES, SOME MORE BEANS, AND 50 THOUSAND WATTS

  Every Tuesday Paula is holding sewing classes for the women in the colonia. Although we thought no one was going to show up, as usual, the women started coming about an hour later than planned. 7 women came and were busy all day sewing and making a couple quilts. A couple from Canada stopped by and donated a Singer foot powered sewing machine. Paula made everyone a nice lasagna lunch to show them how much she appreciates them coming. I had fun playing with Alex, and his brother Eliud. They got a kick out of the selfie.
   The wood arrived that I ordered yesterday for Marilee and her husband. The team from Moraine Valley Church will build it next week. Marilee is ready to give birth to their first child and I hope she'll wait until after we build them their house. We built her sister Perla a house in January, so she's excited for her sisters blessing, and will help her paint all the wood.
   Loren brought us a couple of totes of beans from the warehouse in Waco, TX. These are the beans that Joe and Barb Warner grow for us up in South Dakota. Fred Zwiefel donated the transportation to Waco and Loren will bring them down as we need them. He made a delivery of medical supplies to The Way of The Cross Ministry in Harlingen yesterday and had room for a few skids of beans. The totes were donated by Beck Seed Company in Macomb Il or somewhere in Western Illinois, and sent them up to Joe to fill with beans. Sometimes I can't believe just how many people are involved with the ministry here. God never ceases to amaze us and the generosity of people never ceases to amaze us as well.
    After finally getting that huge generator across the border, Roy Busby and Bo got it all hooked up to the wiring in the trade school and they had er running and Roy is convinced that now that we have all this power, he'll start having some classes in the trade school. 50 thousand watts!! We could power most of the colonia with it.
   On a more somber note, a good friend and supporter of our ministry had a stroke last week at work, drove himself to the hospital, and is now recovering from the effects of the stroke. His name is Tom Gilligan and there is a GoFundMe site set up to help with expenses. So I would emplore you to help Tom and his family out. His boss has said that he would not pay him while he is off recovering, which could take months. Paula and I are sending several months of the support that they had donated to our ministry and pray that God would honor all the years of support that they have sowed into our lives and provide for their every need. Proverbs 19 vs 17 He that gives to the poor, lends to the Lord and the Lord will repay him for his kindness to the poor. So we are just taking God at his word and calling in the harvest!!!!

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