THERE IS NO END TO THE NEEDS OF THE POOR AND NO END TO GODS PROVISION

    A week ago today, the team from Chicago got up, ate breakfast, went to church and then headed across the border to dedicate the house they had built. Jose Louis and Miranda had been waiting for this day for quite a while. Miranda is 15 years old and had been praying for this day. Her Dad, Jose, and her came from North Carolina several years ago and both speak English. They greeted us with a huge pot full of fresh tamales to celebrate the day. Even though we had just eaten at Whataburger on the way, we all ate some tamales and then the girls put the finishing touches on the house.
    The celebration was kicked off with some music from David and Luzma as is their custom to join us on dedications. Pastor Antonio was also there and read from Psalm 127 where it says" unless the Lord build the house, we labor in vain'. How true!!! So often I'm so concerned about getting the house built, I forget that it is indeed God is working in and through all of us building it for His Glory.
    So after the team left and traveled back to Chicago, and after Theresa made it safely back to San Antonio to have surgery, we are left to get started on the next project and plans for Christmas in the colonia. I decorated the outside of the Community Center with some donated lights Thursday as Paula held her sewing class.
    Friday, Paula, Carmelo and I went to visit a few families in need of a house. We came across Jorge Flores living in what I would call a completely uninhabitable house made of sticks, mud and tarps. I had passed by this lot several times and thought it was abandoned, but lo and behold Jorge and his Wife Juanna have lived there for over 20 years. They were one of the first, if not the first families to take possession of  a lot in the colonia. We decided right then and there that they would be getting a house this year or early next year when teams start coming from Illinois. Click on the picture and look at the condition of the house.
      I've been clearing out the beans and rice in the warehouse getting ready for the beans from Warner Farms in S.D. Loius Davenport from Power Ministry called and wants to volunteer to pick up a load and bring it to us. He lives in Idaho and has a semi truck and trailer and wants to bless us. Another load will go to Chicago to feed the poor there, and the remaining two loads will come here after the first of the year. I call this an explosion of Gods Favor. Money to build houses, beans and rice to feed millions of meals, opportunities every where to help people in need.
    Our friends at One Family One Purpose are getting ready to start the framing phase on the two houses in Illinois. They had an auction yesterday and raised over 25 thousand dollars for the houses. They also auctioned off four quilts that the women in the colonia had made.
      GOD IS GREAT AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED