Mexico Missions with Bruce and Paula: TRAGEDY TURNED TO TRUSTING

This week we built a house by the garbage dump. Jose and his wife Margarita had no idea, or hope of replacing their house burned by an electrical short. But God already had worked their tragedy into something more. The house was all built and painted by Tuesday. We set dedication day for Friday afternoon, when Juan could be there. We joined Shawn and Carla Estes at the garbage dump to hold a food outreach.
The leaders from Sunset Presbyterian Church in Portland Oregon road in Hectors bus to the site along with some of the deported men and women at Sende De Vida. We set up, prepared the hot dogs, Jaime preached for a few moments and the people lined up for food, beans and rice, a tarp and a bible was given to everyone. We packed up and returned to the house we built, Paula was busy decorating, Jaime delivered a donated refrigerator and stove, the curtains were hung, and then we all gathered to share and pray. The entire family accepted Christ as Paula and Jaime shared the Good news of the Gospel. Juan, Margarita, her Mom and Dad, her sister and Brother in law all prayed to receive the gift of Salvation. Wow! You lose your house one day and get a new one and a mansion in heaven all in a week.
We had our food outreach at the Community Center yesterday, 160 families came, along with Dave and Sharon Sachs. An awesome time indeed. We moved along a little faster than Norman because we had to get Sunset to the airport. Gator came along to the airport so we could go and pick up 500 pounds of ground meat.
Happy Father's day to all the dad's, I'm wishing I was with my kids today, but we celebrated last month in Florida.

HIS STORY IN OUR LIVES

We moved to the TX/MX border in the Fall of '07 from Chicago, IL. We had been coming to Reynosa on short-term missions trips for over 10 years. Each time we left a little bit more of our hearts behind. Thru the circumstances of life Paula and I both agreed that now is the time to do that which gave us meaning and purpose in life. So we sold our home and came to the Rio Grand Valley at the southern most point of Texas. We have since joined with Mexico Missions Inc. to assist them with their childrens backpack programs in Mexico. Our mission is to reach the poorest of the poor in Mexico. We build homes, offer food and clothing to those in need, but most importantly we share the love and hope that is found in our Lord Jesus Christ. Living radical lives has expanded our vision and ministry from feeding hundreds of families to thousands.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US REACH OUT TO THOSE IN NEED

Our ministry is totally supported by people like you.Since we did not raise our needed support before entering the mission field we continue to walk by faith that God will speak to the hearts of those of you reading our blog and joining us on short term trips to Mexico to help us help our brothers and sisters in Reynosa. If you would like to contribute to us personally, sponsor a child to attend school, give to the building of a home for a needy family, or even have us facilitate a food outreach, contact us via E-mail or send checks made out to MEXICO MISSIONS INC. and mail to our new address, P.O. Box 68 San Juan, Tx. 78589. If you would like to support us personally, put B&P in the memo column. If you would like to sponsor a specific outreach, list that as well in the memo column. All gifts are tax deductable. Child school sponsorship $400.00 per year per child, a newly designed home can be built with some help from the people in Mx. for a gift of $3800.00 or any portion thereof until enough money is raised to build one. Many houses could just use new roofing and some other fixes to make them more habitable. God Bless You as you give.

Mexico Missions with Bruce and Paula

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