HAVE YOU EMPTIED YOUR BARNS?

What kind of question is that? We all have barns. Jesus called them storehouse. It's where we keep "our" stuff. Garage, shed, rental space, bank, safety deposit box. Heck, we have a huge shed with enough beans and rice to feed 1 million meals. Since hurricanes Harvey and Irma and now Jose have destroyed people's stuff. There was a huge earthquake in Mexico at the same time as the U.S. was dealing with the hurricanes. Why don't they name earthquakes? Probably because there's too many.
I say all that because I'm trying to get rid of stuff. We've sent money to relief efforts in the U.S. and sent thousands of dollars to fellow servants in Mexico to buy food and medicine. We just received 2000 pairs of shoes from someone we don't even know from Washington. 7 pallets if shoes, sitting in the warehouse as we wait for a permit to cross them into Mexico. Tomorrow Travis Caywood is bringing a load if beans and rice to send to the earthquake area in Mexico. The beans are free, but we had to buy the rice. Another 4K for the rice. We need favor from the govt to cross a whole semi load. We're hoping to travel to Oaxaca in November. Phil and Marianne and I several others will be joining us.
Relief efforts are quite different from the relief efforts here. Corruption and greed sometimes motivate people. Oh wait, it happens here also!!! Human nature. We're trusting God to work out the details.
Yesterday was Mexican Independence Day. We joined our friends in Mexico to celebrate with them. Sergio completed Paula's cabinets at the Community Center. Now Sergio needs to build some for Melodys Orphanage in the laundry room.
So we're busy trying to "unload" stuff. Food, clothes, shoes, money, at a time when people are hoarding. So try it, "unload" and feel the freedom!!!