Mexico Missions with Bruce and Paula: ON THE ROAD, RE-CONNECTING

It's always such a joy to spend some time on the road , with family, with friends, and partners. After leaving last Monday , with the goal of visiting Angie and her 11 kids in South Carolina. A text from Paula to announce our arrival on Wed for a visit, led to disappointment . They're not there! They're at family camp for the week. Bummer! Where's camp I asked Paula? Murphysboro Tennessee she said. Paula, not really knowing our itinerary, me neither, that's where we're going to attend Maverick and Addys wedding Saturday. How convenient! God knows everything about everything. He works all things out for good. We were able to stop for at camp for a few hours and visit. Soo good to see them. It's been 3 years.
We drove to Alan and Lynnea Wells house a couple hour drive from Murphysboro. They've been living in Tennessee since selling their house in IL. We spent the night, did our laundry, played a round of golf, headed back to Murphysboro for the wedding. We met Angie and the kids for breakfast , headed to the wedding , and then on to meet Kristin ,Larry and the kids in Gatlinburg at a campground.
We've been blessed with this time together . Seeing the sites, and many sites there are in this area. I haven't been here in 45years. We haven't been in the actual wilderness of the area, too many distractions , go carts, restaurants, shops. No time for hiking.
We head out today, visit Shawn and Carla Estes Church tonight in Glasgow, Kentucky. Head to Chicago to spend a week or so.
We'll be at Moraine Valley Church Sunday, invite all for pizza night, Wednesday the 15th at 7pm at Moraine Valley Church. But before that, we have the honor of baptizing my sister Pam Sunday afternoon. What an exciting time for her and us. 30 years of waiting for her to surrender to Christ.

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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