CHRISTMAS IS HERE ALREADY??

  Is it just me, or has this year gone by soo fast that you wonder " where has time gone"? Thanksgiving has come and gone. We celebrated the Monday before Thanksgiving out at Angel's of God Orphanage after an anointed prayer walk around the orphanage, asking God to pour out His Spirit on Jaime, Rosalba and the 29 kids in thier care. A 4 turkey feast was enjoyed by over 50 people in attendance. A  great time indeed!!

   We continue to take the truckload of Christmas Shoe box gifts and backpacks and bibles and beans and rice across that we have. Ricky and James are going to be here Saturday with another load. Travis Caywood will be here tomorrow afternoon with 9 pallets of beans that were donated and 6 pallets of rice that I purchased and 2 pallets of donated water. 

   Thanksgiving night, we attended the graduation from medical school of two of Jaimes and Rosalbas kids. Kayla and Fernando received thier diplomas along with 20 other young adults at a beautiful venue in Reynosa. Congratulations to all!

   We continue to thank God for all of our partners that allow us to share God's love for His creation through gifts of food, medicine, and many other things. The support we receive makes it all possible. 

   We ask you all to pray for Jaime, Rosalba and the kids. Joining two orphanages into one is not without challenges as the kids and staff are adjusting to the new life together. 

    The Jennings family stopped by for a visit before they head back into the mission field to serve in Belize. They served in Africa for many years and now God has called them to Belize with thier 4 kids. Pray for them as they obey God's leading.

GOOD? BAD?BLESSED!

Is it good that we had to come back to Illinois? Yes we love to see our family and friends.  Bad because the reason this time is for the Funeral and Memorial service for Paula's big brother Emilio " Emil ". The service is at Moraine Valley Church on Saturday the 6th at 1pm for visitation and 2pm for the service. We hope to see you there. You probably didn't know Emil, but we all know Paula. 

   The last few weeks in Mexico 🇲🇽 have been a time of huge blessings. Ricky Carroll rented a huge truck in Alabama and brought hundreds of backpacks filled with Christmas gifts and hundreds of shoe box gifts 🎁 for the kids as well. Bibles, new clothes, and much more stuff filled the truck with 12 pallets. We will spend the next few weeks crossing everything to the Community Center, before Ricky brings another load in December. 

   Melodys Orphanage has officially moved to the Angel's of God Orphanage out in the country. Jaime and Rosalba have been installed as the new directors and also serve on the Mexican Foundation Board along with their Son Macedonio and a few other locals. There was some spiritual warfare as the transition was unfolding and our Great God and Savior sent the Holy Spirit to intervene and do a marvelous work in the 💕 of those involved.  We look forward to seeing teams come and stay with us at the orphanage, to work, play and minister to the 25 kids there. There is a much larger budget requirement than Melodys Orphanage so we're asking God to raise up more financial partners to experience the joy of supporting such an awesome move of God.

   Many, if not all of you are aware of the problems with illegal aliens at our southern border. Although we don't Condone the illegal crosses, there are thousands of people who are staying in Mexico awaiting their turn at an asylum hearing. The needs are huge as they live in ⛺  tents with thier families. We purchased hundreds of toothbrushes, toothpaste, lots of diapers, 3 baby cribs, feminine products, coffee, creamer and delivered it last week. Very well mannered people and the kids we're excited to get get some toys from the Power Ministry leaders that visited a few weeks ago that I tagged along with and saw the hygiene needs.

  Thanks to all that pray for us and support us in our redefined ministry since we're not building houses for the time being.