GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS

  After returning home, Paula came down with the spike protein that gave her a positive test for a week. You have to call it what it is! It's not Covid 19. She's better now, but still has a lingering cough.

   We've taken a lot of beans, rice and bibles across the border the last few weeks. We hadn't spent much time in the colonia, just unloaded and left while Paula was not feeling well.

   New Life Family Church came and got 2000 lbs of beans and bagged them up for today's outreach. We have another load of beans coming from North Dakota next week. We have to pay the $4000.00 transportation bill, but the beans are free. 44 thousand pounds of beans is enough for 1/2 million meals. God is Good!

    Melodys Orphanage is doing well, Jaime just returned from speaking at a Pastors conference in Tijuana. He took all the kids to shop for shoes for everyone.  Can you imagine having to buy shoes for 16 kids at once? I asked him for the receipt for the shoes, and gave him the money back. Hector turned 12 the other day, and Little Monserott turns 11 this week. 

   We're still asking for prayers for a permanent solution for the orphanage as far as housing goes. It's all in God's hand, He knows the need.

    We have a ministry interested in purchasing the ministry center in San Juan. Nothing for sure, but they have a need for a place like ours. We're not quitting ministry,  just downsizing the work load and upkeep of our place. 

    Thanks for praying for us and the kids at Melodys. Lea stsrted 1st grade last week. My how time goes by. 

I SURRENDER

  Who does that? Who has surrendered all? JESUS!  We can sing as many songs as we like about Surrender but we never will. If we did, churches would be debt free, missionaries would have enough, budgets wouldn't need to exist,  widows, orphans and orphanages would all be provided for. 

  Last Sunday we were given the opportunity to share with the congregation at Moraine Valley Church during Pastor Pat's message from Ecclesiasties chapter 2. EVERYTHING IS MEANINGLESS.  I'll try to put a link, but you can get it from thier website. Our testimony about a surrendered life and how God worked in our life to Surrender "Some" not all. We always hold something back. We all do.

  It was great to see old friends and make new one at our pizza party after church. We were able to share about what has been going on in the ministry. Funding of the Melodys Orphanage was a topic covered as well. Funding Melodys is expensive and God has provided for 7 years through generous donors. 

   Our month long trip back to Illinois ended Monday as we packed the car and headed down the road. Tears 😢 flowed as we kissed Lea and Kristin goodbye. That's part of the Surrender, leaving family to pursue the call of God. But that doesn't make it any easier!!.