Mexico Missions with Bruce and Paula: January 2025

Although January started out with a road trip to Phoenix, it ends with a short trip to Melodys Orphanage today. Rick and Diane Balmer are here from Illinois and will bless the kids with pizza today for lunch.

We experienced a severe cold 🥶 front last week. Below freezing Temps killed most of our plants and everyone else's as well. We took blankets to Mexico to give to anybody that needed one.

Paula went to Mexico to hold our monthly food outreach and was without electricity while her and China stayed overnight. No power in the morning, so Sergio and I stayed home and met the girls in Nuevo Progresso at Melodys Orphanage for lunch.

We have reconsidered our plans to drive 15 hours into Mexico to visit Paula's family. The new Trump administration has declared the cartels terrorist organizations and we think it best to keep a low profile for the near future.

A huge thanks to all that have supported us and the ministry. We got all the giving statements mailed out and we're always amazed at God's Favor by providing for us.

After bringing in the New Year, Kelly and I headed to Arizona first thing on New Years day in her van. 17 hours later, we pulled into a remote camping spot in the mountains above Tuscon. A beautiful but chilly view when day broke. 32 degrees with a 930 tee time 30 minutes away. A beautiful course with cactus 🌵 all around.

We drove to Phoenix and met my cousin John and his wife Betty for dinner. Kelly dropped me off at long time friend Rodney's in North Phoenix. Friday we met Kelly for breakfast before she headed to California and then on to Cabo.

Saturday I met with another long time friend Fels that we went to school with. I headed back to Rodney's and we went and saw the movie Bonhaffer. Sunday we went to Calvary Church and had tacos for lunch.

Sunday night I met Lulu and her daughter Gina for supper. We were in a Bible study in Illinois for years together. Now they live in AZ. Rodney and I met Steve for breakfast Monday morning at cracker barrel before I headed to the airport. I met Steve on a missions trip last April when we took Melodys Orphanage to Creel to minister to the indigenous people there.

Now I'm home and it's chilly here. Highs in the 40s for a few days. I didnt get to visit everyone i know in Phoenix, but only a few days there made it a sprint not a marathon.

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.

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