TIME SURE FLYS

We can't believe it's Friday already. Ron, Michelle, Major and Faith Shong are leaving today even though we put forth our best effort to get them to stay. We had a great week of ministry and fellowship and many many laughs. Yesterday we made great progress on the house after loosing two days to rain. While Ron, Raul, Beto, Carmello and me worked on getting all the siding installed, Paula, Michelle, Faith and Major visited some families and gave out food, shoes, blankets and lots of love in the colonia. We started packing up about 3pm and it took us over an hour to say good bye as the Shongs took pictures with the different families they came to know and love just like we have over the last year. We headed for Rio Bravo orphanage to visit the Kincaids and much to our suprise they were having thier Christmas program with all the children from the school and orphanage. They were all dressed up with costumes and the music of Christmas( in spanish of course) filled the air. We went out for pizza after the concert and didn't get home until 10pm. The Word of God says that your heart will always follow your money and we have been so blessed to have the Shongs here this week. They have been supporting us on a monthly basis all year and this has been thier first trip here in almost 10 years, but we know that just as Paula and I kept leaving a piece of our heart here every trip we made to Reynosa, they have left a piece of thier hearts here as well. We will miss them a lot, but we know that that will come back as soon as they can. They leave today and some friends from Houston come tommorow to spread the love of Christmas in the colonia with gifts, and blankets they collected at thier church. Raul heads to Saltillo, Mx. on a medical missions trip for two days, as we continue to prepare for our group from Moraine in ten days.