GOD CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, IN A DAY

On Mondays blog, there is a shack of a house that we moved a family of 6 out of and into a house we built a few years ago. Yesterday, there was a single Mom with four kids moving their stuff into that house as we drove by. We stopped and talked to her about the conditions they were going to be living in, and Virginia said that it was better than where they had just come from. I couldn't imagine that this house that is ready to fall down was better. We put all of their belongings into my truck, and took them to an empty house that we had just bought, that Roy and Rebecca built and paid half of the purchase price to reclaim it. We paid the owner the other half and had one of the girls climb through the window to unlock the door. Smiles filled their faces as they saw the inside. complete with a loft for the kids to share. As we prayed with them I shared how God took them from rags to riches, figurativly speaking, in one day. It's life changing for these families to get these simple houses. We returned later with a whole bunch of stuff for Virginia and her kids. EVERYTHING they owned fit in the back of my pick-up truck. One bed, a mattress,two suitcases of clothes,three more bags of clothes, one cooking pot, and a little box of toys. We all have way to much "stuff" don't we? Today we attended a celebration of Mexicos Independence from Spain at a local school. All the girls were dressed in traditional Mexican dresses and looked so cute. Carmelo finished sanding the top of our van and painted it today, no more rust! Tomorrow, 3 more loads of fill for the road before it rains again. I rented a back-hoe for four hours to spread it all. Off to San Antonio on Saturday to pick up donated plastic drums for the people to store water in from an old friend from Chicago that cleans and recycles the drums. We have bought several of these drums for people over the years and now, just like the beans in the warehouse, God is providing drums for free. Beans, Rice, Clothes, Drums,Money, all the things we sow into the lives of others, we reap. The other day, God put it on my heart to give another missionary family some money and two days later, I found the exact same amount of money in my cup holder in my truck! BELIEVE IT---- OR NOT!