GOD IS OUR STRENGTH

You know you have had a full day, when you rush to meet a concrete truck in Mexico in the morning, and then get a call that another load of beans will be arriving at your house in the afternoon, followed by a wonderful dinner and some very welcomed guests. The foundation is poured and the family is painting the wood with some help from the neighbors. Rick and Diane Balmer from the Carpenters Crew have set up their fifth wheel camper trailer in our yard, and will be here for at least a month before their teams arrive at the end of Feb. They are always such a blessing to have around and they are a tremendous help to us, and Dianes' Mom is staying in our camper for a few weeks( we have room inside, but Francis likes the feel of camping). We returned in time to unload some of the beans before Gator Carter of Big Heart Orphanage in Reynosa came by and stayed for dinner. We had taken up an offering for him last week and hadn't had the chance to give it to him, so he came for the money and left with a full stomach as well. He lost a son to suicide a year ago and had a kidney transplant 6 weeks ago, so don't complain about the little trail you find yourself in, it could be worse! He has such a great faith and God has really done a wonderful thing through these tests of faith. More beans in the warehouse and Ricks new truck is sitting in our yard right now. Rick Balmer and me will go with Rick Caywood to San Benito in the new rig to drop off some beans at the Curves warehouse and Phillip has some new donated mattresses for us to give away. We hope to back before noon and go to Mexico and start cutting the wood for the "twins' house. Being so busy is really quite invigorating, kingdom work always gives us strength as we see God doing so many different things at once, and as long as we say YES. we get blessed.