MUD SWEAT AND TEARS

Last week ended with Pedro and Marcos giving their hearts to Jesus and this week started with an impassable road after some early morning showers made a mess of an already messed up road. BUT GOD, I love those words, BUT GOD provided the funds through the Carpenters Crew to purchase over twenty truck loads of caliche' to fix the road. The grader will come today and scrape the road smooth and then, the caleche' when it dries out a little more. We started our fourth house in less than a month for Eliazer and Elva and today we dedicate it and we pray for the move of the Holy Spirit in Eliazers life. The Crew and Gary and Jeryl from the U.P. of Michigan made short work in the heat of building the house that this family has waited for years to come to pass. While most were building the house, Alfred and Gary wired up our house and Carmelo and Ruths for electricity that will be provided by a donated propane generator, that starts automatically when a switch is thrown. No more going outside to pull the start cord AMEN! This team has been such a blessing to us these past several weeks as they have surrendered their time, money and talents to help us and the people in Mexico, and they will be surely missed when they leave. Today the tears will flow as we dedicate this beautiful new home and celebrate with tamales, chicken and mole sauce. We have spent each evening this week in the Word and prayer for some huge needs. A young man named Jason in Chgo needs a heart transplant, one team members husband is needing prayer for a bad back, shoulder and bladder problems, and she is here serving the poor, Gary has back and foot issues and needs an we will take him for an MRI in Reynosa next week. Isaiah 58 still promises, that when we help the poor, and provide houses and food and clothes for the oppressed, that we will call out and God will hear us and when we need healing, it will come quickly and God will always guide us and also be our rear guard. What do you need today from God? What have you done for the poor to position yourself for an answer to your prayer?