THE SMILES TELL THE STORY

All week we were preparing for Saturday, two days until school begins in Mexico and thanks to several donations of school supplies and backpacks, every child in the colonia can begin the new school year with everything they need for their studies. Roy and Rebecca along with several people from First Baptist in Mcallen brought the backpacks they had collected from their summer V.B.S. where the children donated money to purchase the school supplies for the kids in Mexico. The United Methodist Church in Mcallen donated stuffed backpacks as well for their work in Mexico and allowed us to have some for getting them across the border. Elim Christian Services in Orland Park, Illinois donated hundreds of pre packed school supplies that filled the backpacks we purchased. www.elimcs.org is their web site. Although it was extremely hot, we drove from house to house throughout the colonia putting smiles on the faces of every child, with a backpack,juice box and gospel tracts for everyone. A great time was had by some great people just wanting to serve Jesus in a practical way. We installed a fence around the trade school last week as Roy and Rebecca head to Alabama for some R&R before the trade school opens in October.