FIVE YEARS HERE AND THE JOY NEVER STOPS

It's always a joy when God allows us the priviledge to meet some basic needs through the generous gifts of people, churches and companies that truly care about others. We are just the hands that get to deliver those blessings on behalf of them. Joy comes from Jesus, Others, and then Yourself so we pray that your JOY will be overflowing.  Gartners Gallery, a furniture and bedding store in Hancock, MI, gave us a donation from a sale they held a while back to purchase beds for families that needed them. Today and last Saturday we bought and gave out three and plan on giving out several more during the next few weeks. It surprised me today, that when we drove through the colonia with the beds loaded on my truck ready to be given to any one that had need, that a few families said that they were ok and that there are probably people that needed them more than they did even though there were three or four people sleeping on one bed. JOY! We did manage to find one Father and Daughter sleeping on an old mattress on the floor together and gave them one and I promised to buy them another single bed next week. Another Young man was sleeping on an old bed with three brothers and sisters and they were really glad for the extra bed. Zackao and Carmela were all smiles when we dedicated their house on Saturday and they got a new bed as well as many other household gifts and food. Pastor Jose Puente' came over the other day and we loaded his old 64 El-camino to the max with rice, beans, corn and bibles. Saturdays food outreach was another chance to share the Gospel with over 200 people again and Mathew 25 was Davids scripture on helping those in need regardless of how poor you are. The poor widow gave the Prophet all the food she had and that set her up with food for the rest of her life. Somebody is always worse off than you and Jesus separated those who help those in need from those that do not and those that do not get a one way ticket to hell for eternity and those that do help the poor inherit the Kingdom. What a difference for such an easy act of love and obedience. Hulls Grove Baptist Church provided enough health kits to give every child and parent a bag with a tooth brush, paste, soap, wash cloth and a gospel tract as well to make a physical and spiritual health kit all in one. Thanks to them for thinking of the people in the colonia when they had a team here a few weeks ago ministering to the kids at Childrens Haven Orphanage in Reynosa. They hope to bring a team down here next year to build a house with us. Saturday night we attended Jullisas' 15th birthday part in the colonia. They really do those Quincineras up to the nines in spite of the poverty they live in. We had a great time in spite of the 13 hour day in Mexico. We handed out food to hundreds of people, ate, dedicated a house to a beautiful couple, ate again, and then attended the birthday party and guess what? Ate again! A JOYFUL day indeed.