L.O.L.

In the text world, l.o.l. either means laugh out loud, or lots of love. This week has been full of both as Joe and Barb Warner drove from South Dakota to meet their son Lane here to build a home for Maria and her family. Lots of Love and help from the guys in the colonia, made it possible to build the home in two days and dedicate it on the third day of their time here. Joe and Barb grow the pinto beans in S.D. and visiting ground zero of the bean distribution was something they had wanted to do before resting in AZ before planting season. We have had a great time getting to know them and we have had a lot of laughs along the way. Yesterday we took hundreds of pounds of beans and rice to Casa Mami orphanage in Reynosa so the Warner family could see first hand where the beans supply such a huge and growing need. The night before, Jorge came and loaded up 400 pounds of food and drove it 8 hours south where beans are selling for about 2 dollars a pound. He's not selling them, but giving them to people that can't afford them. We left the orphanage to stop one more time in the colonia, but a military road block closed the road and we just headed for Proggresso where we ate lunch, shopped and I got a much needed massage on the knots in my shoulders and back. Ahhh! We finished the day driving to Padre Island to watch an elusive sun set that hid behind some clouds, but pretty none the less. Dinner with building friends John and Ruth that live on the island, all you can eat fish and shrimp.