ALWAYS A BLESSED TIME

Sorry for the delay in posting! We have been on the move since the last week of June. We have been blessed at every turn of our trip. We started in Texas with supper with Rick Caywood and His wife as we passed through Waco, spent the night in Oklahoma and then stopped at company that supports the efforts of missions organizations to provide backpacks and school supplies at a huge discount and bought 150 backpacks for the kids in Mexico. After buying the backpacks, we received a call from Rick Caywood, and his ministry has a truck load of spiral notebooks that were donated  and we can have as many as we need. We had supper that night with the Mathews family in Lebanon, Missouri. We met them last year in Mexico and they have 5 foster kids that they have adopted and want to open their house up to traveling missionaries. An awesome family with a passion for missions. We arrived in Laharpe IL, the next day and spent several days there connecting with our partners from The Carpenters Crew and One Family One Purpose Ministries. I went fishing on the Mississippi River for catfish at 5;30 in the morning, don't fish eat at other times more suitable? 36 holes of golf after fishing and supper at Rick and Diane Balmers house. We hooked up the R.V. at their neighbors house that is vacant for our time there. A pot luck supper Friday night with the Crew and several others interested in joining the Crew on their next trip to Mx in 2014. Several families have been "Junkin for Jesus" gathering scrap metal and donating the proceeds to buy beans and rice. They also held a yard sale and raised an additional $1000.00 for food for the poor. THEY REALLY, REALLY GET IT!  We were invited to be the first missionaries to speak at The United Presbyterian Church of Biggsville, Il. A beautiful old Church filled with people passionate for Christ. We so enjoyed Pastor Johnsons message and meeting the congregation. They blessed us with a gift and are considering partnering with us on a regular basis. We grilled burgers and chicken at Roy and Carla Days later that day and Paula and I shot some skeet with their shotguns. We left LaHarpe on Monday afternoon after Rick took Diane to the hospital with pains in her abdomen, she had her appendix out that night, and is still recovering from the surgery. We arrived in the Chicago area that and dropped off Herb and Carol Moerrings clown and ABF supplies that we brought from Texas for their summer stay in the area. We have some great pictures of our adventure so far, but they are trapped in our computer and can't get out. We have been blessed by so many as we travel and we are so grateful for the partners God has raised up to share in the blessings of helping the poor.