A WEEK OF RE- CONNECTING AND BEING AVAILABLE

It has been an interesting week of getting back into the flow of ministry. Where to begin? Who to help first? Which home to build? How many kids need to register for school? Who needs uniforms for school? How is everyone in the colonia? What's the latest news? So as Paula, Lynnea. Alan and I had our morning coffee together, I would just say, " let the day happen, no need for a specific plan, God has it all figured out already". How would you like to live everyday like that? No plans, just faith! No agenda, just faith. No complicated iron clad set of minute by minute details of every step. I LOVE THIS LIFE!!! It suits my personality perfectly. Because in ministry, everything changes, every day, every moment. God has a whole lot of appointments for us to keep, but He doesn't let us know until it's time. lest we mess up His Divine appointments with our own plans. Yesterday was no exception. Paula and Lynnea went to the school to register kids and Alan, Roy and I drove around meeting families needing houses, some already have foundations poured and are ready to go. While looking at one one lot, a young man ran up and asked if we could pray for his Dad, He said he was very sick. We drove down to the house, where at least 10 people are living, and saw some young men lifting another man out of bed and into a wheel chair. The man was obviously partially paralyzed. His name is Mario and His wife's name is Ana. Mario had part of his skull removed at a hospital in the State of Vera Cruz about 8 hours south of here. They removed part of his skull to take the pressure off his brain from a growing tumor which is quite visible. Ana said the doctors have given a 0 percent chance of recovery and there is no hope. I just looked at her and him and said Jesus is their only hope!! Tears filled her eyes knowing that unless God performs a miracle, shes going to loose her husband and the father to their children. Carmelo, Roy, Alan and I got down on our knees and prayed, looking for God to cure this Man, expecting God to cure this man, knowing God can cure this man, and yet wondering IF God would cure this Man. One amazing thing, is that Mario has no pain and we prayed that would continue while God heals him. I asked Ana and her family to fast for a day and pray for that Miracle. Last night a man named Rogelio or Roy came to get some beans and rice for Mexico. He has this huge skin grafted chin. He showed me pictures of himself a few years ago with a giant tumor growing out of his mouth, and I mean the kind you just see on t.v. The doctors gave him no hope either. Roy knows the colonia we work in and is going to visit Mario and pray for him this week. I told him He has an anointing for praying for people with tumors. So on a lighter side, Caleb starts school today and Mimi goes into third grade. My grandchildren are growing up fast. A beautiful, but slightly over the top 5th birthday party for Talita in the colonia Saturday. A great time to re- connect with a lot of people from the colonia that were there. Priorities in Mexico is family