RECONCILIATION , REBUILDING , AND RE-BAR

Last night we invited the two Christian families that needed to be reconciled after an issue arose about the water distribution. David and his son David Jr. handle the daily routine of opening and closing the water valves in different sections of the colonia to insure everyone gets water every week. Well Naftalie and his Wife Esa go to work early in the morning and are not home to fill their barrels on "their day". They leave the gate unlocked to allow Jr to fill the tanks for them and when it is locked, he can't fill them. They ran out of water and headed to Davids house to confront them and an argument ensued, leaving one family without water and the other wounded by the word spoken.
   We invited them all to a meal at our house last night and witnessed how God wants us to deal with issues within the body. There was confession, repentance, forgiveness and restoration. When you choose to do things Gods way, He shows up!! How many times have we wounded someone with our words, or been wounded and just blow it off and never seek reconciliation? I know I have, and sometimes it festers for years and the Holy Spirit keeps moving us toward reconciliation, and until it is dealt with, Gods way, it will continue to eat our lunch.
   On another front, God has put before us two families that lost their homes due to a fire last month. The fire started in one house and burned both to the ground when the flames spread. We have spoken to one of the families and told them to pray for the funds to re-build. Both families are staying with family members until such a time as God provides the funds and He will!! He always does!! Proverbs says that the poor cry out and gives you and I an opportunity to be the answer to their prayers, so THANK YOU for being part of what God does through us to meet the needs of these special people.
   There has always been a huge need for the kids in the colonia to further their education beyond grade school and many choose not to. That is all changing now as the RHOI Foundation and their partners are building a high school in the colonia to meet that need. They are pouring the foundation today and will start building it next week. We are always glad to be part of anything that meets the needs of the poor. PTL!!!!
   

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