Wow, Wednesday, we headed over to Mexico to spend a few days while Carmelo was away to a school conference. It was 80 degrees before the winds changed and a cold front came in that afternoon and it started raining and got pretty nasty. Living in the colonia is no easy way of life when it gets this nasty. The muddy road makes it almost impossible to get anywhere. The kids can't go to school because of the roads and the fact that most classrooms are leaky and flood prone. The adults that take the bus to work, now have to walk, because the buses don't come into the colonia when it's muddy. It just makes life harder than it already is. Our solar system doesn't charge the batteries because of the clouds, so we had to disconnect the neighbors to conserve what little power there is stored in the batteries. The girls have to watch their Novellas,( Mexican Soap Operas), well ok, I watch too!
It really makes us all the more determined to help those that need a house to get them into a dry home asap! We thought of an old lady named Vicky that gets flooded out every time it rains real hard like it has for the last two days. We will start her foundation in a week or two, along with several others that we plan on building in the next few months. Needless to say, life slows to a crawl in the colonia when it rains. No kids outside playing, no traffic on the road, no bus noise at night, the constant rain beating on the metal roofs makes for some sleepless nights, however, I seem to drown the noise of the rain out with headphones and an old CD player with some soaking music by Julie True. It works quite well and we do love sleeping over there from time to time when it's cool out.
I desperately needed a hot shower, so I came home for a few hours and I'm headed back as soon as some people pick up some beans and rice. I got the mail, did some paperwork, checked the e-mail, listened to my voice mail, fed the cat, now I'll head to the bank and head back to Mexico for another night with our Grand kids, Mimi and Caleb. They really like waking up and having us there for breakfast and coffee. Life might be hard in the Colonia, but it's a whole lot simpler.
We attended a mid week service Wed night in Reynosa at a new church outside of the colonia, and it was awesome. About 300 believers and their kids coming out to worship God on a cold and rainy night. It was a bout a 2 hour service and one of the members sat in the back with me and interpreted every thing that I didn't understand, so thanks to Victor for his language skills. I think we will come back there again, they need some building help and who knows, maybe we can get them to help us in the colonia. They want to be an outreach church and what a better way to reach out than to help the poor. Pray for the growth of Abundant Grace Church in Reynosa. Thanks for the support and drop us an e-mail sometime if you enjoy the blog or even if you don't, to let us know that you're following us and make any suggestions you feel would help our communicating our ministry updates.
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