It's been three months since David Lara went to be with the Lord. Paula and I promised Angie and the 11 kids that we would come and visit them Thanksgiving, but with our monthly food outreach in Mexico and 1st Baptist Church coming over to Mexico on the 22nd to feed the entire colonia Thanksgiving dinner, we decided that last week was the only time we could get away. So we packed up "Faith" our R.V. and headed east. Angies birthday was last Tuesday and we wanted to make it for that, and we did. Why the pictures didn't post is beyond my pay grade, so i'll work on that. We arrived in Greenville S.C. Tuesday Morning. On the way, we stopped at Roy and Rebecca Busbys in Alabama, Sunday night. They live out in the country, north of Mobile about an hour, and it's beautiful there. They spend most of their time in Texas and Mexico, but happened to be back in AL. that week.
We had breakfast together and headed down the road and got side tracked by a Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail sign, and after spending 4 hours on one of the most beautiful golf courses I had ever been on, just outside of Montgomery AL we made it to the Georgia/ S.C. border. It was so great to get out of the R.V. and see all the kids and Angie. They live with Angies parents now, Clyde and Jane. They have graciously opened their home and hearts to 12 hurting people, still devastated by the loss of their Father and Husband. We feel Angie and the kids are part of our mission field being a widow and the kids being orphaned without a father. But Psalm 68 says " God will be a Father to the Fatherless and a Judge for the widow". The are indeed in His everlasting arms and He will sustain them.
We had a great few days and miss them already. They sure live in a pretty part of the country, with the Blue Ridge Mountains a short ride away. Me and Clyde played a few rounds of golf together and it was good to get to know him better. It's a huge adjustment for everyone and they are doing well. They had some friends stop by while we were there and two of the families had 10 kids each. We had a great weenie roast one night, and I still smell like smoke from the fire. Angie loves the new van that was bought for them by some generous friends of ours in Chicago. I'm trying to figure out how to buy her old one for our ministry, God Knows!
We stopped in San Antonio last night and spent the night at Dan and Rosanne Blocks, got up this morning and picked up some frozen turkeys that were donated to us by Theresa and will make a great feast for the people in the colonia. Can't wait to go to the colonia tomorrow and see everyone. Thanks for the support and prayers.
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