It seems like it took forever to build Vickys house, and I guess compared to the normal three days, five days did seem long. But we put the finishing touches on yesterday and Sunday afternoon we will be handing the keys over to a sweet lady. Vicky has prepared us two meals everyday while were building the house, maybe that's why it took us so long. Great food and great fellowship. It was only Carmelo, Zacharias and me building the house, until the kids from near by started coming and helping. We were teaching them different skills, like building and leveling stairs, using a battery saw, drill and nailing with their hammer. They were a big help, but slowed us down a little bit which is fine by me.
Paula and I spent the last few nights in Mexico, which makes it so much easier, especially since the bridge wait time is getting long. Last Saturday we dodged a three hour wait time by driving east to another bridge and waited only an hour. Paula and Ruth have been so busy wrapping the hundreds of gifts we have bought in the last week. I think we have spent almost $2000.00 on toys and gifts for people that this just might be the only gift they will get this Christmas. I often rant about the fact that we Americanos spend so much money buying gifts for people that already have to much stuff, so all of our " gift " money goes toward those that will not get any gifts. I try to challenge people to give up the normal buying practices and bless people they don't know and get their families involved in the process and watch what God does.
We probably won't get a Christmas news letter out in the mail, but should get an electronic one out soon, so we'll see what the year end gifts are like without sending a snail mail letter with a return envelope. So if your being led to give a year end gift to Mexico Missions, Thank You. We always have so many projects in the works and we never seem to get them all done.
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