WE ARE TRYING!!!!!

Normally by this time in the year, we are in Illinois enjoying time with family and friends.  The camper is loaded and ready and we are as well. But the delay is one of concern for Paula's health. Even though she feels fine, our cardiologist has some concern about some blockage that might need to be addressed before we travel. Following a CT SCAN last week and no urgency to act, a follow up appointment is tomorrow and then we'll see what happens next. We're trusting God for a good report. 

  Two birthdays 🎂last week at Melodys Orphanage, Gil, pronounced Hill, turned 4 and Jaimes son Andres turned 16. We drove over for both parties 🥳, who wouldn't? 

  A load of pinto beans was donated to the ministry last week and arrived on Wed. Unloading was not a joyful experience because it is hot hot hot 🔥here. Thanks to Semco Corp for allowing us to store the beans there and helping unload. Thanks to a few people and Power Ministry for helping with the trucking costs. With fuel being much more expensive 😩 it has almost doubled the cost for transportation from Idaho to here. But God Provides. 

  The border situation is a mess as I'm sure you have heard. We see it first hand, and trust me, your not seeing it as a true humanitarian crisis it really is. In Mexico, thousands of people from all over the world are being held up by cartels until they can pay them to get them across. Yesterday Andres told me of a friend of ours that has helped us build houses, paid the cartel over 5000 dollars to get him to Houston where he's been promised a job paying over 1000 dollars a week. That's 10 times more than he earned in Mexico. 

  Your generosity keeps us keeping on. Things are so much different since China unleashed the virus on the world. We continue to watch God provide us with the resources to meet the needs of the orphanages

and the colonia. We have a few trips planned into the interior of Mexico 🇲🇽 when we return Lord Willing!!