Working on a car to sell
A machine to scrape the street
How the water get to the colonia
The blocks are here 
Everyday Counts
While we didn't build anything physically today, but we did start building a new relationship with a family that will be getting a house in October when a group from Seattle comes all the way to Reynosa to change the life of that family. We also ordered the cement and over 500 cinder blocks for Antonio and Yolanda as we prepare to build their new house on Sat. We drove to Pastor Juans to visit for a bit, he was traveling around Mexico all month preaching in different states in Mx and we just wanted to see how his trip went.
Desperate for Gods Touch
We have all been praying for a miracle in the life of Eliel, Pastor Victors 18 year old son who has a cancerous tumor on his face. He has been in the hospital in Monterrey 3 hrs from his home and family. Victor and his wife Erica switch places every week or so. Victor was getting ready to leave yesterday as he shared with Paula, how the doctors aren't sure about his recovery I could hear his voice crack and tears flooded his eyes. He said they think he might die unless God touches him. We wept as we gathered around him and prayed for a miracle. They need blood at the hospital, so Victor, Carmello, Beto and Obed are going to give blood in Monterrey. We dropped them off at a friends that would be able to drive them there. I wanted to go but my tourist visa was at home and you need that to travel beyond the border towns in Mx. Please Pray for them today.
Huge needs require huge sacrifices
I haven't felt this overwhelmed since we have been here.I'm not tired or burned out, just overwhelmed. Paula and I are the only ever present missionaries here in Nopaleta.It seems every day someone new comes to us and asks if we could help them and thier family. We see people living in such deplorable conditions and the more rain we receive here the worse the conditions get. Elva, the colonia president, took us down the road today to visit a women with 5 kids,no husband, and a house that leaks everwhere. We told her that we don't build these houses,God does, thru the sacrifices of his children that know and understand that everything they own belongs to him and we just prayed that provision would come soon. We already have several families waiting for the blessing that others have received and this is just one more of litterally hundreds of families that have tremendous needs here. The mosquitoes are eating everyone up at night. The road was so bad today I got stuck twice. I needed to drop off some metal roofing at Alejandros house past the bridge and my front tire slide into a big hole and we just barely got it out. We finally got thru the mud to Clemente's new house, to drop off his door and to finish a few things. He is putting the cement smooth coat on the cinder blocks and it looks great. Antonio, Yolanda and little Carlos live in Flores De Mayo Colonia across the little bridge and we stopped there to let them know that we should be starting their house soon. Yolanda had no shoes and bare footed. Paula took off her shoes and gave them to her, she held them up to her muddy feet and tears filled her eyes as she said gracias. Antonio grabbed his cement finishing tools and we dropped him off at Clemente's to help him finish his house so that Clemente will help him build his next week.We went back the long way around to avoid the mud and had a bite to eat at Carmello and Ruth's house. Her folks were there and brought some Vera Cruz tomales. Pastor Victor is going back to Monterrey to relieve his wife Erica at the hospital where Eliel continues to get treatment for his cancer. It's been a real trial for them so please continue to pray for him and many others that are batteling cancer including my aunt Dor. God Bless and Good Day. Would you as you have time, let us know who you are, we have no idea who's reading our blog unless you let us know.Paula's E mail is on this page, mine is brucehepburn@yahoo.com Adios
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