Yesterday, Paula,Raul, and I were over in the colonia for 11 hours. We painted the wood for Yolanda and Antonio's roof rafters and a few pieces of siding.Yolandas sister and brother in law came and helped us all day. By the end of the day they both prayed to recieve Christ as their Savior. Yolanda told Paula she has shared with them for years but just as the case with most of us, your family never seems to hear you until someone else comes along and tells them the same thing and they hear and recieve the message and pray. It was so hot yesterday and we needed to finish the roof and siding in case IKE hit here. Carmello and Beto helped all day when they needed to work on a car for a customer of their own. I started getting a lot of cramps in my hands and legs toward the end of the day, dehydration! I drank a bunch of water and finished a few more things and we went to Clemente's and cut the door to fit better. It was Beto's birthday today Paula baked a cake for the whole family last week. Sept is birthday month for them. We ate dinner at Ruth and Carmellos and headed home at about 8:00. Well IKE took a turn to the north and spared us but I'm still praying that the storm would dissolve. People from Houston are supposed to come here next friday to dedicate a home and give out some stuff and then we come to Chicago for a much needed visit with family and friends. A GREAT DAY IS HAD WHEN PEOPLE GET SAVED SO TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY.
I DON'T LIKE IKE
As the weather channel says we might get our second hurricane this year in the Texas Valley and the Mexican border, I've got to get the other block house completed by the time Ike hits. This family still has water 15 feet from the back of their house from hurricane Dolly last month and they will be in water if Ike hits here.When the possibility of a storm like this is churning it's way toward us, all I can think about is the families in the colonia with no evacuation options. We'll pass out food and candles this week, I don't know what else we can do. If we could get them across the border and bring them to our house, we would. So how do we pray for this hurricane to hit someone else so we can be spared? I pray that God would stop the storm in it's tracks and calm the sea ...Amen.
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