Their kitchen
7 plus 1 
New home for this family
WAAAAAAATER
Water, that was the very first word that Helen Keller spoke.What a joy to see that freshly dug trench for the water lines! The backhoes sure made the job a lot easier for the team from Austin and those people from the colonia that lent a helping hand. While I was running back and forth in the colonia, Paula, Theresa, Esther and Rosie were holding a kids bible club and craft time at Pastor Victors Church. Pedro, Valerie and Deborah led worship. They are some new friends that serve about 200 miles south of the border and are on their time out of Mexico to renew their visas. 35 years of surrender and 8 children raised in Mx. What a story they have, and it's been fun getting to know them. With our warehouse full of beans, Pedro loaded His truck up the other day to take them home with them. After the children were done with the bible club, we lined them all up again and bought them all a freeze pop or Bonice as they are called in Mexico. 500 pesos was the final tally after all the kids and moms got one. Our monthly Pastors meeting was in the afternoon, under the International Bridge, so after eating tamales at Pastor Victors, we ate again at the meeting. I think we have given out most of the backpacks and school supplies that have been donated. We have been stopping the school buses and checking to see if any kids needed them and then they would pick one. Today we were checking the new water lines and came across a new family in the colonia, The Zapata Family. They made this pathetic little house with no door, a tarp for one wall, 1/2 sheets a plywood for another and they slept on a little piece of foam on the bare ground, full of ants, rats, fleas and God knows what else makes its way in there at night. We went to town, bought a bed and filled the truck up with a lot of different things to make life a LITTLE easier. Food, clothes, candles,blankets,sheets,a table and a Bible. It's almost hard to tell them that God Loves them when they have to live like this, but I told them, that God wants them to bloom and grow right where He has planted them. This is Gods will for their life. How do I know? Because if it was not Gods will, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT!! We took David and Luzmar to lunch today. They live in the solar powered house and run the water Ministry for the group from Austin. They are from Gueretteno Mx and were hired to support the groups from Austins efforts and make disciples. The water thing has really hindered the disciple making thing, so Omaro handles the water thing now and that frees them up to make disciples. Maybe a trip to San Antonio Wed or Thurs to pick up donated water barrels that are much needed for people to store water in.
GRAB A SHOVEL, LET'S DIG
The long awaited extension of the water line to where we will build the next 30 foot water tower with a 10,000 gallon capacity will begin tomorrow. The ROHI group from Austin will be laying the pipe past the Pharr Bridge to Pastor Proconos church where the footing for the tower is in the ground already. Two backhoes will be digging and breaking through solid rock to extend water service to about 75 more families. The team will come back when time permits, to install the tower and tank that some generous hearts from Illinois surrendered their wallets to Jesus, to make it all possible. It amazes me how generous people are when asked to help meet the needs of the poor. SOME PEOPLE JUST GET IT!! Well, I can't believe that we have given out over 75,000 pounds of beans since moving into the new place with the warehouse. I do believe God had a plan for this place. Jon from Valley Baptist Retreat Center took 123 bags of beans off my hands today and that will help make room for another 500 bags due here on Saturday. ( That's 50,000 lbs of beans in the last three weeks!!!!) This sowing and reaping principal really blows my mind. and the great news is , that it will blow yours too, if you test God and see if He doesn't throw open the windows of Heaven and pour out such a blessing that you will need a warehouse also! A new Pastor from Reynosa came today and we filled up His truck with beans, rice and clothing. Rick Caywood is the trucking missionary that brings all the beans and rice at no charge, but we always find a way to give Him a gift to pay for fuel. Check out His web site www.rcmcc.org and get blessed by blessing His valuable ministry with a online gift. He'll be here Sat with the beans. I cut the grass at both houses today, and I'm beat--- good night.
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