TIME, MORE PRECIOUS AS WE AGE
I spent the better part of last week in Colorado visiting Kelly and Ryan at their place in Breckenridge up in the mountains. Although most of the surface snow is melted, the ski hills are still busy even in the warmth of spring. A few more weeks and most of the resorts will close down. Kelly and I stayed at a friends condo up on the mountain and had some awesome Daddy/Daughter time. Tears fill my eyes even now as I type this. We prayed, and talked and cried and shared with each other and even took a 400 mile one day road trip to visit the sand dunes in southern Colorado. Just me and Kelly. While the dunes were cool to see, the time we spent driving there and back was better. The kids hit a little bump in the road as life seemed to push their relationship with Jesus to the back burner and Ryans Dad Jim and I dropped everything and went to them to see if we could help. All I know about this life is that Jesus is the answer to all of life's questions and all we could do is point them to the only ONE that could meet every need and fill every void,JESUS CHRIST, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE KING OF GLORY, THE GOD OF ALL CREATION, OUR HEALER, OUR PROVIDER, OUR LIFE, OUR COUNSELOR,OUR REDEEMER,OUR FRIEND, AND OUR SAVIOR AND SO MUCH MORE. We left on Thursday and as we drove to the airport I couldn.t help but to Thank God that He has given our Kids the opportunity to be all God wants them to be and to fulfill their God ordained destiny, as they learn to keep God first place in their life and everything else will flow from Gods hand into their life. Our God is indeed the God of second, third and even fourth chances. How about you? Do you need another chance with God? I know I left there committed to seek God more than I have and to expect God to show up and do great things as I do. I had left my truck and trailer at the airport in San Antonio and upon returning there, I drove 3 hours north to pick up about 5000 pounds of food grade corn to feed the hungry,that had been put in 5 gallon buckets and then drove all night to get home to see my bride.A great time In Colorado and time well spent with part of the family, I'd say it was a priceless time!
A FULL HOUSE
As we circled the kitchen to pray,we extended around the entire floor with our friends from Chicago. The Ruiz, Simeon and LeMay families surrendered a week of their lives to help the poor in Reynosa. As you can see in the photos, they built a beautiful home for the Reyes family and the dedication day was a tearful, heart changing experience to say the least. Having had a chef on hand all week, made the dedication meal the best ever. Thanks to Trophy and his heart to cook all week and Chase for the delicious meat. We gave out gifts to the kids after the dedication and the Chicago team had plenty of water balloons and a three person sling shot to launch them down the dusty road in the colonia. Hearts were changed forever as the team portrayed the life of Christ to the poor and to Paula and I as we watched these godly families live and serve together. Each family has a goal of inviting and bringing more families next year as they share their experience this past week back in Chicago. Our cats sure miss the attention the kids gave them all week, they almost forgot how to walk. Today we gave out food to about 150 families and shared the word of God from 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 about being reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. Another great week in the life of Bruce and Paula. Please pray for a friends father that had a heart attack, some of you may know Lisa Kincaid, another missionary family here in Texas and her Father is in the Chicago area, and she is there with family.
MUCHOS NINOS
As we started the Reyes family home yesterday, I was so encouraged by all the helping hands that drove 1600 miles to bless this family with a home. The team arrived late Sunday night and when the vans were all empty, our courtyard was full of children from the ages of 18 months to twenty years old. !7 children from three families. The bunk house is at capacity and so are the refrigerators and freezers. The yard is full of cars and vans and trucks left here as other missionaries cross into Mexico and use our yard as storage. Everyone worked very hard in the heat yesterday and we managed to get everything painted and all four walls are up. The kids were covered in paint. Phillip brought me 5 skids of food for the warehouse last night so now we have plenty of rice, beans, hominy and tomato sauce for quite a while.
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