WHEN THE VISION BECOMES A REALITY
While Paula and I were in Chicago, Roy and Rebecca had a team from Alabama, that wanted to put a porch on the new Trade school and it is awesome. We have been taking loads of supplies and tools across to get ready for our first classes in the fall. They also brought several wheel chairs, walkers and the medical room is fully supplied and ready for patients. We had a dentist at our house today and she is willing to work over there when needed, and trust me, the need for dental work is huge. I told her that I would pay her for her services. When we wait upon the Lord, everything comes together in HIS TIME. The display of my rock hard abs was in Lake Superior last month, Oh how I wish that nice cool lake was here, 102 today and yesterday was about the same. I know Paula sent out an E-Mail thanking everyone for all the gifts and meals, and fun times we had while traveling, but I just wanted say Ditto from Me. We are so blessed to have people supporting what God has us doing. Rick Caywood came last night with a couple of pallets of rice and will be back on Wed. with skids of beans. We were out of rice and the beans from South Dakota are almost gone, so again, Gods perfect timing. We are praying for more beans and rice to be donated, the needs are growing and the supplies are diminishing as the global famine starts to affect us with a lot of food being sent around the world. Maybe the Black and Pale horses of Revelation 6 are riding? We are so safe in the everlasting arms of Him that loves us as we serve Him. I had someone tell me that our work of helping the poor is "casting our pearls before swine".REALLY!!! I almost fell over when She said that, and that was out of the mouth of a "Christian". Take a moment right now, yea now, and read Mathew 25 verses 31 through 46 and tell me what Jesus says about helping the poor and what that means to our Salvation, it's pretty clear no CRYSTAL CLEAR. HELP THOSE IN NEED ---HEAVEN, DON'T HELP THOSE IN NEED----HELL. PLEASE take a look at you life, don't live for the things of this earth, LIVE FOR THE KING!!
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS...MEXICO
After arriving home on Monday night, Roy brought the youth group from 1st Baptist Church in McCallen where they attend to unload our trailer, what a blessing. It only took an hour or so to get everything out and put away. These same kids came over the day before we got home and cut all the grass and trimmed around everything. We are so blessed in our going to Chgo and our coming home. It is so hot here, 107 today, so we have be doing stuff around the house. Today I cleaned out the warehouse and tried to get the donated welder running ( no luck). I need a mechanic to come and look at it. Wednesday we went to the colonia all day and what a joy to see everyone. Caleb and Mimi were really excited to see us.Ruthy and the kids kept our house and warehouse clean and fed and took care of our watch cats Takoo and Luna. We delivered some gifts that were sent to Damien and Natalie by Jim and Jan. They had built them a home last year and continue to bless them when possible. It sure means a lot to these people, to be remembered by those that had come. Roy and I have been on a shopping spree looking to buy tools for the trade school. Yesterday we bought a shapper/ planner from a missionary couple selling their stuff and moving to Oahaca Mx to plant some churches. We checked out a brand new Bobcat welder with an 11,000 watt generator and much to my surprise it was only 3 thousand dollars. That along with the donated welder, we should be good for a while. It's exciting to be able to buy everything we are going to need thanks to all the gifts we received while traveling. Roy and a team from Alabama built the canopy roof addition in front of and next to the trade school and it looks awesome and provides some much needed shade. More shopping for supplies in the morning and then a Quincinera party in Mexico in the afternoon.
WHAT A RIDE HOME
It only took us four days! We left last Thursday night, drove four hours to LaHarpe and picked up a donated welding machine and some other things from Rick and Dianes' house, ate breakfast and drove to the Ozarks in MO. played nine with Paula, fixed a hub on the trailer, with the help of an answer to prayer for someone to help us and Chuck stopped and gave me the tools we needed to fix the trailer. We spent the night in Branson Mo and Sat morning,We then drove and hour and picked up a two year supply of freeze dried food. Upon leaving there, I programed the GPS for Norman Oklahoma where Phil and Maryanne Chain live. I looked at the map and the GPS was taking me on a different route than I would have, but I surrendered to technology and lived to regret it. Our R.V. named Faith was now overloaded with our 14 foot trailer packed to the doors and the overflow was in the R.V. climbing these hills in southern Mo. and Northern AK. At times I was only going 15 mph pulling those hills. We prayed and thanked God for ole Faith and her ability to handle it. Saturday evening we arrived at Phil and Maryannes' where it was only 110 degrees that day. Wild fires lit up the sky as the sun went down to the East of their house, but never threatened their house. Sunday we slept until 8:30 in the R.V., thank God for a 1 pm church service. We had hoped to connect with a ministry in Guthrie OK and purchase several hundred backpacks, but we didn't connect until Monday and we were already in Texas, so we'll have to order them online. We slept in Waco Texas and had breakfast with Rick Caywood our good friend that gives us beans and rice when we run low. He said He would be down next week with several skids of each for us. He is a constant encouragement to us and we try to be to him as well. We stopped in San Antonio on the way through and had lunch with Juvenal, Benita and Isabel,long time friends of ours. We finally made it home about 8pm Monday night WOW what a ride. Thanks for the prayers and gas money, we sure burned a lot this trip. Five thousand plus miles since we left home in June.
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