ABSOLUTLY BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE
The huge bins of food we have been blessing so many people I can't even count. Many Pastors and people that have needs have been coming for food and the bins are emptying fast. Of the twelve bins we got two weeks ago, we only have 5 left. Beyond the people coming to our house for food, we prepare boxes of assorted food and take them to the colonia and ask God to show us the people that need it the most and yesterday I stopped at a house and when the women saw all the food, she began to cry and praise God, because they had absolutely no food eat. Canned goods, cereal, pasta, cookies, crackers and other stuff will fill their stomachs for at least a week. Three other families were blessed as well. A friend came by with three men that work for him and we loaded up their vehicle for their families and later David told me that the men were speechless that people just give food away like that and were very grateful. Another foundation is almost ready and we might build it next week, or wait until our friends from Chicago leave. We can use help on this side for a few days to get the rest of our stuff out of the old house, and fix a few things before closing. Closing, what an interesting term for selling a house as another chapter closes in our life here and the new chapter is in full swing. We purchased 10,000 lbs of rice and it will be here tomorrow. It is half the price of we usually pay, so when the door to buy it opened we walked by faith through it, trusting God to provide the $2500 for the rice that will take us through the end of the year. Thanks for the prayers and partnerships, we couldn't do it without either.
ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD
God sent some angels from the outfield, actually New York, to bring the message of Gods' continuing passion for the poor. These angels were sent by God to buy our house in Pharr, so we can purchase the house in San Juan and feed the multitudes and touch more lives. George, Loretta and Janet flew in yesterday and fell in love with the house. They had already fasted and prayed about this step of faith before they even arrived and this morning we all sat around the table and made it an official act of obedience. Paula and I obeyed God by moving and trusting, and our three angels obeyed God by buying our house and opening up their lives to be used by God even more with their new home. Yesterday we picked them up at the airport and showed them the house and before we left, they had confirmation in their hearts to move forward with the purchase. We spent the rest of the day in Progresso Mexico walking the streets and having some great Mexican food as we got to know our new friends. The bible says that when you give generously to the poor, then because of this, the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to, and all we can say to that is AMEN!! George, Lori and Janet are part of Gods provision for us and are now partners in everything we do and will indeed be blessed because of their part in helping the poor. WHO AM I, THAT THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE WOULD LOOK ON ME WITH LOVE?
WHAT SO EVER A MAN SOWS, HE REAPS
I'm thinking God has a plan! We have been giving out food in the colonia for a long time. It usually costs us between $600 and $1ooo to feed the colonia every month. Well last months food was bought with a donation from Christ Community Church in Lemont Il. and this month The Carpenters Crew left us enough money to pay for March. So we have sown food into the lives of the families in Mexico and God continues to provide for these precious people. Now we have reaped an abundance of food. Beans to last the year, 12 skids full of salvaged food from a man named Buck, and 4000 pounds of shelled corn from the couple we are buying our house from. When we attach faith to the gifts we give, expecting a harvest from God, why does it surprise us when God fulfils His Word? He says" Give and it shall be given unto you, pressed down and overflowing that you would not be able to contain it all". Perhaps I need to build a bigger warehouse? Some people are flying in from New York on Saturday to look at our house in Pharr, another miracle on the horizon? ABSOLUTELY!!! TAKE SOMETHING YOU HAVE AND GIVE IT AWAY TODAY
ALL GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE TO OUR GOD
We are so privileged to be doing what we are doing, and I'm so glad that God can trust us with a ministry that seemingly has no end to the needs we encounter. Today we dedicated Julio and Blancas' house in a joyful celebration of Gods goodness. Julio and Blanca now know the God that loves them and gave His life for them so that He could live His life through them. They weren't so sure when asked, what would grant them eternal life in heaven? But after some Holy Ghost anointed words by Paula and Carmelo and the reading of Gods word in Romans three, they now know the truth, and the truth is setting them free! Beto cooked up a ton of chicken and sausages that Julio and Blanca had purchased and we brought about 40 burritos to share. Julio swept His bride into His arms and carried Her across the threshold into their new house. Dave shared about Jesus being the Good Shepard and caring for us all and carrying us to safety when needed and laying His very life down on our behalf. Julio is a rancher and well understood the need of a "Good Shepard". After we ate and spent some time together, several of us took food to families in colonia Alacranz where we met another Blanca that we will be building a house for next month with a donation from a family in our church in Mcallen. This will be this families second house that they have donated in less than six months. They said that they have never been so blessed as when they gave a family a home to live in that we built in the colonia. So, as God has blessed their finances, they want to give more, why? BECAUSE HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR, LENDS TO THE LORD AND HE HIMSELF WILL REPAY YOU.
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