We've had quite a bit of downpour and wind in the last few days. It was predicted rain on Saturday. This was going to be terribly inconvenient with a few groups coming to the orphanage this weekend to play and do activities with our kids. Amazing how God arranged the weather around the much needed visit with our kids. Amazing how God's plans can not be thwarted. I love watching Him prioritize the day. It's so obvious that God's heart is toward the widow, the orphan and the poor.
Today was just as amazing. We were able to reach our destination without any trouble at all. Some people predicted that I might not be able to get to the river colony today because of the rain we've had. In Mexico, the rain can really keep a person from getting around. Between mudslides, rivers to cross and pot holes to dodge, it can delay your plans at the least.
My favorite part of today was bringing Johnathan his own mattress. A few weeks ago Johnathon's mother approached about finding a mattress for her son because with the new addition of their baby girl, they no longer could fit all together on their one mattress. When she asked us, she also mentioned that she was embarrassed that she had to ask for it. I told her to always ask because we take all of the requests to God and then we would give what He provided. She was also the first person to ask me if we were going to build a church in the colony that the people could go to. "We need a place to go and be refreshed." she said. I hope I never forget those words. Even this lady who didn't know Jesus (yet) was reminding me of the one of the blessings of fellowship. It's refreshing.
I was confident that we would be able to get to Ensenada. I was a little less confident that our recently purchased property wouldn't be a giant mud hole. I really wasn't quite sure that people would even come out in the cold damp weather to get their dispensas. Much to my surprise, there were many people waiting for us at our new location and....the ground was plenty dry not only to use for distributing dispensas, but it was great for the kids to play games on the corner lot that we're purchasing.
Today could have been a very quiet, seemingly non productive day. Instead, there was so much laughter coming from the children that we had a hard time talking over them to call people for picking up their dispensas. By the way, we gave out all 100 bags of groceries (dispensas) today. We were about 20 short. When we ran out of food, we opened up the bags of gently used clothes that had been sent to us and let people that had waited for so long in line have 3 articles of clothing. They were thrilled. We even had two little boys that wanted beanies or gloves so badly that they picked up trash for a place in line for beanies or gloves.
Yes, today could have been a quite, non productive day. But God had other plans. So glad we went forward instead of retreating because of the rain. God is, was and will be our Way Maker.
Today was just as amazing. We were able to reach our destination without any trouble at all. Some people predicted that I might not be able to get to the river colony today because of the rain we've had. In Mexico, the rain can really keep a person from getting around. Between mudslides, rivers to cross and pot holes to dodge, it can delay your plans at the least.
My favorite part of today was bringing Johnathan his own mattress. A few weeks ago Johnathon's mother approached about finding a mattress for her son because with the new addition of their baby girl, they no longer could fit all together on their one mattress. When she asked us, she also mentioned that she was embarrassed that she had to ask for it. I told her to always ask because we take all of the requests to God and then we would give what He provided. She was also the first person to ask me if we were going to build a church in the colony that the people could go to. "We need a place to go and be refreshed." she said. I hope I never forget those words. Even this lady who didn't know Jesus (yet) was reminding me of the one of the blessings of fellowship. It's refreshing.
I was confident that we would be able to get to Ensenada. I was a little less confident that our recently purchased property wouldn't be a giant mud hole. I really wasn't quite sure that people would even come out in the cold damp weather to get their dispensas. Much to my surprise, there were many people waiting for us at our new location and....the ground was plenty dry not only to use for distributing dispensas, but it was great for the kids to play games on the corner lot that we're purchasing.
Today could have been a very quiet, seemingly non productive day. Instead, there was so much laughter coming from the children that we had a hard time talking over them to call people for picking up their dispensas. By the way, we gave out all 100 bags of groceries (dispensas) today. We were about 20 short. When we ran out of food, we opened up the bags of gently used clothes that had been sent to us and let people that had waited for so long in line have 3 articles of clothing. They were thrilled. We even had two little boys that wanted beanies or gloves so badly that they picked up trash for a place in line for beanies or gloves.
Yes, today could have been a quite, non productive day. But God had other plans. So glad we went forward instead of retreating because of the rain. God is, was and will be our Way Maker.
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