Texas

That's right I have been to Texas and back - Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. Daniel and I went down with Aaron Sutton and Psalm 67 to check out a project for a church. It took us 23 hours driving straight through to get down there and about 21 hours to drive back not including about an 8 hour stop to get some sleep. We were gone for 6 days and was able to meet a lot of the members of this Hispanic church - some of them spoke English but not all. Aaron Sutton translated for those who couldn't speak both languages.

It was a good trip. I had a chance to get to know Aaron, his wife and daughter. Our Pastor and his wife flew down and spent the time with us. They came down to teach a few classes at the church. We are planning another trip late July to start on the work. It will take several trips to complete the work.

We are looking at approximately 250 linear feet of cracks in the drywall to be repaired throughout the building which means that we will have approximately 12,500 square feet of wall area that will need to be painted, not to mention the ceilings. The walls have the orange peel knock down finish and the ceiling have the acoustic finish. What fun!!!

We had an impromptu Bible Study with a family in the church. They came by one evening and wanted to  Study the Bible with us. This family is hungry for the Word of God. They want to know what it says so that they can live according to all that God commands. It is great to see the Holy Spirit working in their lives in this way.

The Mexican culture is very much a woman dominated culture because the men just aren't there to lead, for many reasons. So to see this man hungry is a real work of God in his life. He does not read and neither he nor his wife speak English but their kids, because they go to school in the U.S., speak both languages fluently. It is amazing to see these kids translating from English to Spanish for their parents.




We did take the opportunity to cross the border into Mexico for a few hours. A totally different way of life, such as it is in many parts of the world. We found prices to be so much cheaper.

Daniel also tried some tacos, which he liked. I was surprised that he liked them. They're not like Mom makes.










The Mexicans set up shop wherever they can to sell their goods.

Including using their bicycles.

The kids are very industrious. They will work hard to earn money to help support the family. Here is a boy that shines shoes. Don't they look GREAT!

This girl was selling gum.

I will be posting details of that up coming trip in July in the next couple of weeks. So keep watching!



Gary