Greetings in the glorious name of Jesus Christ!
Saturday started a little earlier than usual for me. I set
my alarm for 6:30, and when I got up, I prayed God would have His way and that
He would be glorified in all we did that day and every day.
Greg Goza and his wife, Robin from Anson were coming to
Mexico with some of our good friends from Aspermont. Matt and Tamera Freeman,
Rosie Calamaco and Eva Greer all made the trip down to bring 160 shoebox gifts
for the children of Tepeyac.
We gave out gifts to every man, woman and child who came to
meet us in the ejido. It was a sweet time of hugging kids, greeting mothers and
grandmothers and bringing love to the families here in our area. We drove to
two neighboring pueblos to bring gifts to children we have been working with
and families we knew there.
Then we came to our house, and Maria and Socorro made a
wonderful meal for us of fried chicken, French fries, fresh pico de gallo
salsa, rice and homemade flour tortillas. We ate in the kitchen, and some sat
on the van seats that double as sofas in our new house. Everyone had a great
time visiting, talking and the kids played and ran around like kids do. Manuel,
who is 5, enjoyed pushing a cinderblock around on the hand-truck Greg and Matt
used to move my washing machine and washer from the church to the house. They
replaced an old outlet on the outside of the trailer and leveled the trailer up
for us after setting the washer up for me.
Since we moved to the property in August, I have been
washing clothes on a washboard at the neighbor’s house, so it is a wonderful
blessing to have a washer again. Our water comes directly from the windmill on
the property so when the wind blows, we have water.
What a blessing it was to spend time with these sweet
friends. God blessed us when Swenson
Baptist and Aspermont Community Church came together to make this year’s
Christmas a special one for the children and their parents. Thank you, Lord,
for the love and generosity of Your saints.
