New Tires for the Tundra!

Greetings in the amazing name of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world! He is risen and we are so blessed to be forgiven. We don’t deserve His forgiveness, but He gives it freely, desiring that none would perish. We only need to ask His forgiveness and embrace all the promises He has for us. What a privilege to serve the Living Savior!

It is 5 am and I am making bread-dough ornaments for the VBS we’re doing in Tepeyac these two weeks of Easter vacation. The kids are enjoying the singing, Bible stories and crafts. Every day we’re serving a snack before leaving. Today they will be decorating sugar cookies with icing and sprinkles. I just hope they don’t mistake the bread dough ornaments for a cookie!

My camera died last week so I am attempting to use my phone to upload pictures but have yet to be successful at that. Am praying I can make it happen, with God’s help.

The picture of the tire I have posted here is my flat from two weeks ago when I went to Del Rio to find some good used tires for the pickup. This exploded when I was between Calles and Nueva Palestina, about 40 minutes from home. By God’s amazing grace, two men stopped and changed my tire for me within 10 minutes, and I was so grateful. In Del Rio, I found a tire shop and asked if they had used tires my size, and the man sold me two for $30! That was a blessing!

What remained of my tire after the blowout in Mexico

New tires from PIBCC!

Then last week, Pastor Jim and Brenda Garcia from Primera Iglesia Bautista in Corpus Christi called me to tell me the church decided to buy me NEW tires for the pickup! I was so blessed, I was crying when they told me on the phone. God is so good, and Monday morning I got up at 5 and went to Eagle Pass to meet they and have the tires put on while we went to the post office and the dollar store after breakfast. We had a wonderful visit and we all headed home that afternoon. I can’t tell you the last time I had new tires! What a great feeling! I am in awe of God’s lovingkindness.

The end of this month we are planning a festival at the church in Tepeyac for Children’s Day. We had one last year and it was a lot of fun for everyone. Even the mom’s enjoyed it!

This year, we plan to have a simple meal afterwards to spend more time with the families, and the kids are already looking forward to the event. Please pray that the gospel message touch lives and that God uses all of this for His glory. We want to see lives in Tepeyac changed by the Holy Spirit.

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it… Psalm 127:1a  God bless you as you continue to bring light into the darkness in the world while Jesus tarries. May He give you a fresh anointing and a renewed burden for lost souls.

With much love and gratitude,

Toni and Bill