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Well today was the first official day “on the field” serving
in Acuna, Mexico. It was an
amazing day full of the Lord’s provision.
After a long 17.5 hr drive and arriving late last night into Del Rio,
TX, we were able to get a decent night sleep and an early start this
morning. We anticipated the
potential of some issues crossing the border into Mexico with all of our
construction tools (nail guns, saws, etc) but by God’s grace we were waved
through and the van wasn’t even checked.
Incredible! Praise
God!
When we arrived at the church in Acuna our teams got after
it, getting their jobs rolling—construction folks began framing out walls for
classrooms and those working with the kids club started preparing and recruiting
kids. The kid’s club brought in
20-30 kids, who were able to hear the gospel. Pray for salvation and the hope of Jesus to be firmly
planted in this community.
After the kids club, the girls were able to head over to
meet and minister to the single moms, all of which have been taken advantage of
and are desperate for hope in their life.
Pray for all these relationships to be established throughout the rest
of our time here, as we seek to bring the hope of Christ.
My crew, working construction, had a very productive
day. Our task during our time here
is to turn one giant room into 4 rooms, 3 enclosed with doors and 1 open. Going into today, we were hoping to get
all the framing done, which consisted of 84 2x4s. Not only did we get all the rooms framed but we also got the
electrical ran and almost completed dry-walling one of the rooms. For a crew of 5 people, that’s not
bad.
The team is exhausted after a long day but we were able to
wind down with some amazing dinner (thanks to Jen!) and some competitive
4-square. During dinner we all
shared how we saw the Lord today.
Pray that we will continue to be moved by His presence as we seek to
bring the hope of His presence everywhere our feet touch the Mexican soil.
My prayer for today and this week comes out of Isaiah
64:1-4. Would you join me in
praying this for our time here:
1 Oh that
you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains
might quake at your presence-- 2 as when fire kindles
brushwood and the fire causes water to boil-- to make your name
known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
3 When you
did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains
quaked at your presence. 4
From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no
eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
Thanks for your prayers!!!
Dave
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