God is Good!

I really do not even know where to begin to write. Maybe I will begin with words that were shared tonight at devotion from our group.

" We are a spoiled people. When we are dissatisfied with something, we run to the store to fix the problem."

"The Lord's presence was among us thick today."

"I take for granted the small things in my life."

"I prayed for the Lord to make a better way for the people we saw today. But then, maybe it is not them the Lord needs to help. They are content and happy with what God has given them. Maybe it is us I need to be praying for God to change."



" The women took pride in their one room home. Keeping it clean and neat and sweeping the dirt floor. I am lazy with my stuff and throw things on the floor."

" The children at El Girion school were so happy-laughing, dancing, playing, and running. They had no playground equipment, just a dirt field."

"Seeing the children today took me back to my childhood. We did not have much and we didn't even know it. Now, I look at all the stuff I have and am I really better off??"

Well, this is just some of what was shared about our experiences of the day. As Fontaine put it, "This is where we saw Jesus this day."


After driving through many roads, up a mountain, passed cornfields, and down a dirt road, we finally came to El Girion School. Before playing with the children, we walked down another dirt road onto a "lane" of structures made of sticks, tin, concrete(if lucky), and dirt to Gowdy's house. (Gowdy is one of the girls that will be staying with Fontaine and Paula after she finishes 6th grade this week). Gowdy's mother then led us to "homes" with infants or pregnant women. But really, this was almost every single home. We gave each woman a bag of food, a bible, diapers, wipes, and a baby blanket. One particular women shared through Edgar that her baby had to have heart surgery soon. We could tell she was very distraught, so we offered to have prayer with her. Fontaine led a prayer that moved through every soul present. This lady then wanted to show us her home. We walked through a small alley made of tin walls and sticks, passed a stove with tortillas, and into her very DARK one room home. She was so proud of this.
Of course we ran out of food, but even if we had tripled our supplies, it would not have been enough. Tears streamed down our faces from knowing how blessed we are, and from knowing we could not possibly meet all the needs there. We are going back tomorrow to take 50 more bags of rice and beans, but know that this will just be a start. Zach played soccer with the boys and loved it! He also gave smaller children piggyback rides and they loved it calling a"gringo". They would grab his hand and take him to play games. He never said no or acted like he didn't want to.
The men are working so hard on this room addition to Mimi's House. They are getting a kick out of working with Romero, who speaks NO English. They try to communicate, bless their hearts, but just adding an "o" to words does not make it Spanish!! So they are using a lot of hand gestures and many laughs.
We are feeling everyone's prayers, so thank you very much. Please keep 'em coming!!!!!