I left Jimenez at 4:00 A.M. on Friday morning for El Paso. I picked up Marco in Jimenez and Mayo in Camargo. Made it ti El Paso for lunch. Dropped off my trailer at Omar's house in Juarez. Left Mayo to meet his brother. Met with Tony's group for supper and got to bed after 11:00 P.M. Got up early and met group for breakfast and took them to the airport for their returne flight home. Did my shopping. Took Marco's laptop back to Best Buy ( again !!! ). Went back to Juarez and loaded my van and trailer with all of Omar and Cherish's things and left for Jimenez after lunch. Went through militaty checkpoint then aduana ( paid taxes ). Then almost ran out of diesel because of two stations being closed. Was stopped three more times before making it to Chihuahua. Once by Federales, once soldiers and once by judiciales. Was in a rush to get to Chihuahua because Marco was to sing at a consert to honor one of his teachers at the University of Chihuahua. Made it there 45 min before consert started. Did my shopping at Sam's for Gwen. Left Chihuahua after 7:00 P.M. for Jimenez. Broke down in Delicias. Alternator went out. Made it to an Auto Zone just befor it closed at 10:00 P.M. Bought a charger and disconected my alternator and let it charge until midnight. Made it about 60 miles and no more lights. Stopped at a toll booth after following a bus with my lights off for about half an hour. Charged batteries 'till about 4:30 A.M. then left for Jimenez. Made it home at 6:45 A.M. on Sunday morning. Took a shower and ate and started getting ready for Church. Led the singing and translated twice in the morning. No nap ( visitors). Led singing and translated in the evening. Made it to bed by 10:00 P.M. Up early and had van to shop by 8:00 A.M. Lots to do today.
I wouldn't trade what I do for anything in the world. I was able to take a young man ( Marco ) to cancel his visa at the border. We talked the whole way about how to better serve the Lord. I took a young pastor ( Mayo ) to visit his brother who had been in a car wreck... he is fine. I was able to meet with a group, and buy some clothes for my wife and soon to be newborn baby. Then help move a struggling young married couple to a place where the is a good church. I also witnessed to three mechanics during the night. Made it home to kiss my wife and children and worship on Sunday.
Why all this? Because He is worthy.
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." Revelation 4:11
1 comment:
Sounds like you did a week's work in just a couple of days! Which one of Mayo's brothers was in a wreck? Are they ok?
Dad is not here yet, so things are still up in the air...his running all over the place, sounds kind of like your trip! I'm thinking he will move our trailer to Oklahoma before he heads for Guatemala, then, back to DFW and takes bus to Costa Rica, then back to DFW and regroup.
Pray for him, he has set himself a huge amount of work for the next few days!!
I love you. Mom
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