Back and Out

Mexico July 2006 trip is now over, we have returned safely and have accomplished most of our goals for the trip. And I am beat. Like down for the count. So a couple of days rest should help me recoup!

Anyway, news from the Anapra Mission:

#1. Chila is sick. She suffered an issue with her heart in May. She has high cholesterol and partial blockage of her arteries. She is on some very expensive medicine right now and is applying for medical insurance this week to help with the costs. Please pray for her. She is certainly not herself. Her family has opened an account that people can donate to help her with her costs. Let me know if you are interested in doing this.

#2. We built two houses. One for Maria. She is a grandmother with several kids and grandkids roaming about and the second for a family with four kids who were all very shy. Everyone worked real hard both weeks to accomplish this.

#3. We also built a new roof system for Pattie and her family that included a peaked roof for better water run off. We also insulated her ceiling to help with the intense heat. This is a very poor family.

#4. We visited everyone that we have built homes over the last three summers and brought them food and hope.

#5. We donated clothes to Verdad Y Vida which Chila and others distributed to people in the neighborhood. It was cool to see old Cornerstone baseball shirts walking around the streets on Mexican people.

#6. The Last house we visited (just before we left the country) was the first house we built last summer. What an emotional visit. On June 29 of this year the “house” that they had lived in before the Casas house we built caught on fire and burned to the ground. As it burned it caught her new house on fire and destroyed it as well. As Cecilia told us the story she wept and asked us to forgive her for not tearing down the old house as she had said that she would. She thought that God was punishing her for not doing what she told us that she would. There will be more to come on this story as we explore what can be done.

As we left Anapra with tears in our eyes over the unfairness of life, hope in Christ still stirs our hearts to continue the mission!