February 19, 2011: Spirit Move!

I left this morning at around 9:30a to scout the area. The first area by the TCW (Texas Car Wash) was empty. Because it was fairly warm I figured they might be under some shade. I was right. They moved further in where the canal was and under a shed towards the south side. There was about 10. The second area was filled with about 30. There was plenty to feed. I ran into Venida and her family. She desparately needed socks for her baby.

When I went back home I got message from Lydia Thompson that she's able to arrange two churches and a school to possibly provide backpacks to reach a school that has homeless children. What a joy! That's for a later date.

NFWBC arrived a few minutes after we did at the TCW. At around 11a, we were armed with 80 hotdogs, over 4 crates of water, 100 sandwiches, plenty of 'pants on the ground', blankets, and hygiene products. We got to work. We fed plenty of people on the first station. Around 15. There was plenty of praying to do. Praise the Lord I was able to run into Abel again. He has changed a lot. A church is sponsoring a home for him so that he may use it as a restoration house. He has since divorced his wife, but because he is walking with the Lord now he has been restored. He attends Palacios El Rey church.

It was a delight to have him there because someone Janice Rowlands witnessed to accepted Christ.

His name was Antonio.

He lost his mother and brother. They died early. He was truly broken for them. But he responded to the gospel openly. He wanted Christ in His heart. He accepted, but was unsure what to do. He had to get plugged in. This was where Abel came in. He's going to house him and take him to Palacios El Rey so that he can be held accountable. I pray this will provide great change for Antonio's life.

Our second area hit over 30+ people. There was plenty of mouths to feed. They took almost all our pants and hygiene products. They ate up all our hot dogs. It was a joy to meet Pete and Blasa. Pete was her boyfriend, but he also had quite a story to share. He admitted that he just lost his daughter yesterday; drug OD (overdose). Her name was Lynn. He also lost Stephanie, his other daughter sometime back. He has two sons left. We prayed for their lives and I shared the gospel to him. He wasn't ready yet, but he felt the love. We met others such as Venida and the boys, Robert, and several others who accepted prayer. This area seemed to have more women than usual.

Susan's place was our last stop. She was repainting the house. We dropped off some goods and prayed for her. Claudia, who was at the first stop, was over. She had a black eye. She was punched in the eye by some roaming lunatic. We prayed for healing. She was really hurt. We told Susan that we would stop by March 5 with a crew to paint, fix electric, clean the yard, and organize the kitchen. Pray for us as we try to expand the kingdom!

Teach us to love more Lord!!! Till next time...