"We heard we could get food here"

Saturday mornings here remind me of Saturday mornings at home, everyone has their jobs and they have to finish them all before they can play. I was journaling and "managing" from the porch. Andres (3 yrs)walks up to me and starts telling me about his dad. (We don't think he can realistically remember any kind of dad.) He started, "Amy, tomorrow, my dad, who is a cowboy is going to come and bring his Bible to read it. And you know what else? He is going to bring you a table and chairs. Did I tell you he is a cowboy?" It was another wake-up call to me of the reality of these chilren as I listened to this little boy who is very loved here, still want the security of having his "own dad" so bad that he imagines what he is like.

A neat side ministry that has come to us at CVE is brought by the railroad tracks that run alongside the property. (The tracks run from in the states to further South in Mexico) All kinds of vagabonds wonder by, see the Casa Vida y Esperanza sign and come wandering in, asking for food/help. Many are men who have tried to cross the border and failed or have been deported. Sometimes the wanderers are from another Central or South American country and they are planning on returning on foot. This morning two men came by and knocked on Jenna's door. Nothing was unusual about this, but then they said, "we heard we could get food here." It is awesome that God gives us the opportunity to minister to these wanderers with all kinds of different pasts as they see the arch announcing Vida y Esperanza or Life and Hope and they know this is a place they can get help. Usually we can go to the fridge in the kitchen and serve a plate of beans, rice and tortillas, but the fridge was just cleaned out and all Jenna could find was last night's leftover pizza and bananas. Jeff sat and talked with them as they ate and they left with Bibles in hand. The Lord is faithful in providing abundant opportunities at our doorstep. Galatians 6:9-10 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Dad, the last picture is the sweet corn crop on it's 13th day. It is looking pretty good, huh?