What to Write? What to Write?

Writer's block is one thing in this world that I could do without.  It's not that nothing has been happening down here in Baja.  The Lord has been busy and we've been busy along with Him.  So, here we go....

We recently had visits from five people from Cornerstone Church who brought a TON of donated clothing, a bed, chairs, and too many other things to list.  Thank you!  The Lord brought them all the way down here with no problems at all!  A lot of the items have been distributed and others are in storage for future distribution.

Two new ministries are getting off the ground.  With so many people in our area having difficulty reading and with Spanish being their second language, I've begun distributing gospel messages, bible stories, and songs in their primary languages of Mixteco and Triqui.  My hope is to have CDs available at local churches that people can simply take home with them or share with friends.  This may be a way to reach those with limited Spanish and those who refuse to go to church.  If they hear these messages being played by their neighbors, God can change their hearts.  His arm is not too short to save!

The other ministry that has begun is administering funds to keep children in school.  Accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord is absolutely the most important thing in this world.  The second most important is to have some sort of education.  In this area, some children never go to school or they leave school by 6th grade.  Without a basic education, these people will be stuck in poverty and working in the fields for little pay their whole lives.  The schools don't seem to care too much.  If a child does not have the proper uniform and shoes, they may not go to school.

To address this problem, a wonderful family in California has begun designating the funds they send to keep children in school.  This money is used to purchase backpacks, uniforms, shoes, pencils, paper, typewriters (required for older kids here), and whatever else they need for school.  A big difference is already being made for one very poor family.

We're also getting busy with our Christmas shoebox gift program and should begin distributing the gifts to local churches in the next couple of weeks.  Also, just this past Thursday, the Lord led us to the right contacts to begin helping two churches, one in El Rosario and the other about 2 hours south of here in Catavina (say Cataveen-ya).  We simply rolled into town and the first person we met was our contact.  Sometimes, things are pretty easy when we do things God's way.