This past week, Amy, the kids, and I were allowed to be spectators of and participants in the working of a miracle.  On Sunday, March 8th, we loaded the RV and two vans with High School youth, adult leaders, and a few younger family members.  We were 19 in total, and we had a mission in mind.  We headed to Mexico to redirect the future of a family; to set them on a path out of poverty.  We were going to build them a house.

What ensued was a modern day miracle.  19 people who were not professional builders in any aspect of the phrase put together their willingness to sacrifice a couple of days with their confidence that in God all things are possible, and when the "dust" cleared, not only did we provide a safe, locking, dry, and comforting home for a family of five, but we were actually able to go beyond and begin a second build, leaving a project at about 60% complete (habitable but not finished yet) for another team.  Imagine that.  God allowed us to go beyond what we had imagined.  He proved once again what it means to have more than enough;  more than enough time, labor, energy, enthusiasm, and love to go around.

So here we are.  6 days from our departure we have returned again to Tempe, AZ.  Our plans were to go on to the other corner of the valley for the week, but as you know, plans change.  We have decided to return to Mexico this week with the second team heading down this Sunday and finish what we started.  We will build another house for Anna and her 4 children, and we will finish the second house that team one started for Renaldo and his family of 9.  One and a half houses is the target.  It will be a new team of 20 or so, and a whole new dynamic.  Different but none the less capable.  Once again, I am expecting that God will work a miracle through the hands and feet of the young people and willing adults that will place themselves as available vessels through which He can be glorified.  We will go down to Mexico, we will offer ourselves as a gift, and we will come home humbled. 

How can I say that so confidantly?  I know the God I serve, and I have confidence in His miracle working power.  May the same be said of you today as you go about bringing forth the miracle he has called you to deliver.  May you be His hands and feet.

See our Flickr album of the Week 1 Mexico Build 2009 – Irma's House and for Week 1- Renaldo's Addition!