The Blessing of a Pizza Oven.....

Because we were at Bearing Precious Seed in El Paso a week before
the Juarez Project Terry was able to be a part of a blessing...

Every morning the men of BPS meet to pray and discuss what will be
done that day. Terry was able to meet with them.  Tuesday, Brother 
Hector shared with them how he has had a burden to train the men
in the ministry in Juarez to be able to provide for their families. He was
thinking about a pizza oven and hamburger cart.He didn't have anything 
drawn up or written down, but he had the idea of what he wanted.
He was too busy scheduling meetings and organizing the Juarez Project 
to be able to work on anything. He kept making mention of it, so Terry finally 
questioned him about what his plan was.

Wednesday he & Terry went to get the supplies and get started. They 
worked pretty steady Thursday, Friday & Saturday..... And by 

1:30 AM Sunday, the pizza oven was built !  

We were able to take it into Juarez and Ofelia used it on Tuesday
to make pizzas for our group! The pastor who will use this oven is
in a wheelchair, so he is limited in where he can work. This will 
provide a good job for him to support his family! 

Thank God for Brother Hector and his burden for his people! He asked
if Terry could come down to help him all the time! Of course the answer
as always is..... if the Lord directs that way! 

Please pray for this ministry, for Bearing Precious Seed's ministry this
summer, and for Brother Hector to have wisdom in working with all
the Mexican pastors.

Below are the pictures.....sorry for the quality, Terry took them on his 
phone. (Except the last, that was taken in a church in Juarez where
Ofelia used it)

Brother Hector testing the flame...

A Little Bit of Recreation...

On April 1st we flew out to El Paso to spend some time with Trevor & Olivia
over Resurrection Sunday, before we went along on the Juarez Project missions
trip with Bearing Precious Seed.

We got there in the afternoon, so we were able to go along to church with them
that night. Then Thursday we picked up a few groceries while Trevor was at work
for a quick camping trip to New Mexico. We left in the late afternoon and arrived
in time to fix supper. We made a lot of memories in just 2 short days! It was good
to be able to get out in the mountains again and read your Bible by the campfire...
               Here are just a few pictures from that trip.....

Getting ready to go

                                                           

Poor Liv was sick from bouncing so she got out & walked!

Nothing like campfire cookin' !

Yes, that's snow! The second night it was 28 degrees!

                                

Hiking to the aspens

We thank God for the opportunity to see His wonderful creation! And to be able to do
it with family!

The Rest of March...

The rest of March was spent in various ways.......

 ....doing other small jobs for people at church

 ....making a QUICK trip to NC to visit our son-in-law and daughter
     (leaving on a Thursday at 4:30 AM and returning Saturday late PM)

 ....having a three day music conference at church with Pastor Mike Foster from
      Deltona, FL

 .... and getting ready for a trip to Texas and Mexico starting April 1!

 God is so good to us! Even though we fail Him in so many ways, He forgives and
 continues to use us....... What a GREAT God we serve!

Prophet's Chamber

March also saw the completion of our church's prophet's chamber.
Unfortunately I only took one before picture, and that was after
everything in the kitchen was taken out!

The half wall closest to the left in the picture was almost to the ceiling.....
creating a division between the kitchen and living area. He cut that away
and made a nice wide countertop that really opened up both areas!

This last picture is the bathroom that also received a complete overhaul too!

The bedroom can be seen through the door in the second to last picture. It
was freshly painted and had new carpet laid. Also, a stackable washer &
dryer was put into the closet since there was no washer or dryer up there.

Donnie was a big help with a lot of the work and Linda did a great job with
the decorating! Praise God for willing helpers!

Busy month of March

Wow! I am amazed how time flies! As I look back at the things I need to post
about, I am overwhelmed by all that the Lord has allowed us to take part in
in such a brief period of time!

March 1 started off by our leaving right after our morning service headed to
Tioga in a rain & sleet storm! We made it to Tabernacle Baptist Church with
time to spare! We were able to present our ministry and sing for the evening
service. Unfortunately it was snowing when we got there, so not too many of
their people were able to get out to the service. After service we got to go to
their new building to see the work that Terry was going to do for the week.

As you can see, there was quite a bit of tile to be laid in a week! Thankfully, Brother
Amarosa was there to help! They laid the small foyer outside the doors, the big entry
area and a coat room (that is where Terry is in the second picture). We were not able
to stay longer than a week, so Terry couldn't help to grout & finish the tile.

Big thanks to Seth for housing us for the week! We had a great time fellowshipping
in the evenings together! What a great start to the busy month of March!

New Post Coming Soon.....

I'm sorry for the delay in posting..... I'm trying not to get ahead of the prayer letter
but we will be putting the blog information in our next prayer letter so then I will
keep things more current!

Much has been going on.....Terry finished our church's prophet's chamber, we are
currently in El Paso and will be heading into Juarez Sunday night for a week stay
there. When we get home, our church's missions conference will start and we will
be a part of that, ( this will be after Erin's graduation service....) 

So check back for pictures of the prophet's chamber & our missions trip into
Juarez! Until then keep pressing toward the mark!

Another Project and TWO Unexpected Blessings!

February brought another project to help with..... Pastor Mike Foster at Hope
Baptist Church in Shillington, PA needed some remodeling work done.
Pastor & Terry met with him and 2 of his men about what could be done to
improve the inside of the place where they meet at the end of January.
The plan was to build a new classroom to replace the one in the center of
the church. (I'm sorry I don't have any pictures yet...) Terry went to work
there with Brothers Johnny & Jeff..in just a few weeks they were finished.
OK, it took about the month of February because of work still going on at
our church. They plan to build walls to enclose a sanctuary area this month.
I will try to get pictures of that!

 Now for the TWO huge blessings...... Terry met with a man we had known
quite a few years to get some financial advice. The surprise came when,
after talking a little, he offered to finance what we need (truck & trailer)
after he talked to his wife & they prayed about it. One week later our
pastor called us to tell us that this man will indeed finance what we need!
PRAISE GOD! Then, a day later we found a truck......not just any truck but
THE truck that God had for us! It was not what we were expecting or even
looking for. It was such a good deal we thought it was a scam! After
contacting the guy & going to look at it we realized that only God could
have placed this before us! We bought a 2013 RAM 3500 diesel, fully
loaded truck with 210,000 miles on it for $25,500! Book value is still
$47,000! The man we got it from bought it 16 months ago in Texas
for $63,000....he did a LOT of highway traveling. To see pictures you
can go here.

Sorry this post is so long and without pictures, but I wanted to post about
how good our God has been & continues to be to us! All we have to do
is be willing to follow...letting Him lead.....He is SO GOOD!