Miracles and Blessings

Each day we continue to see miracles happen and this week was no different. People opening there hearts, hearing God call on them to go serve and reaching out within their own team of men! This week was what they called their "Man Trip" which is one of the times throughout the year that the men from their church go on a mission trip. They are able to bond a men of God. Devotions were part of each morning and evening. One thing is for certain, they are going home tired! Not because they burned the midnight oil. It is due to the spent energies in completing the jobs that we assigned to them. Gutting homes is not an easy task and throw in the mix the family connections that are made, emotional energies also a spent in most time a much bigger way.

Families that thought they would be left to fend for themselves were extremely blessed this week. A man in his 60's was given help getting his home ready for the next steps to rebuild. He did not know what he was going to do but when I was able to call him and let him know that a team of six men were coming the following day... I could hear him choke up thought the phone. When they arrived the next morning all I could see in him was thankfulness beyond words. How blessed we are to be here pouring out God's love on these people.

That same pouring out of love was shown to a young mother of 5. Her home had 7 feet of water which destroyed most of her personal items but she remained focused enough to continue to be the mom to her children that she is. The five men from Las Vegas that went in to help her tear out her house bonded with her in a way that they and she will not be forgetting. We (Mercy Response) will be helping her rebuild her home step by step.

The other half of the Las Vegas team and Hugh from WA worked all week in Miss Marie's home. They replaced rotted boards, fixed the flooring which had buckled, tore an old window and replaced it, framed in her rooms, redesigned her bathroom configuration provided her with a propane heater to keep her warm at night. It was down into the 30's at night and she was using 3 hot water bottles to lay on to provide her heat until morning. Miss Marie is in her 80's and simply takes one day at a time knowing that God is in control. Amazing!! Her connection with these guys will always be near and dear to her heart, as it will be for them.

As you can see... our weeks here are endlessly blessed! God is in everything that we do... We feel him reaching down and filling us with is joy! We have three busy months ahead of us. There are teams in every week some exceeding 70 responders with the average of 35-40 each week from the 26th to the end of April. We prayed for teams to come in and remained faithful that our prayers would be answered...
THEY HAVE BEEN!