Tuesday, Day 4: God's provision.

Hola to you all amigos,

William here; Lorna asked me to write the blog for today for which I am very honoured.

Where can I start about today?Well, it was a day where Satan tried to knock us down but where we stood strong with God. Around lunchtime today, we found out that one of our vans were stolen. It was done in about a minute, before anyone could see what was happening. To this we were shocked and horrified. How would we get between the building sites and our hotel(around about a 30 minute drive)? How would we all get across the border and subsequently back to New Zealand? Setting aside those worries, we all got together at our respective building site and prayed for a miracle. With encouragement from some of the crew, we all decided to put all our trust in God's will and hope for the best.

The result? As Lorna put it, "all these little miracles happened in succession". Now, I won't go into detail about what these were; I'll probably get them wrong. Best to ask Lorna I think.

Although our van is still stolen, we have not only found a replacement(which Diana will be arriving with in about a hour), but the insurance company generously have decided to replace the van but two hundred dollars. Considering the value of the van(judging by its size, quite alot!) this is a major miracle!

PRAISE GOD!

Thank God for providing for us such an awesome outcome, in a dire circumstance.

On the building side of things, it is going extremely well. Having been to both building sites(the classroom and the house), both teams have done most of the roofing and jib-boarding. They have also made big inroads into the plastering. I believe that we should be proud of the team as they have worked extremely hard. We should be especially proud of the team made up of mostly MBC youth(the house team). With considerably less equipment and with only one foreman, teamwork has really eptiomised the team, and has meant they are keeping up with the classroom team. Well done guys!

Being in Mexico is still challenging us and making us think perceptively about who we are, who God is etc etc. Also, being in Mexico has given us alot of joy and hope in God's love and how this transcends anything. In the midst of the whole stolen van saga, Diana still had time to testify about God's love to a local who drove them to the police station. When buying a balloon animal for $1 (US), Zara then proceeded to give the lady $5 and said to keep the change. You should've seen the lady's face light up. She not only looked over the moon, she made Zara the best darn balloon animal I have ever seen. Furthermore, she then wrote her email address on a serviette for Zara to email her.

When I see stuff like what happened today, I know the Mexico is worth it.

Definitely.

By the way having difficulties uploading photos, but will have some photos up tomorrow!Blessings and keep praying- you guys are amazing!

William :):)