About a month ago, Harold and I took another MAPSs couple with us to visit Mexico on a Saturday. What a different world that is. Unlike any thing we have ever seen before. There were people crowded on the sidewalks with their hands out actually shoving things into your face to buy.

Any body can can buy........anything....even your Rx. Evelyn knew what hers was and she bought it there. All you have to know is the name of the drug. You can get your hair cut & permed cheap. Your teeth cleaned for $20.00 In one block we must have passed 10 of each.

We walked and walked than had lunch at a fancy place (in that town) but not too good, in my opinion. Maybe I didn't know what to order??!?

We walked until we could walk no more but had a good time. Then drove to south Pedra Island (interesting place where many Americans spend the winter) and came home in the dark.

Graduates Nov 20th

The is the graduates: Jessica, Adult Teacher Brenda (fine name) Betty and Kat. They have made it through the program and are on to (some college) a fulfillling life in Christ, Jesus.

Jessica is going to finish college and become a child psychologist, helping children who have been hurt. She will be working at the local Teen Challenge in her home town while attending college.
Betty, will be heading back to her home state and working there. She is very intelligent but I don't know what she is going to be doing.
Kat, will be staying here to work as an intern for a while and then attending college and persuing a singing side line.

The graduation was a very Spirit filled evening. Please pray for these women.

This is Kelli

This is Kelli, she is the 4th, almost 5th grader that I am going to be teaching. Her former teacher, Jessica, has graduated (picture later post) and left for home.

This is a shy little girl, with a big smile. She is on the honor roll and loves learning.

Please pray for her, she has been through so much. Her mother beat her so severely that she almost died from it. She is here with her father and smaller brother.

Here is an updated picture of the M.A.P.S. RVers that are working on the site. Don on the far left, with Merle next and my honey Harold, then Howard on the right end.

I wanted to get a picture in before they start putting the drywall on the studs. They have competed the stud walls and some of the wiring and plumming for the 5 single bedrooms with bath. There will be 4 dormrooms, housing 8 per room with 2 hall baths, as well as a laundry room and common livingroom.

The is Jim. Harold and I met him last spring. He was at the Kerrville AG Campground where we worked in March of this past spring.

Jim was the chief in the kitchen and prepared many tasty meals for us, as well as the fancy dinners for the seminars we attended.

Jim is now head of the wood department that makes many items one of which he is standing in front of in this picture. They have an order for 20 bunk beds to be shipped to another Teen Challenge. Please take my word for it that these beds are beautiful.

This fellow is Chris and he is standing in front of a rack of wooden crosses. They produce 1500 a week, with half of them going to San Antonio Teen Challenge to sell and the remaining half being sold by this establishment sometimes as far away as Mexico.

They are cut out of wood, painted with a design, then a car key chain ring is fastened. They are very nice. This is only one thing they create and produce here.

Here are the men hard at work as you can see, on the gutted building they are renovating into appartments and dorms.

From the left, a M.A.P.S.'s worker Don Perkins, Phil who is a talented artists here (later I will show one of his art sculptures) as well as construction worker and of course my honey Harold.

Last Friday evening all the M.A.P.S. people took a trip to downtown Corpus Christi to tour a ship that is visiting. It was constructed in the 1850's and used until purchased in the 1960's and refurbished to live in Texas. It is a beautiful ship.

We all jumped into our vehicles and proceeded to follow each other over the superhighways of Corpus Christi. Well.......should I tell you....they lost us. That's right....they turned and we didn't... (there was a large vehicle blocking our view)........ and so they went to eat at one place and we ate at another.

Before I start posting information about our present location, I wanted to tell you another praise report that we personally heard while we were at the convention.

Rita Stephens fell while on a job site this summer in Indiana. We met her and her husband at convention and talked with them for a few minutes.

She broke both wrists when she fell from a ladder. She was put in splints holding her arms out in front of her at all times. She put a request for prayer to the M.A.P.S. email site and when she returned to visit the doctor in a week......he said he would be removing the splints and she was back to work in two weeks.

Pretty good God ........huh!!!!! Praise the Lord.

Her husband told us that he had fallen, broken some ribs and was back to work in one month. I don't really know the turn around time for broken ribs but I was really impressed with how quickly the Lord answers prayers.

Well.....we made it to Driscoll (outside of Corpus Kristi) in one piece with no flat tires. Praise the Lord. I will be taking some pictures so you can see the compound and the work that is being done. The guys started as soon as they pulled in. There are four M.A.P.S.s couples here presently with another expected Nov 15th and more coming in Jan 2008. a total of 7-8.

We are all getting accustomed to the heat and working.....of course. There is not much for the women to do here.....just fill in sometimes.

I am catching up on pictures...scrapbooking and sewing a quilt.....and always laundry....since the washer in the 5th wheel will only wash 2 t shirts and 1 pair of pants at one load......thus 2 loads is done daily.

The food in the cafeteria has been excellent.......both lunches and dinners....not what you would expect. We had shrimp in sauce over spaghetti last night that was delicious....salad w/ bread of course. These dishes are as good as a fine dining establishment.

Thats all for now. Did I wet your appetite?

Will get into the stories later.