Breakfast was at 6 am in the iStay Hotel in McAllen today. After a couple of songs led by
Dave, Cameron & Clay with their guitars, we heard an message from Clay using Ephesians 3:20-21 to
encourage us to ‘take the cap off our life’. “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church
by Christ Jesus to all generations,forever and ever. Amen”. He can increase our capacity exponentially
by trusting in Him.
After breakfast we got our van assignments, and traveled about 1 ½ hours down to the Magdiel Bible
School, where we spent the morning building 3 portable kitchens and 12- 8 ft. long wooden pews. The
kitchens will be loaded onto a trailer and hauled to schools throughout the City of Matamoros . At
lunch we were joined by the students and administration of the Bible School. We also got a surprize
visit by the sister of the city’s mayor, who is actively involved in the mobile kitchen project. They have
a vision, along with Mike McGee from the Bible School, to build about 40 kitchens, to provide one
meal per day for the public school students. At lunch we got a chance to interact with the students, who
come from all parts of Mexico to attend Magdiel Bible School. Afterwards, we even had time for a
game of soccer, with no broken bones, and only one little dent in one of the vans, which was easily
fixed.
Leaving the Bible School, we drove back to McAllen, where we had dinner at Rudy’s Barbecue. We
were joined by several other missionaries who are helped by POWER. Bruce Hepburn and his wife
minister to a colonia in Reynosa, providing running water, shelter and food. Jamie Campbell runs the
Baptist Misions Education Center, in Harlingen, Texas, which is a retreat center for pastors and
missionaries.
We (most of us anyway) actually were able to get to sleep at a decent hour tonight.