Once again I ride out another spring storm in San Diego. I had secretly hoped that the weather report was wrong and I would enjoy a few more days of flip-flops and shorts. However, the rain pounds down on the One Life bus as i write this tonight from a campground next to the Mexican border.

…It’s all good and reminds me of home…rain on the roof, stillness of the night, and something familiar. Sad as it seems, I have missed the rain.

This past month has seen so many amazing things:

1) Tonight, two single moms are sleeping in a new home…with concrete under their feet, a warm bed, and a full stomach. Their children have separate beds. For the first time in their lives these families have hope and a hand-up.

2) As multiple groups travelled south this March, many lives have been forever changed. I personally heard the testimonies of widened world views and an appreciation for the lost. Many speak into how that will change back home.

3) Work started on the Prayer room and offices of Los Olivos. With the land now paid off, it was quite emotional to witness the start of what, Lord Willing, will become the first of many projects to support the indigenous churches. May these first foundations pave the way for many years of prayer, healing, and change. Like both families that received a home this week, “I have no words.” May the Lord be glorified and many come to know Him.

Two scriptures that stood out this month were:

Psalm 27:13-14

“I remain confident of this:

I will see the goodness of the LORD

in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the LORD;

be strong and take heart

and wait for the LORD.”

…This was the prayer of Maria Cruz as she waited 21 years

Ephesians 3: 14-21

“14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

…This was a word to the church at Santa Fe at their opening service after many years of drought. With new beginnings, may the Lord prosper and bless their heart as they lean on Christ to reach the community surrounding the church.

Continue to keep One Life in your prayers as the need is great and workers are few. Please pray for those who serve and facilitate relief for those who have less.

Thank-you to the Lord and all those who have given. The surrounding churches, local Pastors, prayer partners, foreign teams, OL staff, Selle family, and the board of One Life as they are His hands and feet…it goes without words.