Todd Luke - December 2019 Update

Mexico

Dear friends,

Every year Victor, Felipe, and I drive from village to village to meet with our cistern owner partners. This year, these visits are in early December. Hundreds of men and women from a couple of dozen villages will tell us about the state of their rainwater catchment systems and pay back a portion of what they owe for the building materials. Not only cistern owners attend these gatherings. Families without cisterns often come to ask how to join this movement. We meet in churches, town halls, basketball courts, streets, and front yards. We do business at tables, benches, and the hood of my car. Flashlights required. The December visits add new strands to and reinforce the existing fibers of our partnership web.

Victor, Raul, Isaias, Felipe, Diego, Lucas, Ezequias, and Esau build cisterns. Their hard work, skill, kindness, and patience win the respect of those with whom they serve. Pati, Rosa, Teresa, Margarita, and Encarnacion nourish our guests and treat them with loving care. Felipe Torres oversees everything, accounts for everything, and fills the gaps to keep this whole kit and caboodle moving forward.

The cistern owner families—old and new—do their jobs, as well. May they never stop looking for God in their lives. May their Lord’s unfailing love always motivate them to help others. We thank them and their families.

We don’t offer mission trips between mid-August and December, but the ministry keeps rolling. Partners prepare for the year to come. Mission teams take shape. Financial resources are cultivated. Mexican families learn what it takes to join this partnership that demands time, toil, and treasure from all its participants. And through it all:  God’s grace. Our gratitude.

Blessings,

Todd Luke

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THE NEED
The Outreach Foundation is seeking gifts totaling $50,400 for Todd Luke's support and $2,000 for the cost of one cistern. Make a gift HERE or by sending a check to our office.