VRBC members Deirdre Lanoue and Carolyn Porterfield traveled to the Rio Grande Valley two weeks ago with the Women's Missionary Union (WMU) of Texas. In partnership with Buckner, they spent the week building a home for a family in Peñitas, a colonia outside of McAllen where Buckner operates a Community Transformation Center.
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WMU of Texas 2012 Home Build Participants
VRBC members Deirdre Lanoue & Carolyn Porterfield at right |
Over five days the group built a new home from the ground up for new homeowners Maria and Osvaldo Salazar and their children.
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| Day One, adding the trusses |
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| Deirdre Lanoue, front left, helps shingle the roof |
The family participated right alongside the WMU team. Even the neighbors got involved by bringing a fruit basket to bless the team working in 100+degree heat.
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| Osvaldo helps with the framing |
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| One of the Salazar's children gets to help build his own house! |
One woman on the trip said, "This week wasn't so much about building a house. It was about life transformation -- a family, a team, a community." And lives truly were transformed. On Thursday Osvaldo, the young father, came to know Christ. And on Friday, his wife Maria did the same. As Deirdre put it, "Now this family has a foundation for life, not just a house."
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| Maria prays to accept Christ |
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| This family now has a home in Peñitas and a home in glory! |
VRBC member Carolyn Porterfield, who serves as the Multicultural Consultant for the WMU of Texas, had the privilege of handing over the keys to the new homeowners. We praise God for ministry partners like WMU and Buckner who make these opportunities possible. Please pray for the Salazar family as they settle in to their new home and their new faith.
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| Carolyn Porterfield welcomes the Salazars to their new home. |
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| Please pray for our new brother and sister in Christ! |
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