Martindale, Texas - Flooding 2015

September 24, 2017

This blog is from Catherine Botts a World Renew - Disaster Response Service (DRS) Volunteer - Serving in Martindale, Texas with a team of volunteers assisting with the reconstruction from two floods in 2015.

Good Morning! Dear family and friends,

The Lord placed it on my heart several months ago to come to the San Marcos, Texas area to serve.  As stated above we are in Martindale, Texas.  The Three Rivers Community Church is the site for World Renew reconstruction teams to live.  It is a great facility.  The projects that we work on are coordinated by the Blanco River Long Term Recovery Group.

We have three homes on our list to begin work on this week.  It will be such a joy this week as the first two homes are within walking distance of the church.  I have never had projects so close to the housing site before.  Often we need to drive a half hour or more.

We had our first team meeting last night.  The Lord's plan is always so much better than ours.  He gathers people from all over the world (US and Canada) and he brings them together for his good.   People who have the same heart to serve him.  People who will become friends and are his disciples ready and willing to serve.

In my devotions this morning I read from Matthew 28: 18 - 19

"18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations,[b] baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you."

And from Acts 1: 8

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

We are here as disciples of Jesus, he will give us the power of the Holy Spirit to do his work while we serve for him in Martindale.  Our prayer is that by sharing his love through our actions and our words that the families and the community see and feel Gods's love.

Please keep our team of 14 up in your prayers, and especially the families in the community.  There are still 70 homes that need repairs from two years ago.  Pray that we will be able to help complete one or two of the homes so that their lives will be able to return to a safer, healthier home.

Thank you!