Greetings dear friends, 

These two months living back in San Diego have been so wonderful.  We know you have been praying 
for us and we have certainly benefited from such.    Although I have yet to find a job, and we 
have yet to feel like we are doing all that we are called to do, we feel the grace and provision 
of the Lord.   

With your prayers and financial support, along with God’s provision of more work for Carol and a 
few odd jobs for me, we have been completely provided for.  We really give God the glory and thank 
you for being obedient.  In the natural, it does not make sense to move somewhere with higher 
rent, where income may be lower.  But once again, we are believers in a provisional God and His 
perfect will.   

With that said, I would not be honest if I did not also add that we need you to continue to 
support if you are able and we also could use additional support as my prospective job is delayed. 
 I have applied with a division of Mental Health doing field work with troubled kids in their 
present placement.  Some may still be in their own homes but risk being forced out or taken away. 
Others will be in foster homes and group homes.  It is a great job with flexible hours to allow 
time for Mexico ministry and alike. 
I am hopeful that this work will allow me the flexibility for continued ministry trips abroad.   I 
am hoping, at this time, to be a part of the ministry team at the Philippines Living Waters 
training in November.  The leaders  are counting on my coming and continuing the mentored training 
that I have been able to provide for the past 3 years.  I would like to go but have left it in the 
Lord’s hands.  Still, our ultimate dream would be to be free to do full-time ministry.  The Lord 
knows! 

Trips to Mexico are Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday nights.  Each night I am there, I am honored to 
have the opportunity to minister somewhere outside my comfort zone. It is never dull nor has it 
become common to see the overwhelming differences in 2 nations separated by only a dotted line (or 
rather the 12 ft. wall that stands along that line).   

Let me take you along on a Tuesday night in a neighborhood called Postal (poe-stall).     Tuesday 
nights are probably the most unpredictable.  We take the truckload of bread I mentioned last 
newsletter, to a certain area of Tijuana that is known for where drugs are used and sold.  In fact 
one end of the street is just simply known as “the connection”  The ‘policia’ are aware of 
 this 
area but I am told are also paid well to overlook.  Just a simple part of why Mexico trails behind 
in a third world state - government corruption!   

We start on one end of the street making a few selected stops where we have met particular 
individuals and families in need.  My partner Greg, has been coming here 3 years consistently, and 
so we are expected each Tuesday night.  We give them some bread for their household and a little 
extra to share with others - but the greatest trust that we have earned is to take their hand and 
pray with them.  It is not required but has become desired by each of them.  One man told me he 
appreciated the bread but was most dependent on the prayer!  I could tell you hopeless story after 
hopeless story I have heard.  But I am encouraged to continue by the hopefulness that I see in 
many who we pray with.   

We eventually end up on a corner where as many as 50 and as few as 30 gather to meet us.    

Here we usually dispense bagels, muffins, and rolls that are easier to share with those who may be 
living on the streets or living in a room without electricity.  Some of these are drug addicts, 
and some are those who have been deported from the U.S. and have not managed to get on with their 
lives.  But each man and woman there is the very one I picture Jesus hanging out with.  At first I 
found it overwhelming  not to be able to offer a consistent approach of therapy to help them 
identify triggers of addiction.  That is how I am trained, right?  But though many do speak 
English and though my friend does speak Spanish, the most immediate opportunity I have is to point 
them to Jesus and trust Him to bring them to their knees.  We just try to be a consistent witness 
and demonstration of the Gospel.  

For example my new friend Victor who is a heroin addict, yet is probably one of the most seeking 
and giving people I have ever met.  He sleeps in an abandoned truck but always gives whatever we 
give him  to someone he is hanging out with.  He has gone along with us sometimes to other areas 
to help someone move or help us take bread into the prison (another stop - another story).  He 
likes hanging out with us but eventually he needs his fix.  He calls it “getting well”.  And 
 in 
truth that is how it feels because otherwise he gets really sick from the withdrawals.  But I know 
and believe that He is going to be able to overcome it as soon as he is ready.  And Jesus is 
already there waiting to keep him “well”. 

Greetings to you.  May this letter find the Lord Jesus filling your life with His very presence
and peace.  

We have officially arrived and gotten into our new home here in San Diego.  Believe it or not, we
have another wonderful GOD-story about how we got into our new home in Ocean Beach, SD.  We
absolutely love it, and feel so blessed.  Our landlord is a Christian, and was so happy to have us
move in, that he even dropped the rent by a good sum, making the place more affordable for us.
And guess what?  It’s even another ‘little yellow house’!!!  

GOD’s grace abounds, and if we ever see you in person, we would love to relay how miraculously
 we
ended up here.  But onto other things:  

It’s taken us awhile to get things settled and organized.  Every move does.  But as we have
 been,
and are doing that, we are beginning to look at ministry here.  We are sensing a 3-pronged
approach to our work here.  These three ‘branches’ would be:  

1.  helping the poor in this city and in Mexico (or wherever)
2.  helping those who are lacking community & fellowship in the Body of Christ.
3.  helping this city and the nations thru worship and intercession.  

There have been numerous times already, where both of us have said, ‘wow, there is so much we
could do to help, if we had more time’.   Wayne has  done some  work for a friends’ painting
company, and I have taken on 2 riding/training clients already.  For both of these things, we give
thanks.  But our heart to minister just means trying to juggle and balance income related work
with ministry, which is always frustrating.  

Wayne has begun going down to Mexico with a friend, taking food and prayer to the poorest of the
poor.  Please join us in prayer, as we seek GOD for guidance in several other potential areas of
ministry as well.  Among these possibilities are worship and prayer meetings devoted to Iraq and
Afghanistan, as well as working with a cancer clinic in the border area of Mexico, doing worship
and prayer ‘soaking’ times for the patients.  There are several other things we are
 considering
also, which we will mention at a later time.  And, as you will read, there is an almost unlimited
amount of work that could be done in feeding the poor.  We hope that the following stories will
inspire and encourage you.  

Also, we would just like to ask you briefly, if you would pray about joining Voice of the Bride on
a monthly support basis?  Several of you are already doing that, many for a long time! We are so,
so thankful for you and want you to know how much we appreciate your standing with us in both
prayer and giving.  We know that it is both of these things that are aids to furthering the
Kingdom of GOD.  Some of you dear friends in Kansas City are new to our mailing list & we welcome
you.  If you are new to our ‘team’, or have not been a regular supporter of VOB, we would just
 ask
you to pray about becoming a partner with us.  We would only want you to do so as the Lord leads.
Thank you for considering us!  
    "Three Shopping carts overflowing!!!" 
I really thought it must be some mistake: should I check with the store manager again?  It had
been several years before I picked up donated bread (or day old bread being thrown out that is). I
had forgotten what to expect when I told my friend Greg that I would be happy to stop by and pick
it up on our way to Mexico.  The pic attached gives some idea of how much bread I am
talking about.  But when I got to the ministry warehouse where other deliveries had been made, we
ended up with a truck bed full of bread that would have been thrown into a dumpster. As it turns
out this is a daily routine for many more truck loads of discarded food.   

 I wish I could somehow share the picture of the grateful, satisfied faces of those whom we shared
this bread with in Mexico.  And in addition to their thanks for the bread, they thank us for our
time spent and prayer for them as we asked the Lord to multiply provision for them beyond this
daily bread!  It really touched my heart and has continued to do so as I have been able to go many
more times a week since we returned.  I wish you could have seen the travels of one smashed &
melting chocolate cake, as it went from the discarded shopping cart, to the refrigerator of the
ministry warehouse, to our truck, and finally, to the Lily of the Valley Orphanage in Playa
Mexico.  All I could see on the many faces of scattered children were the chocolate lined outlines
of their little mouths.  The rather large cake was gone quickly (before we had even emptied the
truck) and it brought such delight to perhaps a less than exciting day for these 95 orphans.
Those children did not care where the smashed cake had been, only that it tasted good!!   

There are many more stories to save for another time.  But my face shines now thinking about them
and I pray that yours will too.  It just seems right to provide something I have, to someone who
has not.  This  includes of course, the grace and salvation of the Lord that we pray over each one
fed!