We are about to go work on the house in Acuna, Mexico for a second day. We will put on rafters, decking, and shingles. The exterior walls will be covered with chicken wire and stucco. We will also run the electrical inside the walls and then start putting up the sheetrock.

Yesterday we interacted with the family for whom we are building the home. It is a husband and wife pastor team. We are building the home next to the church they serve. We heard a lot of praising and singing and “Hallelujahs” inside the church building while we were framing walls outside. After the worship service, they and many of their congregation came out to watch and help and interact. They also served us a wonderful meal for lunch, something we were not expecting, but much better than the sandwiches and salads we brought with us. Though there was a language barrier, we could see them expressing God’s love to us and we were trying to do the same for them.

Part of my reading this morning again reminded me why we are here.

2 John 4–6 ⁴ It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. ⁵ And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. ⁶ And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

May you walk in love today, serving your Savior wherever you are.