“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a man who built his house upon the rock.” -Matthew 7:24

“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” -Psalm 127:1

Earlier this week the 13 of us made the trek up to the mountain community of Las Cañitas. The girls played with the children and spent time with the women. Meanwhile Miguel, Corey, David, Ronnie, and I spent time praying for two men that were ill.

One man, Polo, cracked some vertebrae in his neck and was told by doctors he could not work for two months. Needless to say there is no worker’s compensation in this small farming village.

We followed Polo to his house and spent three hours shoveling, pick axing, and grading the foundation of a house adjacent to his. The house was for his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. After our work was done we laid hands on the family and prayed for them. We prayed that their house would be a house of God and that His presence and peace would reside there.

What an honor it was to help build the physical and spiritual foundation of this young family’s house! Pray that their house would be built upon the Rock, Jesus Christ. Pray that they grasp how much God loves them and follow Him all the days of their life.