Grant and five other adults climbed in the car headed for Mexico on a Saturday morning. Only a couple of days before, Grant was asked to make the trip after another adult sponsor stepped back.  Grant had just started in a new position in the company with a new boss and a big project coming to life.  Permission seemed unlikely; but permission was granted.  So the run to the border began.

The group of 17 teens, 2 college kids, and 9 sponsors constructed two houses with Amor Ministries during the week that followed.  Heavy rains created a sea of four-inch mud at their campsite and made the pouring of concrete difficult on the work site.  They got behind schedule and didn’t quite finish one of the homes in the allotted time.  On the day they were to depart, Grant, two sponsors and five kids were up at 4:30 a.m. to be able to get three hours of work completed before the group started home.  In that brief time they not only wrapped up the construction, but also met the home’s new owners, presented them with a Bible, and prayed for the family. These guys who put in the extra early morning duty got back to the campsite just as the bus was pulling in to take them to the border.  They were soon on their way back home to Oregon.

Trevor unfolded a card table and a couple of chairs, placing them in the parking lot of a small grocery store in a rural area on the Oregon Coast.  Other healthcare professions had come this late spring day, all volunteering to provide services usually not available in the area.  

The people they met that day confirmed the need of the families in this underserved community.  Some situations were obvious; others required the trained eye of a professional.  And for those who need extended care over months or years, grants were written to pay for trips to the hospital in Portland. On this day, the best healthcare that Portland enjoys was available to children in this community because of willing volunteers like Trevor.

The Scriptures spoke of Abraham's faith: "... being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised" (Romans 4:21).
“I’ve never seen that kind of faith.  Does it really exist in our day?”  Hyun Suk had so many questions as Julene led a study of Romans 4. Three Korean Adjimas (married women) and Julene sat around the kitchen table drinking tea and eating fruit while discussing the nature of faith.

Julene said, “I recently met a man from Rwanda who is a present day Abraham.  He is following the voice of God in caring for widows and orphans. Those dying from hopelessness are finding life again.”  

As Julene told the women about the faith of the Rwandan man, Hyun Suk’s heart was turned toward the hope of Christ.  “Yes, Hyun Suk, such faith really exists today. I’ve seen it.”