Mexico Children's Mission, Inc.

INCOME & EXPENSE SUMMARY (2007-2008-2009)

 We are very thankful for the year that we had in 2009.  In spite of the difficult economic times, our donations still increased.  We are gradually reducing our miscellaneous expenses and increasing the funds going directly to the missionaries.  We are giving up the house we have rented in Matehuala.  We will continue to go to Mexico, as long as our health permits, but will make them shorter in length.  We will stay with friends or motels while distributing any supplies we are able to take. 

We ask for your prayers that our donated funds will be sufficient to provide funds for the missionaries.  Also for our safety while traveling in Mexico.

Click on the above inset to view the income & expense summary.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

  

Dear MCM Supportors & Friends:

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Hedges.  We trust that 2009 has been a blessing for you and that the New Year will bring you new joys and blessings. 

The Mexico Children’s Mission, Inc.  is still very active, in spite of the violent police and drug war activities.  We only made one trip to Mexico this year, taking a pickup load of supplies to the Bible School located near the border in Mexico.  At present we are providing support to 15 missionary families, 1 student, and 3 very disadvantaged families.  During 2009 we distributed an average of $2,507.00 per month 

Next year we plan to travel to Mexico during the last week in January.  While there we will give up our rent house.  Since our landlord has put our house up for sale, we feel that this is a good time to close out our residence in Mexico.  We will still make trips to Mexico, but they will be shorter in length and will stay in motels and/or with friends.  Each succeeding trip we will continue to transport a pickup load of supplies to those that we help.

While in Oklahoma, we keep busy working in our Church, the First Christian Church, and collecting supplies for our next trip to Mexico.  Also, we have three sons and their families located in Arkansas and Tennessee with a total of 8 grandchildren six of which are in college.  Between our Mexico activities, our Church involvement, and visiting our grandchildren, our time seems to be totally occupied.

We thank the Lord for the many Blessings we have enjoyed this past year, and…..

We pray that your New Year will abound with the Lord’s Blessings

With love, and God Bless

    Darwin & Laverne

A NEW PROJECT BECOMING A REALITY

    We presently have funds to purchase some 40 water filters and are praying to be able to take some 60 to 80 filters.  The filters cost $22.50 per filter.  In addition two plastic containers are needed for each filter.  Almost any size plastic containers can be used.  The resulting water is of similar quality of bottled water.  Each filter will last one year and will provide 1 to 2 gallons of filtered water per hour. 

If you would like to provide "good" drinking water for one or more  families, please contact us at dlhedges@juno.com and we will purchase the additional filters.  Many families in the rural areas only have pond water as their only source. 

Our next trip to Mexico will be in October. 

OUR 47TH TRIP LASTED 6 WKS

   We left Oklahoma February 8, 2008 and returned March 21st. We had no problems crossing the border or while traveling some 1300 miles within Mexico. The prayers of many were truly answered. We were able to visit the families in and around Matehuala that we normally support and help.  We also made one trip farther down to Fresnillo, Mexico to visit the missionary family of Lowell and Sheri Glick. We later traveled to Ezequiel Montes and Tequisquiapan to visit the Jose Luis Flores family and Pastor Antonio Nieto.  We returned to Oklahoma March 21, 2008, having completed a very successful trip.

A NEW PROJECT PROPOSED

   We are pursuing a new project.  It is an economical, but very effective water filter.  Many rural areas in Mexico do not have a dependable source of clean water.  These ceramic filters are practical, inexpensive, but very effective.  The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as other laboratories, have tested the Just Water Ceramic Drip-Filter. They found the system very effective in filtering all bacteria from laboratory test water.

    It is a two bucket system, one mounted atop the other.  The buckets must be plastic, but can be almost any size.  The cost of these filters, including freight, is $25.00 per filter excluding the buckets. 

     We hope to be able to take a large supply of these filters with us to Mexico in February.  If you would like to provide the cost of one or more of these filters, please let us know.

OUR 46TH TRIP LASTED 4 WEEKS

   We left Oklahoma September 22 and returned October 28, 2007.  At the border we were joined by Dorothy Montealegre, who accompanied us to Matehuala.  She is an instructor at the Mission Training Institute locted near atamoros, Mexico.  We had no problems crossing the border or while traveling within Mexico. 

   We were able to visit the families in and around Matehuala that we normally support and help.  We also made one trip farther down into Mexico to visit one of the missionary families that we help support. There Dorothy joined us again and we brought her back to Matehuala with us.  A couple of days later we traveled to the border to take Dorothy back and to pick up a new refrigerator that was given to us.  We were able to accomplish all that we had planned, making this another successful trip. 

OUR 45TH TRIP LASTED 4 WKS

    We left Oklahoma May 26^th t and returned June 22nd. We were accompanied by our grand daughter, Rachel on this trip.  We transported a full pickup and trailer loaded with supplies.  The trailer was loaded with items that are difficult to get into Mexico.    A Doctor that lives on the Mexico side of the border transported these items across the border and distributed them.

   At the border, we had to stop to get new papers, otherwise we had no traveling problems.  We were able to visit the families in and around Matehuala that we normally support and help.  We also made one trip farther down into Mexico to visit one of the missionary families that we help support.

Click on inset to view :  Rachel sitting on railing of a miners Church.  Matehuala is in the valley behind Rachel.

OUR 43rd TRIP, WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE

   We left Oklahoma September 19th and returned October 29th.  We transported a full load of supplies and had no problems what so ever in our travels.  Crossing the border, we didn't even have to stop.  While in Mexico, we made a trip back to the border to transport a washer and dryer, that was purchased for us by friends, back to Matehuala, Mexico.  Again, we had no problems crossing the border.   

   We were able to visit the families in and around Matehuala that we normally support and help.  We also made one trip farther down into Mexico to visit three other missionary families.  We visited Lowell & Sheri Glick located in Tequisquiapan, Victor & Ara Guillen located in Bethi, and Jose Luis & Amalia Flores located in Ezequial Montes.  We were very pleased with the accomplishments and success of these missioniaries families.

PRAYER REQUEST FOR 43RD TRIP

Dear Prayer Partners;

We will start our 43rd trip to Mexico Tuesday, September 19, 2006.  We will cross the border into Mexico Thursday, September 21st.  We will be traveling with a full pickup load of supplies.  While in Mexico we will visit several of the Missionaries and families that we assist.  This will require traveling considerable miles while in Mexico.  We will return to Oklahoma during the last few days in October.

WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AS FOLLOWS:

*****For our safe travel to Matehuala, Mexico, our time in Matehuala, and our trip back to Oklahoma.

*****That the Lord will open the border and allow us expedient entry into Mexico.  (The Lord that can
         part the Red Sea can also open the border.)

   *****That the Lord would protect us from any adverse problems because of the Mexican Presidential
           election.

*****That the Lord would give us wisdom in distributing the supplies and finances that He has so
        bountifully provided.

*****That the Lord would allow us to represent Him, as well as our Country, in a way pleasing to Him,
        bringing honor to His Kingdom

Your prayers are appreciated and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  May the Lord bless you and your families during this fall season.

Darwin & Laverne Hedges
Mexico Children's Mission, Inc.
Tel: 011-52-488-88-26047 (Mexico)
E-mail: dlhedges@juno.com

OUR 42nd TRIP, WAS SHORT, BUT EFFECTIVE

     We left Oklahoma March 19th and returned March 31st.  We transported a full load of supplies and had no problems what-so-ever in our travels.  Crossing the border, we did get a red light and had to be inspected.  I believe that the female inspecting officer had been picked by the Lord.  She hardly detained us, looking at only one box, and charged us $8.10 tax on our load of supplies.  The Lord surely does honor Prayer. 

     We were able to visit the families in and around Matehuala that we normally support and help.  Also, Jose Luis & Amalia Flores was able to come to Matehuala to visit and take the supplies we had for them.