LAREDO—Children living in colonias near Laredo will have a much happier Christmas, thanks to the Women on Mission and the mission development council at Adamsville Baptist Church.
The Central Texas church, about 16 miles from Lampasas, donated 41 pair of new athletic shoes, socks, candy and other gifts to Texas Baptist River Ministry.
Displaying shoes and other items Adamsville Baptist Church in Lampasas Baptist Association collected for distribution by Texas Baptist River Ministry to children living in colonias near Laredo are (left to right, standing) JoAnn Weatherhead, prayer director; Pastor Kelly Wolverton; Amy Brown, Women on Mission; (seated) Linda Weems, missions development council, Ruby Clark, Woman’s Missionary Union; and Betty Rials, chair of the mission development council. (PHOTOS/Courtesy of Betty Rials, Adamsville Baptist Church)
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Pastor Kelly Wolverton, Joyce Straley with Women on Mission and Betty Rials, chair of the mission development council at Adamsville Baptist Church, delivered the donated goods to Mario Garcia of Laredo Baptist Association and River Ministry.
Garcia will distribute the presents to needy children in colonias outside Laredo. Many of the colonias on the Texas side of the border lack any utilities or plumbing, and many families live in primitive makeshift shelters, Rials noted.
In addition Rials, other members of the church’s mission development council are Linda Porter, Neil Weems, Susan Wolverton and Rick Williams. Other members of Women on Mission who serve with Straley include Amy Brown, DeeDee Rice, Ruby Clark and Pat Dannheim.
Adamsville Baptist Church, a congregation that averages about 70 in attendance, developed a relationship with Garcia during a Christmas-season mission trip in 2008, she added. During that trip, members of the Adamsville church delivered about 100 toy stuffed animals—along with some real goals and chickens—to an area about 18 miles east of Laredo.
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