Happy New Year, a little late. But better late than never, right? I trust that you are all cozy and warm as you endure snow, snow and more snow. It actually sounds really inviting to us. Hard to imagine, huh?
With the New Year comes new opportunities for ministry, for which we are very grateful. We continue to be part of various small groups with the professional class. The Kienzles are leading 2 small groups, one a chronological Bible study and the other called Spiritual Discipleship. We are excited about the friends who have committed to attending. We started back up the English class Bible Study and opened it up to both men and women. That meets Thursday nights in our home and will meet until the end of May. Our monthly church service at the Kienzle's house will start back up on the 28th and we will up that to twice a month in April. It's exciting to see our friends growing in their faith and hungry for more of God and His word!
We also have a couple here for two months, Joe and Julie Kidd. They are from our home church, Trinity Presbyterian, in Charlottesville. They are a great couple who are eager to step up and help wherever there are needs. They both have medical background/interest so will be working some with fellow missionaries and doctors, Placido and Toni Mercado. They are also helping us with our English class and various other activities. What a blessing it is to have new friends from "home" here to help serve the Lord.
Next weekend Joe and Julie along with our family, the Mercados, and 7 other missionaries will head back out to San Jose and Fua, the ayore village we went to last summer (remember the 6 hours down the dirt road?) We are going to help finish the church that we started last summer, hold a medical clinic, encourage the ayore believers, and make plans for another trip in June with a group from the states. We are looking forward to finishing the church for this group of believers and also for the time of fellowship with the other missionaries.
That's probably enough for you to read for now :) Our family is well. The kids continue to do great in school and in life in general down here. We are thankful for you, our dear friends and family.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, December 21, 2009
Outreach Event
Merry Christmas! I hope this blog message finds you warm and dry and ready to celebrate the birth of Christ. I have to admit we're a little jealous of all our Charlottesville friends that are snowed in. The pictures we've seen are gorgeous!
Yesterday we had our monthly church service with our professional class friends at the Kienzles' house. Our time began with singing traditional Christmas carols, then Doctor (and missionary) Placido Mercado delivered a Christmas message to about 20 adults while around 14 kids colored nativity coloring pages out on the patio. Afterwards, the majority of us went out to Garaí, an Ayore village about 40 minutes from our house. Many donated money, others purchased dry goods, and all were excited to go share with the Ayore. For many, it was the first time seeing such abject poverty. Yes, poverty is all around us here in Santa Cruz. But many of them had never seen up close the living conditions of the Ayore. It was exciting to see how everyone, kids included, jumped in to help. Once we got there, we packaged bags for each of the 64 "houses" that included a chicken (which Bubba killed last week in Poza Verde - another blog post :), a 1 kilo bag of rice, a 1 kilo bag of sugar, and a bag of cookies. Then we set off to deliver the bags to each house. It was a great time for us to bless others with the message of hope during this Christmas season, and it was exciting to have our friends be excited about this kind of outreach. We hope to do more of this in the future.
Yesterday we had our monthly church service with our professional class friends at the Kienzles' house. Our time began with singing traditional Christmas carols, then Doctor (and missionary) Placido Mercado delivered a Christmas message to about 20 adults while around 14 kids colored nativity coloring pages out on the patio. Afterwards, the majority of us went out to Garaí, an Ayore village about 40 minutes from our house. Many donated money, others purchased dry goods, and all were excited to go share with the Ayore. For many, it was the first time seeing such abject poverty. Yes, poverty is all around us here in Santa Cruz. But many of them had never seen up close the living conditions of the Ayore. It was exciting to see how everyone, kids included, jumped in to help. Once we got there, we packaged bags for each of the 64 "houses" that included a chicken (which Bubba killed last week in Poza Verde - another blog post :), a 1 kilo bag of rice, a 1 kilo bag of sugar, and a bag of cookies. Then we set off to deliver the bags to each house. It was a great time for us to bless others with the message of hope during this Christmas season, and it was exciting to have our friends be excited about this kind of outreach. We hope to do more of this in the future.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Before we start with our ministry and family update, we send you all good tidings during this Advent season as we patiently await the coming of the true King. While it is certainly different celebrating Christmas in shorts and tank tops, it forces us to remember and reflect on what or who we are truly celebrating.
On with a ministry update. We wrapped up our Alpha class at the end of November. We started out with 18 people, but in the end had 10 faithful attenders. On the last night, we had a time of sharing, which was really special. One of our dear friends who has attended several of our events and classes over the past year said that for the first time, through the Alpha course, she saw clearly that "God is Love." That He loves her and wants a relationship with her. Another couple wrote afterwards to tell us how much it meant to them. He had studied in a Catholic school for 8 or so years but said that he learned more in this course than he had in all those years in school. And that he and his wife are now reading their Bibles daily. It's exciting to see God drawing people unto himself.
In the month of December, we will finish up our English language Bible Study, which has been going well. Chelsea is a great teacher and the women have really responded to her. I'm thankful to be a part of this. December is such a busy month that we are trying to plan well our ministry events while still being there for our families. Sam's birthday is coming up, so is the Kienzle's youngest daughter, then throw in end of the year violin concert, school christmas play, school christmas parties, well you know what I mean b/c your lives look the same! So with this in mind, we decided to focus on a few events where we have folks over to our houses instead of starting up any new studies. Last Saturday, we had a churrasco (or cookout) at the Kienzle's house with about 25 friends (kids included). We wrapped up the night with homemade "chipwiches" and a showing of "The Nativity Story." We plan to have another get together with a different set of friends, again showing this movie and enjoying Christmas cookies together. We will have another cookout after Christmas with the friends who went through Alpha with us. Hopefully we will still be able to find time to be still and quiet our hearts in worship of the one we are here to serve.
We are really excited about one more event. On Sunday the 20th, we will again have a Sunday service at the Kienzle's house. But this time it will look a little different. Placido Mercado, another SAM missionary who works with the Ayore, will give a short message, including a history of who the Ayore are, what our involvement is with them, and what are the Biblical reasons for helping the poor. We will then take our professional class friends out to an Ayore village where we will sing some Christmas songs, have a short message and then deliver a chicken, a bag of rice, a bag of sugar, and a container of oil to all the families that live in a particular village. We are excited to see how God will use this time not only in the lives of the Ayore, but especially in the lives of the professional class.
Please pray for us as we continue to build relationships. Pray that we will continually show the love of Christ to those we are around. Pray for our family to continue to love each other well. And let us know how we can pray for you. Merry Christmas!
On with a ministry update. We wrapped up our Alpha class at the end of November. We started out with 18 people, but in the end had 10 faithful attenders. On the last night, we had a time of sharing, which was really special. One of our dear friends who has attended several of our events and classes over the past year said that for the first time, through the Alpha course, she saw clearly that "God is Love." That He loves her and wants a relationship with her. Another couple wrote afterwards to tell us how much it meant to them. He had studied in a Catholic school for 8 or so years but said that he learned more in this course than he had in all those years in school. And that he and his wife are now reading their Bibles daily. It's exciting to see God drawing people unto himself.
In the month of December, we will finish up our English language Bible Study, which has been going well. Chelsea is a great teacher and the women have really responded to her. I'm thankful to be a part of this. December is such a busy month that we are trying to plan well our ministry events while still being there for our families. Sam's birthday is coming up, so is the Kienzle's youngest daughter, then throw in end of the year violin concert, school christmas play, school christmas parties, well you know what I mean b/c your lives look the same! So with this in mind, we decided to focus on a few events where we have folks over to our houses instead of starting up any new studies. Last Saturday, we had a churrasco (or cookout) at the Kienzle's house with about 25 friends (kids included). We wrapped up the night with homemade "chipwiches" and a showing of "The Nativity Story." We plan to have another get together with a different set of friends, again showing this movie and enjoying Christmas cookies together. We will have another cookout after Christmas with the friends who went through Alpha with us. Hopefully we will still be able to find time to be still and quiet our hearts in worship of the one we are here to serve.
We are really excited about one more event. On Sunday the 20th, we will again have a Sunday service at the Kienzle's house. But this time it will look a little different. Placido Mercado, another SAM missionary who works with the Ayore, will give a short message, including a history of who the Ayore are, what our involvement is with them, and what are the Biblical reasons for helping the poor. We will then take our professional class friends out to an Ayore village where we will sing some Christmas songs, have a short message and then deliver a chicken, a bag of rice, a bag of sugar, and a container of oil to all the families that live in a particular village. We are excited to see how God will use this time not only in the lives of the Ayore, but especially in the lives of the professional class.
Please pray for us as we continue to build relationships. Pray that we will continually show the love of Christ to those we are around. Pray for our family to continue to love each other well. And let us know how we can pray for you. Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Ministry Update
It is so exciting to see how the Lord is working here in Santa Cruz. Our Alpha course is going really well. We have anywhere from 10 -18 people in attendance every week. Everyone who attends is really excited about the course, and it is so encouraging for us to be a part of telling people the good news about Jesus. This past week the theme was about reading the Bible, specifically why and how. In our small group time afterward it was refreshing to hear how honest people were - that they want to read the Bible regularly, but don't, and don't even know how to start. We were able to give out some guides and some advice on what it looks like to read the Bible for yourself. Laura and I have compiled a study guide for the women's devotional Bible and have had a few interested women. So thankful for the opportunity Alpha has provided for us to share deeper about the Christian faith and for the relationships we are building in the process.
We had another church service at the Kienzle's house this past Sunday, something we are doing once a month through December, with the plan to host one more often starting in January. It was great - we had 27 Bolivians in attendance, folks who don't normally attend a church. It was a great time of worship, with music, a testimony, and a message, even a kids' sunday school. Exciting to see how the Lord has brought this together.
Another ministry opportunity I wrote about last time was the ESL Bible study. I'm happy to say that we are starting that tomorrow night. Chelsea, another missionary, will teach the class here in our home. So far we've had 5 women say they will be here. We are praying that these women will come and that they will bring friends as well. It will be similar to the previous english class we hosted, but with a few key differences. This one is only for women and we will be using the Bible as our text. Praying that not only will women improve their English, a good skill to have, but that they will be impacted by the Bible Study as well.
On a personal note, our family is doing well. We enjoyed time with both sets of parents in the last month - such a blessing! Thankful to have the love and support of our parents even though we've taken the grandkids thousands of miles away :) Oops - my time is up - need to pick up Ty from school. As always - thanks for your prayers!
We had another church service at the Kienzle's house this past Sunday, something we are doing once a month through December, with the plan to host one more often starting in January. It was great - we had 27 Bolivians in attendance, folks who don't normally attend a church. It was a great time of worship, with music, a testimony, and a message, even a kids' sunday school. Exciting to see how the Lord has brought this together.
Another ministry opportunity I wrote about last time was the ESL Bible study. I'm happy to say that we are starting that tomorrow night. Chelsea, another missionary, will teach the class here in our home. So far we've had 5 women say they will be here. We are praying that these women will come and that they will bring friends as well. It will be similar to the previous english class we hosted, but with a few key differences. This one is only for women and we will be using the Bible as our text. Praying that not only will women improve their English, a good skill to have, but that they will be impacted by the Bible Study as well.
On a personal note, our family is doing well. We enjoyed time with both sets of parents in the last month - such a blessing! Thankful to have the love and support of our parents even though we've taken the grandkids thousands of miles away :) Oops - my time is up - need to pick up Ty from school. As always - thanks for your prayers!
Friday, August 28, 2009
What we're up to
The kids officially started back to school on August 10, Sam in 4th, Georgia in 3rd and Ty in Kindergarten. Ty shed a few tears when we left him, even had to pry him off of me, but when we returned to pick him up, he exclaimed "I LOVE school!". So thankful for that. I actually substituted in the 4th grade classroom for about a week while the teacher was taking her daughter to college in the states. But after a mere 8 days in school, the government closed schools for 10 days due to swine flu. So, our kids have been home with 5 days worth of schoolwork to do at home with the hope that the the kids won't have to make up all the days missed. We've enjoyed having the kids home again, kind of like our homeschooling days. I will substitute in the 3rd grade classroom for 5 afternoons starting Monday as the 3rd grade teacher is finishing raising her support to be here. No shortage of work to be done here!
As for ministry opportunites, we have plenty of those as well. On September 14th we will begin a series called Alpha. Some of you may be familiar with this. It is a series of videos that are shown over 10 weeks and after each video, small groups meet to discuss the topic. It is a very basic introduction to the Christian faith. Video topics include, "Christianity, Boring, False and Irrelevant?", "Who is Jesus?","Why did Jesus Die?". It is designed for open and honest discussion to take place in the small groups. We have 4, possibly 6 Bolivian nationals who will be helping us lead the small groups, and we plan to canvas the neighborhood passing our invitations. Pray for this effort with us if you will. It is a step of faith for all of us, stepping out of our comfort zone, inviting people we don't yet know as well as people we already have relationships with. Pray for a fruitful time. Other SAM missionaries in Peru have used the Alpha series with great success and we are counting on the Lord blessing our efforts as well.
Laura and I (Angela) are praying about opportunites with the women we know. We have 20 or so Women's Devotional Bibles in Spanish. We are praying about how to use these in some type of morning study. Also, a new teacher has come down for a year and is passionate about ESL. She would really like to lead a Bible Study in English as a way to teach English. I may partner with her in this endeavor. She would teach, I would host it in our home. Bubba continues to be busy not only with the professional class ministry, but also with the Ayore, as he's getting ready to harvest the sunflower crop, the CIET board, and SAMAIR. There is no shortage of work to be done here. Please pray that we would seek to do each day what God would have us do for that day. So thankful for each one of you and your partnership with us.
As for ministry opportunites, we have plenty of those as well. On September 14th we will begin a series called Alpha. Some of you may be familiar with this. It is a series of videos that are shown over 10 weeks and after each video, small groups meet to discuss the topic. It is a very basic introduction to the Christian faith. Video topics include, "Christianity, Boring, False and Irrelevant?", "Who is Jesus?","Why did Jesus Die?". It is designed for open and honest discussion to take place in the small groups. We have 4, possibly 6 Bolivian nationals who will be helping us lead the small groups, and we plan to canvas the neighborhood passing our invitations. Pray for this effort with us if you will. It is a step of faith for all of us, stepping out of our comfort zone, inviting people we don't yet know as well as people we already have relationships with. Pray for a fruitful time. Other SAM missionaries in Peru have used the Alpha series with great success and we are counting on the Lord blessing our efforts as well.
Laura and I (Angela) are praying about opportunites with the women we know. We have 20 or so Women's Devotional Bibles in Spanish. We are praying about how to use these in some type of morning study. Also, a new teacher has come down for a year and is passionate about ESL. She would really like to lead a Bible Study in English as a way to teach English. I may partner with her in this endeavor. She would teach, I would host it in our home. Bubba continues to be busy not only with the professional class ministry, but also with the Ayore, as he's getting ready to harvest the sunflower crop, the CIET board, and SAMAIR. There is no shortage of work to be done here. Please pray that we would seek to do each day what God would have us do for that day. So thankful for each one of you and your partnership with us.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
New Stateside Phone Number
Here it is.....434-227-4380. It's supposed to be a local Charlottesville number, so give it a try sometime:) For those not in Charlottesville, it is a normal long distance call. We'd love to hear from you!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Today marks one year in Bolivia!
Wow - one year here. So thankful that God has sustained us here in Sant Cruz, Bolivia. There certainly were some days we thought we couldn't do it. Thankful that it's not on our own strength that we try to do anything, but that we serve a Great God who is all powerful!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Good friends, good times
So thankful that some of our greatest friends from Charlottesville were able to be here in Santa Cruz with us for a week. Reid and Angie Murphy and their son Carrington, Kendall Tucker, Kirk Ogden and Luke Heinsohn were here from July 23 -30. We were able to do a variety of projects as well as show them our life here in Bolivia. We worked in 2 different Ayore communities together, had a party with our professional class friends who have attended our English class, spent time with fellow missionaries, and enjoyed many times of sweet fellowship. What a blessing and encouragement it was for us to be able to share our lives with our dear friends. We are so thankful that they made so many sacrifices to be here with us. Planning for the next Trinity Vision Trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia early summer 2010!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Bumpy roads, flat tires, and good times
Our trip out to the middle of nowhere Bolivia was an amazing experience for all of us. Thank you so much for your prayers! Where to begin....it's so hard to recount all the details and stories and experiences we had. I wish each one of you could have been with us. There are 2 verses and 1 quote that I think help to sum up our week. Along with the photos, I hope these stories help you envision our week.
"The joy of the Lord is my strength" Nehemiah 8:10 We were blessed to get to work with a team of 14 from Georgia. What a spirit of joy they had about them. And their joy was contagious. On our 6 hour dirt road journey out to San Jose (think up and down up and down, bump bump bump) we sure needed the strength of the Lord to get us through! It actually wasn't so bad. Bubba wanted us all to take dramamine, so for the first 2 hours we all slept. The other 4 hours really weren't as dreadful as I had feared. The kids did great and thankfully no one got sick. I was amazed that there really was NOTHING on the road for 6 hours, no houses, no towns, no stores....nothing but fields and fields. I've never quite experienced anything like being that far in the middle of nowhere. We arrived safely and began 3 days of work with the Ayore in Fua. Church construction, Bible school, play time with the kids, women's studies, and men's messages were what we did in the village. And throughout it all, heat, dirt, dust, long days everyone worked with such an evident spirt of joy that could only come from the Lord. I'm so thankful that our family got to experience this kind of work. We closed our time there with a small service at sunset with the Ayore and their half finished church building. They sang songs in Ayore, the children quoted scripture in Spanish, and we prayed in Ayore, Spanish, and English to dedicate the new church to the Lord. What an amazing way to end our time in Fua. I was able to video the women singing "Amazing Grace" in their native language earlier that day. Here it is:
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed" 2 Corinthians 4:8 Our trip was fantastic, but not without it's share of trials! Every aspect of the trip was covered in prayer so I know it was the protection of the Lord that kept us from being crushed, abandoned or destroyed. We had a total of 5 flat tires amongst the 4 vehicles, the first one occurring when the women took off for another Ayore village 30 minutes down the dirt road in the jungle. I was not with them b/c I got claustrophobic in the truck with so many people so I hopped out. Sam, however begged to go with them and Jose, the Mercados' 13 year old son. All the women promised they would watch out for him and protect him, so in the spirit of "Wild at Heart" and letting him spread his wings a little, we decided he could go. They were half way there when they got a flat tire. No one could find the jack, so the women found a log to prop the truck on (mind you, no ordinary truck but an F350 or somethiing of the sort). The women tried and tried to lift the truck (with Sam watching or maybe trying a few times) but couldn't do it. They stopped and prayed, then were able to lift the truck and change the tire right before help arrived (an ayore boy had been sent back to the village to let us know they needed help). Adventure for sure! The second one was uneventful (a truck full of men with a jack :). The third one came when the dirt road to Santiago was blocked by a truck that had broken an axle. We had 2 choices - sit for hours maybe days really until the truck was fixed, or blaze our own trail. We chose the second option which resulted in a blown tire on our truck (changed quickly with a jack and lots of men). The other 2 happened on the way home, which was an adventure in itself. With the exception of the drivers (Bubba included) we took the train home. Uneventful, but instead of up and down bumping, it was a lot of back and forth swaying. But it was eventful for the drivers. The 6 hour drive turned into 12 hours b/c rain turned the road into a mud pit. WHEW! Oh, and one more thing. We got to go to these amazing hot springs to relax for the afternoon. It was great fun until Bubba was sucked down in a bubbling hot spring with the car keys in his pocket. We have a remote door opener, which got wet, meaning we couldn't open the door w/o the alarm going off. The alarm starts going off, the battery is being drained, we can't start the car with the alarm going off, and did I mention we are in the middle of nowhere? So 30 minutes and 5 men later, the alarm system is ripped out, the car is jumped, and we're good as new. Why am I bothering to recount all these stories? I want to tell of the goodness of the Lord. During all of these trials, no one got upset, no one panicked, no one got angry. Really, we relied on the Lord, we prayed, we worked together. It was amazing to see the Lord's provision. Too often we all rely on our own strength, but out where we were, we could see plainly our weakness, our inability to do anything apart from Him. I'm not sorry for any of the "trials". I'm thankful we had the chance to rely on Him and see Him take care of all of our needs.
"We're all in this together" High School Musical. I kept thinking of this the whole week. The team really included our family, sharing treats from the states, loving our kids, caring for us and about us. The other two missionary families and our family bonded in new ways. We helped out with Spanish translating (realizing that 3 years ago we were just like the majority of this team knowing only "gracias" and "por favor" - what a long way we've come!) We really were all in it together, loving, serving, praying, playing. I'm so thankful for all we did!
"The joy of the Lord is my strength" Nehemiah 8:10 We were blessed to get to work with a team of 14 from Georgia. What a spirit of joy they had about them. And their joy was contagious. On our 6 hour dirt road journey out to San Jose (think up and down up and down, bump bump bump) we sure needed the strength of the Lord to get us through! It actually wasn't so bad. Bubba wanted us all to take dramamine, so for the first 2 hours we all slept. The other 4 hours really weren't as dreadful as I had feared. The kids did great and thankfully no one got sick. I was amazed that there really was NOTHING on the road for 6 hours, no houses, no towns, no stores....nothing but fields and fields. I've never quite experienced anything like being that far in the middle of nowhere. We arrived safely and began 3 days of work with the Ayore in Fua. Church construction, Bible school, play time with the kids, women's studies, and men's messages were what we did in the village. And throughout it all, heat, dirt, dust, long days everyone worked with such an evident spirt of joy that could only come from the Lord. I'm so thankful that our family got to experience this kind of work. We closed our time there with a small service at sunset with the Ayore and their half finished church building. They sang songs in Ayore, the children quoted scripture in Spanish, and we prayed in Ayore, Spanish, and English to dedicate the new church to the Lord. What an amazing way to end our time in Fua. I was able to video the women singing "Amazing Grace" in their native language earlier that day. Here it is:
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed" 2 Corinthians 4:8 Our trip was fantastic, but not without it's share of trials! Every aspect of the trip was covered in prayer so I know it was the protection of the Lord that kept us from being crushed, abandoned or destroyed. We had a total of 5 flat tires amongst the 4 vehicles, the first one occurring when the women took off for another Ayore village 30 minutes down the dirt road in the jungle. I was not with them b/c I got claustrophobic in the truck with so many people so I hopped out. Sam, however begged to go with them and Jose, the Mercados' 13 year old son. All the women promised they would watch out for him and protect him, so in the spirit of "Wild at Heart" and letting him spread his wings a little, we decided he could go. They were half way there when they got a flat tire. No one could find the jack, so the women found a log to prop the truck on (mind you, no ordinary truck but an F350 or somethiing of the sort). The women tried and tried to lift the truck (with Sam watching or maybe trying a few times) but couldn't do it. They stopped and prayed, then were able to lift the truck and change the tire right before help arrived (an ayore boy had been sent back to the village to let us know they needed help). Adventure for sure! The second one was uneventful (a truck full of men with a jack :). The third one came when the dirt road to Santiago was blocked by a truck that had broken an axle. We had 2 choices - sit for hours maybe days really until the truck was fixed, or blaze our own trail. We chose the second option which resulted in a blown tire on our truck (changed quickly with a jack and lots of men). The other 2 happened on the way home, which was an adventure in itself. With the exception of the drivers (Bubba included) we took the train home. Uneventful, but instead of up and down bumping, it was a lot of back and forth swaying. But it was eventful for the drivers. The 6 hour drive turned into 12 hours b/c rain turned the road into a mud pit. WHEW! Oh, and one more thing. We got to go to these amazing hot springs to relax for the afternoon. It was great fun until Bubba was sucked down in a bubbling hot spring with the car keys in his pocket. We have a remote door opener, which got wet, meaning we couldn't open the door w/o the alarm going off. The alarm starts going off, the battery is being drained, we can't start the car with the alarm going off, and did I mention we are in the middle of nowhere? So 30 minutes and 5 men later, the alarm system is ripped out, the car is jumped, and we're good as new. Why am I bothering to recount all these stories? I want to tell of the goodness of the Lord. During all of these trials, no one got upset, no one panicked, no one got angry. Really, we relied on the Lord, we prayed, we worked together. It was amazing to see the Lord's provision. Too often we all rely on our own strength, but out where we were, we could see plainly our weakness, our inability to do anything apart from Him. I'm not sorry for any of the "trials". I'm thankful we had the chance to rely on Him and see Him take care of all of our needs.
"We're all in this together" High School Musical. I kept thinking of this the whole week. The team really included our family, sharing treats from the states, loving our kids, caring for us and about us. The other two missionary families and our family bonded in new ways. We helped out with Spanish translating (realizing that 3 years ago we were just like the majority of this team knowing only "gracias" and "por favor" - what a long way we've come!) We really were all in it together, loving, serving, praying, playing. I'm so thankful for all we did!
Friday, July 3, 2009
We're back
Just wanted to quickly update this and let everyone know that we are back safe and sound from our adventure. Thanks for praying for us. It wasn't always easy, but it was sure full of adventure. I'm so glad we went! Will update with details and pictures soon.
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