March Update

Things are going well here in Santa Cruz. We're pushing onward and moving forward. March has been a really good month for us as a family and in ministry. Here are some highlights....

Angela got her drivers license, and despite her initial fears, she has learned how to drive in this crazy place, honking the horn and cutting people off on a regular basis.

Georgia started taking violin lessons too. She joins Sam in this and they both are thriving in the all Spanish speaking violin school. Sam will have a concert in April in which he will play 17 songs solo!

Ty continues to be our little companion here at home as he is not in school yet. He will start Kindergarten in August and is counting the days. Mom however is not - I love having him home! He continues to make us laugh. The other day he stood and stared at my legs and said, "Wow mama, your legs look like Bolivian legs." Asking him to explain, he said "They just look dark." Isn't 5 a little young to be noticing legs?

Bubba continues to be involved in many ways here. The skills he brings from his 10 years in business are an asset in many ways. Along with being involved with the professional class ministry, he keeps the financial records for the SAMAIR division, is helping with development and fundraising for various projects, and has been using his design skills to develop prayer letters and other materials for the mission.

Our 5 Love Languages Class is going really well. Last night was a great time of open discussion, honesty and vulnerability, mostly on the part of the men. One woman said last night in front of the group that her husband was pretty non communicative, but through the class and the group she really saw how much he was trying and changing. He had tears in his eyes as she was talking.

There is more, I'm sure, but we just wanted to update you on a few highlights. God is continuing to stretch us and use us despite our weakness, short-comings, and failures. We know that when we are weak, He is strong. Praying that we won't dwell on our weakness, but that we will allow the Lord to use it to glorify His holy name.