Updates
Blessed.
We’ve moved in!!! March 22nd was our first night sleeping in the house, and the next day the cavalry came to help us move. We have the best friends ever. The house is still a work in progress, but there will always be projects to be done around here. Everything is livable and beyond. It feels so luxurious after ten years of sharing a room with five people to have our own rooms, and more than one bathroom in the house. Soon we’ll actually have the closets outfitted with shelves and a place to hang up our clothes! It’s the small things, and it’s the big, beautiful space in which we now have to host and serve people. And none too soon! Next month we will be housing two precious missionary kids whose parents are out in a rural village for a few weeks while the girls continue their schooling here. What a blessing this house is and will be, Lord willing, for many years to come! A very special thank you to all of you precious people who had a hand in helping with this project, from those who sacrificially gave, to the ones who traveled so very far to lend a helping hand, to our beloved neighbors who have helped out in some of the most needed times. We are so very grateful!
We were so excited to be able to host prayer meeting here on Vann’s birthday this month! Our precious friends and neighbors blessed us so tremendously by praying over us, and asking God’s blessings on this mission house and base.
It was a joy for us to be able to host the Quinceñera (!5th birthday party) of a dear friend of ours, along with the 150 people that attended! This mission base is a blessing in so many ways! To God be all of the glory!
Corynn has begun her driving lessons in our old, faithful Chevy truck. It astounds me that we have come to this time in life – our children are driving! May God bless them with driving safety for all of the years of their lives.
Please pray for Estefita. She is a friend of ours that has been battling a brain tumor for the last six years, and is still in the fight, thank God. Her son, Alberto was diagnosed with leukemia late last year. He is 9 years old. Estefita’s mother is limited in her ability to care for them because she has severe heart issues. Estefita’s sister has just had a baby and is on maternity leave for a while, so there is very little help for this family. We are sharing the gospel message with them, and helping with health care expenses, food and however else we can find to be a blessing to them. Would you please pray with us that this sweet family would come to know Jesus as their Savior, and for healing?
As we prepare for Easter let’s contemplate all that God has done for us in pursuit of our hearts. We love Him because He first loved us, and sent His beloved, only Son to Earth to die a horrific death on a cross to pay for our sins and reconcile us to Him in order that we might live and love Him forever! What amazing grace! We are blessed beyond measure.
Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best that you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. ~Oswald Chambers