About: Mel

This is probably repeat information to most of you but I need all prayers on deck this morning. Most of you know that our newborn son Malachi was born with pneumonia. He has been on a ventilator since birth. I am a bundle of nerves as we prepare for today. Today they plan to take…

Yesterday in church we sang the song, “Blessed Be Your Name”. In the past few months we have sung this several times in church and each time I get choked up and am so thankful to God that I understand the lyrics “When the darkness closes in Lord, STILL I will say, Blessed be the…

Our jeep has been out of commission for a while. John is working hard to get it road worthy again, but in the meantime we rely on the graciousness of others, thanking God for their kindness. Today I had to get to Belize City, and the only way to get there was on the bus…

Last week marked the beginning of our discipleship. It was a bit of an adjustment for us because there was also a team staying at the Belize Mission. We learned that it takes a balancing act to do both. We knew that by discipling it would cut into time we spent with the team in…

Has anyone else asked God this question? I have. Until early December I was really struggling with God’s grace in my life. My sin nature would creep up on me and I would feel so down trodden by the fact that I had not yet mastered how to control it. From there I would ask…

The heartbeat that God has given us for the remainder of our term is disciplining and teaching in the village. There are eight people God has laid on our hearts to disciple this year. Eight that range from non-believers to solid believers. Below is a little about each of them and how you can pray…

Hello all! We are very sorry for the silence. When we came back from the funeral at the end of December we were concentrating very hard on transitioning from the base to the village. That transition was sucessful and we are now living comfortably in the village. We are so thrilled to be there and…

It has been a couple of weeks since I touched on the death of my abuelito. Going to the funeral was a blessing for me in many ways. It enabled me to say goodbye to him. He was such a caring and generous man. I loved him and I was looking forward to spending some…

BOY! We are excited that we will not have to pay for another wedding! A boy will be a totally new experience for us. I prayed that God would give us just what we needed, so I am happy with His decision. It will be nice to have a change in gender. I will write…

We’ll be leaving shortly for the city. Tomorrow afternoon we’re planning to fly to Orlando. A big thanks to the gentleman who got tickets on Delta for the whole family for what the cost of one ticket would have been. God is good. We’ll be there from tomorrow the 15th through the 22nd. Funeral is…