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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…

God is good! We actually had a fairly smooth travel day. The only problems we had were that to travel internationally with an infant on your lap, you have to have a paper ticket. The people at the check-in desk in Belize were very nice about it though, and spent almost an hour getting us…

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…

At 3 am this morning my dear Abuelito (Grandpa) passed away suddenly. He fell off a ladder and landed on his face. He had a brain bleed and there was nothing they could do for him when he got to the hospital. Ivan Durand grew up in Puerto Rico. He accepted the Lord in his…

In all our missionary training they said to expect your ministry plans to change once you get to the field. How very right they were. God put on our hearts last year when we went home for my health issues to pray about how God could best use us in the ministry here in Belize…

Our hearts have been so blessed by the Lord this thanksgiving. God gave us such a sweet time with each other and our girls. Nothing grand happened, we just spent time together and had a marvelous couple of days. My phrase to John this last week has been “This is better than last year”. I’ve…

It is not too often a missionary will let you in on the “messes” of ministry. You know the ones I’m talking about. The muck and the mire, the things that bog us down as Christians, the discouraging roadblocks, the icky details. Why would we not want to share that? Because it’s too much. Messes…

Here is what the ministry looks like in picture form: Enjoy! *Pictures courtesy of Bryan Schmidt. If you live in the Medina area in MN, he is a great family photographer. We can get you in touch with him. Wow, did October fly by! As you can see, we stay pretty busy with various ministries…