It’s been, as always, an eventful month since we last wrote. Mike couldn’t stay away for too long – he has rejoined Extreme Nazarene as the Local Mobilization Coordinator. He is now part of our team that mobilizes and deploys people to the mission fields. He is definitely enjoying getting going in that capacity.
And in other continents…
Take a moment to visit chilly freezing Cusco, Peru with me, where we just finished a great project. The main goal was to finish constructing the housing where the 40/40s and Cluster Support family will live in just a couple months, but as with all our projects a great deal of community outreach was to be had. Through the events that were held, over 30 people came to know Christ Jesus as their Savior. Now how much better news can I share than that?! God is definitely still working in Peru. What a blessing to be a part of this ministry.
Now heading over into the hot sweaty jungle, we arrive in Puerto Maldonado – the first city to which we deployed 40/40s almost a full year ago. A few weeks ago, they held their first Spiritual Retreat. The 40/40s have been working in several communities and making contacts and bringing people to the Lord for the last year. It was a chance for the 42 in attendance to receive further spiritual training and a few of them were also baptized. What a great update to hear from our missionary friends in Puerto! Please join us as we continue to lift this part of our team up in prayer regularly.
Mike and I also had the opportunity to visit his grandparents and entire extended family in Wisconsin. They were celebrating their 60th anniversary! Wow! I was so excited to finally get to know his side of the family. Spending almost your entire marriage so far in another country somewhat postpones things like that. J It was a great trip.
I continue to stay very busy with the finances. We are starting to get even busier as we are getting closer to our new projects starting in Colombia, Paraguay and again in Peru. I have recently been asked to add to my duties the role of pre-deployment financial advisor. I basically prepare all of our newly approved long-term volunteers to be ready financially to move to the field. It’s pretty fun!
Lastly, we want to say thank you to all those donors who continue to support us and thank you to those who have recently partnered with us in this great ministry. We hope that you can see how far your dollars are reaching in this worldwide impact for Christ.
Until next time!
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