Praise: We were able to speak at two Sunday School classes at Kingwood Bible Church and reconnect again with some new supporters. (We had a salsa and chips "picnic" in the parking lot as we sat around and talked.)
Praise: We were also able to see family on Bill's side who "happen" to live in the same town (most assuredly a God coincidence.) They treated us out to eat and boy, did our kids eat! Good thing both places were buffets. At any rate, it was good to catch up.
Another praise: About 1 1/2 weeks before we left, we were able to get renters for our basement. It is only temporary, but helps keep the house occupied while we are gone and also will help our support. However, we had been using it for our office and had to move everything out (and think about packing for a 3+ month trip.)
Prayer: We ended up with colds, all at different times and various degrees. Not fun, and added more stress. Please pray we will recover soon as we still have coughs and some yucky stuff.
Here are some photos of time spent with family in Texas. We went to a park and it just happened to be Pioneer Days. They had hey rides, rope tying and all kinds of other things.
Reproduction of a storage area.
Fun on stilts.
Homemade see-saw.
Hmmm, barely enough room for four.
Since we were in Texas and we had to go through this area, we decided to stop by. Can you guess where we went? (btw, this became a field trip for the boys... how fun!)
The famous Alamo church building/fort.
Our next stop was Arizona. So, we stopped by the PIMA Air Museum.
There are hundreds of airplanes! And the kids had fun pulling each other in the green wagon...
A retired Presidential airplane.
Our next stop was Ogden, UT to visit Becky's family.
We made it there just before the snow started falling.
We made it there just before the snow started falling.
There's a few more praises: we have set up a new program called, "Pennies for Pastors". This is a way that anyone can help an indigenous leader/pastor just by giving loose change. So many pastors in the Andes region of Peru where we work go without basic needs that we set this program up to be used in churches, classes, organizations, you name it, to encourage anyone ages preschool-100yrs+ to help other believers with basic needs. Due to the exchange rate, pennies and loose change can make a HUGE difference to someone in another country.
We set up a website for it at: www.penniesforpastors.org
SO, the main praise is: we will be launching the program with Washington Heights Church's Awana program starting January 2012. If you think your church or organization would be interested, let us know!!
Also, we will be speaking to the pre-K-2nd grade next Sunday at Washington Heights about our mission work, and then onto the Spanish church (also part of Washington Heights) to present to them.
It has been good to see family again and soon to celebrate Thanksgiving. And on Saturday we will be celebrating Becky's parents 50th Wedding Anniversary.
There is a LOT to be thankful for!! We hope "y'all" have a wonderful Thanksgiving too!
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