Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

 

     Greetings in the name of our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We praise the Lord God for having sent His Son, Jesus Christ, who has wonderfully blessed us, and for having sent his Holy Spirit to guide and teach us. We hope and pray that He has been blessing you wonderfully during the first part of this year and that your life has been filled with His grace and mercy.  We want to give you a special thanks for your continued prayers for us and support of the ministry in Peru.  We definitely see the results of your prayers for us.  You are special people called by our Lord Jesus Christ to minister to His children.  Thank you for your faithfulness to His calling.  Thank you for your love for Him, for us, and for His children.

 

     January and February have been months of transition for us.  We returned to the states the first of the year after having been in the field for four and a half years.  The purpose of our time here is to raise support to return to Peru for another 5 year term, to look for and recruit additional long term missionaries to work with us in Peru, to allow our children a better chance to learn the English language and the American culture, to share about the work with those of you who have partnered with us, and to work with the home office to prepare for the future work of the Mission Society in Peru.  We have had to establish a home here again for a short while (until late October), and have been home schooling the children so that our time here in the states and our travel schedule will not cause them to loose too much time in their studies. We are adjusting to being back, but the adjustments have been somewhat stressful.  Please be in prayer for our continued adjustment back in to North American culture.

 

     We have been sharing about the ministry in Peru with our individual and church partners, and will continue to do so throughout our time here.  During January and February we shared at Mt. Bethel UMC, the Believer's Sunday School class, Dalton FUMC, Weselyan Fellowship, Royston FUMC, Morehead FUMC in Kentucky, and the President's Gathering of the Mission Society in Florida.  We also had opportunities to spend time sharing with some of our close friends and partners.  Although Arthur is the primary spokes person for the family, the whole family participates.  The children have shared at several youth events, and Benjamin was even a guest speaker at one of these.  It has been a blessing to see friends again and experience the love and care that has been poured out on us at each place.  During March and April we will continue to try to visit with our individual partners and will be sharing at the following churches:  Sugar Hill UMC, Roswell UMC,  Mountain VIew Community Church, Cornerstone UMC, Red Bank UMC,  Covenant UMC, Berkmar UMC and Mayo UMC in Kentucky as well as several other groups in Paintsville.  Please be in prayer for our travels and these events.