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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.  –Mark 1: 35 May 4th is the yearly National Day of Prayer in the United States.  This special day in its early years in the 1770s was declared asContinue reading “MAY 2017 Praises & Prayer Needs”

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. –1 Cor. 13:13 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Continue reading “APRIL Praises and Prayer requests”

 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you askContinue reading “Our MARCH 2017 Praise & Prayer Letter”

UPDATE ON FEBRUARY’S PRAYER REQUESTS Many thanks for your prayers this month for the VBS’s we conducted in middle Chile and for the control and extinguishing of the many wild fires burning in different areas of Chile in January and February.  We have “update praises” to share on them both! First, the VBS’s    Continue reading “MID-MONTH UPDATE on February Prayer Requests”

As mentioned last month, we as a mission team are set in these last days of January to travel to middle Chile to initiate two 3-day VBS programs to children between the ages of 6 and 10 in two towns—Ñipas and Coelemu.  We will be in Ñipas the first week of February and in CoelemuContinue reading “February 2017 PRAISE & PRAYER LETTER”

A blessed, fulfilling New Year to you all!  The word NEW has such an appeal to it that so many of us make “new” goals and resolutions and how many of us long to “turn the corner” in different ways.  Goals, resolutions, and the turning of corners are good, as they infuse hope and accomplishment. Continue reading “January 2017 Praise & Prayer Letter”

THE GIFT For the wages of sin is death, but The GIFT OF GOD  is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – -Rom. 6: 23 Jesus WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST GIFT OF ALL to everyone the world-wide.  What a privilege to extend him and “present” him to those we know as the perfectContinue reading “DECEMBER 2016 Christmas Praises & Prayers”

The battle & struggle are real AND WE ARE CHOSEN!! October Praises We are grateful for our October time with supporting churches. Janine & I are so thankful for you and for our partnering with you and it’s a privilege to periodically update you in person on God’s work through us in Chile.  Without ChristianContinue reading “November 2016 Chile Praises & Prayer Requests”

God’s plans & purposes are ALWAYS moving on!! By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.  He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.  Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of theContinue reading “October 2016 Praises & Prayer Requests”

Jesus’ Church!! I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.  That power is the same as the mighty strengthContinue reading “September 2016 PRAISE & PRAYER Letter”