This past Wednesday night we had a special service in Patch the Pirate. It was Pet Night. We invited all the kids to bring their pet but because they were unable to go to the park like planned we had to restrict it to animals in a cage or on a leash or bring a [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Fighting like Cats and Dogs
Posted in Church Activities on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I ain’t no Michael Angelo
Posted in Family on February 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As you can see below, we finally finished painting little Titus’ room. Before we had all the pink and frills but now it’s tractors and farms. Thanks to the help of Jennie, Coco’s wife who drew the outlines we were able to paint his room just like his comforter. After she did the outlines we [...]
Watch out for the Dengue
Posted in Bolivia News on February 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The following article gives you an idea of how bad the situation here has gotten. We are in our summer rainy season which is perfect for mosquitos. Dengue fever, which is contracted by mosquitos is always present this time of year but it has never been this bad, especially the kind that is deadly causing [...]
Baby Shower
Posted in Church Activities, Family on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
During our special work days this weekend the ladies off the church planned a special baby shower for Beth. She thought that we were just going to work in the church but when we entered everyone screamed “sorpresa” or surprise. Beth was quite startled and wanted to know why I didn’t let her know so [...]
Get to Work
Posted in Church Activities on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past week we had several of the men and women of the church helping to fix, clean and do lots of painting. Then on Friday and Saturday we had special work days to try and get many of the things in the church done that we still lacked. We had a great response and [...]
Unsolved Mysteries
Posted in Family on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was able to solve one of life’s unsolvable mysteries. Well at least in the life of a missionary. Raising children in mixed cultures and languages is always interesting. One of the phrases that can be heard often when it comes to my youngest daughter Taylor is “Taylor why did you do that?”. What [...]
The work in Cobija
Posted in The Laura Family on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a while now since we have spoken about the ministry in Cobija Bolivia. It is the town in the far northern jungle of Bolivia. The Laura family has been working there for several years now and in spite of some struggles the Lord has been blessing. This is where we raised money [...]
Pray for Laborers
Posted in Ministry News on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We praise the Lord for the opportunity to work as a team with two special families here in Bolivia. We know that so much more can be accomplished working as a team. As the Lord said in Matthew 9 the harvest is truly plenteous and we must pray the He will send laborers. The harvest [...]
