Category: Prayer Requests

His Sufficiency in All Things

His Sufficiency in All Things

A couple days before Christmas, I joined a few local church friends in traveling to El Paso’s ‘other half’ – Cuidad Juárez, our sister city in México. Believers at Beth El Bible Church had donated food, toys, and clothing for the past several weeks – all to make Christmas parties possible for children in some […]
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The Lord’s Purpose Prevails

The Lord’s Purpose Prevails

 In our August update, we shared that Amy’s post-partum depression symptoms had returned. Knowing she could not do well in mountain ministry while they persisted, we postponed our plans for two months of travel in the Midwest. When obtaining Mexican residency visas took longer than expected, Amy saw a doctor in Chihuahua – planning to […]
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Signatures and Fingerprints!

Signatures and Fingerprints!

 Walking into the Immigration office earlier this month, we were greeted with an unanticipated question. “Are you here to do signatures and fingerprints?” Though unexpected, the question was not a huge shock – we knew some coworkers had just been in to take care of that stage of the residency visa process, and imagined the […]
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Visa Updates and Changing Plans

Visa Updates and Changing Plans

 In our last update, we shared an urgent prayer request: our Mexican residency visas were up for renewal, but a particular high-level official was suddenly rejecting documents which have always previous been accepted. If our applications were denied, it would mean restarting an expensive four-year process before we could receive permanent residency. A last-minute letter […]
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Urgent Prayer: Visas

Urgent Prayer: Visas

 This weekend, we need to renew our Mexican residency visas. After living here for four years, we are eligible for permanent residency – which eliminates the need for future renewals, saving us time and money from now on. Unfortunately, we have encountered a big problem. In the United States it is understood that a woman […]
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Making Needs Known

Making Needs Known

 Though we can hardly believe it, the time has come to hit the road again! It seems we just returned to Spokane to begin the second half of our home assignment in Washington… yet May and June have given way to July, and we once again load the truck with all our belongings – preparing […]
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Furlough in Full Swing

Furlough in Full Swing

 April has come and gone… and with it, that nasty flu which started off our time in Spokane! Despite our best efforts, it doggedly trailed us for several days in Western Washington – but the lousy bug finally moved on and left us in peace, for which we are grateful. Despite all that, we greatly […]
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First Weeks on Home Assignment

First Weeks on Home Assignment

 Arriving in Spokane, WA to begin our furlough with friends and family there, the last thing we expected was for a nasty flu bug to wipe us out… slowly and methodically over the course of eight or nine very rough days! Yet as one busy season is exchanged for another, we saw our faithful God […]
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The End of an Era

The End of an Era

 We have some pretty exciting news to share! As January gave way to February, it seemed clear I’d taken large strides since my previous language evaluation. Our consultants scheduled an assessment of my Spanish speaking abilities… and I passed! The same day I was evaluated, we learned I had graduated “with flying colors” from our […]
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(Don’t) Think Before You Speak

(Don’t) Think Before You Speak

 Have you ever been told to “think before you speak?” Just hearing this phrase can easily bring back memories of embarrassing reasons for which we’ve heard it before! This oft-repeated idiom, so foundational that we consider it common sense, echoes recurring themes in Biblical teaching – such as Solomon’s counsel in Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NKJV) “[to] […]
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