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trip home September 20 ’10

trip home September 20 ’10

Safely home… We spent this last week making purchases and preparing to head into the village while fighting jet lag. Lance caught Laura’s cold and discovered the one good thing about having a cold and jet lag at the same time is that you sleep well at night when you take night time cold medication! […]
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Comings and goings…

Comings and goings…

Family Time We have been enjoying a visit from Justin, Nicole and children since August 21st. They had several meetings on their way south and here in Florida. Please continue to pray for the support they lack so they can get to East Asia, next year, as He wills. During our visit together, we enjoyed […]
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Update on Elias

Update on Elias

…finally the long awaited update. It has been a very long and tense time of waiting for us and after calling up the hospital a few times we finally got a reply on Wednesday, but it wasn’t until this morning that we had the meeting with the neurosurgeon, who explained in detail what the final […]
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We told him, “God will have His way”

We told him, “God will have His way”

A number of years ago an old man showed up in the village and left a few days later with Tahak’s daughter. Bikbik was gone and everyone was sad, especially Tahak. Bikbik was upset that her dad didn’t do anything to try and keep her! God only knew when or if we’d see her again.
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Update on Elias and Ostman travels

Update on Elias and Ostman travels

Thank you for praying for Elias. Here is an update from the Gappmayrs who are back home in Germany. August 7th update: Hello again from us! Just to let you all know how it went yesterday at the hospital. It was very hard for Elias. He seems to be quite traumatized by all that. Laying […]
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God’s Appointments!

God’s Appointments!

God’s appointments What an awesome journey we’ve had since leaving Justin & Nicole! Thank you so much for taking the time to pray for us. God has given us safety and allowed us to experience some unexpected visits. As an example, we were in North Carolina when we decided to take a couple of days […]
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Update on Elias

Update on Elias

5-24: we are in Michigan visiting supporters. We so appreciate everyone praying for us as we travel. We praise God for safety! We received the note 5-23 yesterday on Elias. Thank you for praying for him and his family. 5-23 update from Elias’ dad, Richard Finally, we can go back to Mindanao! We have been […]
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Please pray for Elias…

Please pray for Elias…

Surgery is scheduled for six year old Elias Gappamyr for 7:30 Saturday morning, Philippine time. That’s 7:30 pm Friday Eastern time. We received word that the blood bank needed more blood in preparation for his surgery and that prayer has already been answered. So, praise God for that and please continue to pray for Elias […]
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