trip home September 20 ’10

September 20, 2010

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! […]

Comings and goings…

August 31, 2010

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 […]

We told him, “God will have His way”

August 4, 2010

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.

God’s Appointments!

June 5, 2010

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 […]

On the road again…

April 27, 2010

Good-byes! No one likes saying goodbye, especially to grandchildren who have done an unbelievable job of wrapping their grandparent’s hearts around their fingers! We praise God for the time He has graciously given us to be here with Justin & Nicole and their kids. Please pray for us as we say goodbye to them at […]

Who messed with the thermostat?

March 5, 2010

Thank you for praying Okay, who messed with the thermostat? Isn’t Florida supposed to be warm? 🙂 But then, anything below 70 degrees (f) is cold to us! We stopped off in Hawaii to visit good friends and it was even unseasonably cool there! All joking aside, we praise God for a safe trip and […]

Ostman Travels

February 24, 2010

We are heading to the US Thank you for praying for us and for the flight program we mentioned in our last email. Please continue to pray for that. We are ready to leave on Friday morning for the first leg of our journey to the US for our “home assignment.” (furlough) We’ve had a […]

I stand rebuked!

February 5, 2010

Is God Awesome or what!? One of our neighbors stopped by wanting change for a thousand peso bill. That’s the largest denomination available and is difficult to change here in the mountains. Consequently we don’t like to give that kind of change but we’re leaving here soon and furthermore, he wanted to buy a Bible. […]

Merry Christmas

December 17, 2009

And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Do you know Him? From our home to yours we send you warmest greetings at this Christmas season. Our “Christmas gift” this year was answers to your many prayers for us and especially Laura’s health. Laura said this morning, “I […]

Ostman happenings…

December 9, 2009

Health Happenings: Thank you all for praying for Laura! We are scheduled to head to town tomorrow (Thursday) to see the doctors and get some tests done. Praise the Lord with us that she is feeling much better over the past few days! The weight loss is concerning though and we need to get to […]