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Steve’s dad — heart surgery

March 25, 2019

Steve’s dad, Glenn Irwin, was scheduled for a triple bypass heart operation in San Jose this morning at 7:30 AM. It started a little later because the surgeon got stuck in that notorious South Bay traffic, but by 12:45 PM, California time, Steve’s sister, Sandy, texted us to let us know that Dad was out […]

Fixing our house

March 15, 2019

A good friend just did us the favor of reminding us that we haven’t updated you all since Christmas. As you’ll see, February was a rather hectic month for us. We’re writing you from a room in an extended-stay hotel in Cedar Park, a 15-min. drive from our house in Leander. The house is currently […]

Merry Christmas

December 16, 2018

Don’t you love the traditions of Christmas? The music, the decorations, the lights, the food — sweet rolls, tamales and hallacas (Venezue-lan tamales) — and especially the family photocards and annual newsletters that give us the opportunity to catch up on you all and your families. In the spirit of the season, here are some […]

Thankful Tuesday

November 27, 2018

Just a note… The Bible teaching radio/podcasts I listen to every morning reminded me this morning that today is “Giving Tuesday” — you know how that goes… But it got me thinking — wouldn’t this be a good day to thank you for your faithful and generous partnership with us? We really, really, really appreciate you all, […]

Praise and prayer

November 5, 2018

Praise God! First of all, we want to share a fantastic answer to prayer with you! Shortly after our last news/prayer letter went out, we got a call from a dear family in our support team. They had some funds set aside to give to God’s work and wanted to contribute $25,000 to the project of […]

Fall fun & efforts

September 22, 2018

Hey y’all! We last wrote you after the Bolivia Leadership Forum and before our annual trip to escape the Texas heat for our much-anticipated visit with Esther & Curtis and our Nova Scotian grandkids. As you can see, we had a wonderful time — I had to get up pretty early in the morning to […]

Forum Report

July 21, 2018

Greetings from Bolivia! The Regional Leadership Forum for our Latin American fields of Mexico, Venzla, Colombia, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia ended yesterday and I have some time this afternoon to tell you about it before I leave for the airport at 11 PM and fly to Panama, then connect in Chicago to my last flight to Austin. I just realized […]

Danelvis with the Lord

April 10, 2018

The note below is from our friend and fellow missionary, Wayne Smith, one of our primary sources of news about Danny. Wayne and his wife Becky are on the staff of the Instituto Misionero in Colombia. (Side note: When Becky was still single and making her first trip to the field, our young family was also flying to Bogotá […]

Danelvis Update

April 5, 2018

This is a photo of Danny & Jhon Barrios in younger days. The update below is the most recent info we have, as of Wednesday night. The paragraphs in italics were translated by another missionary from a report by Danny’s brother, who we have now learned is actually a doctor (my bad for the earlier misunderstanding).“Her […]

Pray for Danelvis Barrios

April 2, 2018

Would you join with us in praying for one of our Colombian missionaries? The Barrios family pictured above serves the Lord among the Tikuna people in the Amazon jungle on the southernmost point of Colombia (where Colombia, Peru and Brazil come together). Danelvis Barrios is seriously ill (her friends call her “Dani,” like “Danny”). She had a […]