OUR NEW ASSIGNMENT
We wanted to wait until it was official to “publically” announce our next assignment with the IMB. We will be moving to Murcia, Spain in January 2013 after Jeremy finishes up Seminary this next year. We will be joining the Diaspora team there. Our ministry will be engaging and equipping Latinos that are living in Spain. There is a large growing number of Latinos on the coast and we will mobilizing/discipling them to reaching their Judea, Samaria and uttermost parts as well as church planting among unreached pockets of Latinos. There are a number of different facets to this assignment and we are both really excited and challenged by this God-sized task. Jeremy calls it the “oversees job", since he has spent all of his life in either Latin America and the US, this will be his first time ever “crossing the pond”. This has been a long process for us, we felt God calling us to a new assignment well over a year ago and have been praying and discussing this type of ministry assignment for almost as long. Repeatedly we’ve received both peace and confirmation from the Father regarding this new challenge in ministry for our family. Join us now in praying for VISA approval for our entire family!
Family Jungle Trip
Well we had a blast. I've uploaded lots of pictures to tell the story but we had a few stories that we're captured on film (some were captured on video but our internet is WAY too slow to upload those). So the story goes:
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1. The first night out- we spent it sleeping on a sandbar stranded because we broke part of the prop on the motor and couldn't fix it yet (it did get fixed the next day). We were too far up the river to turn back to the last village but too far away from the village we were trying to make it too! Oh yeah- the other family we were with didn't bring their tent, so we lent them one of ours. So Jeremy, me and the girls all slept in a 2 person tent in the pouring down rain. (Well the girls slept at least- J & I tried LOL!)
2. Crystal was able to have a women's bible study with several ladies. We studied Proverbs 31 and she taught them 5 questions they can ask themselves when studying the Word.
3. Jeremy was able to teach as well in each village on Godly Wisdom. We also were able to distribute several Bibles in Buena Vista.
4. Crystal learned how to weave baskets/plates!
5. They had a special service in Atalaya the last night we were there. At the end folks prayed for our family and said their good-byes. It was sweet.
All the stories that have pictures:
Not pictured:
1. The first night out- we spent it sleeping on a sandbar stranded because we broke part of the prop on the motor and couldn't fix it yet (it did get fixed the next day). We were too far up the river to turn back to the last village but too far away from the village we were trying to make it too! Oh yeah- the other family we were with didn't bring their tent, so we lent them one of ours. So Jeremy, me and the girls all slept in a 2 person tent in the pouring down rain. (Well the girls slept at least- J & I tried LOL!)
2. Crystal was able to have a women's bible study with several ladies. We studied Proverbs 31 and she taught them 5 questions they can ask themselves when studying the Word.
3. Jeremy was able to teach as well in each village on Godly Wisdom. We also were able to distribute several Bibles in Buena Vista.
4. Crystal learned how to weave baskets/plates!
5. They had a special service in Atalaya the last night we were there. At the end folks prayed for our family and said their good-byes. It was sweet.
All the stories that have pictures:
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| Addie sleeping ontop of the luggage on the boat ride up the river. |
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| Everyone calls Addie "babydoll" here, but she really does look like one. LOL |
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| The girls killing time in the hammock on the boat ride up the river. |
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| Karis & her favorite friend in Atalaya- Ana! |
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| Jeremy is teaching Luis the "fisherman's tail" way of taking a photo, so that the fish appears much larger. |
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| Actual size of the peacock bass. LOL |
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| Addie & her favorite Peruvian Uncle Omar playing with dinner before its cut up. |
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| Karis & Alton (Luis' son) playing on the steps of the house while folks play soccer. |
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| Crystal and Karis |
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| Buena Vista |
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| River bank |
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| Location of Bible study in Beuna Vista |
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| Jungle version of a pack-n-play. The mayor's wife saif this is what she uses for her grandbabies so that they don't have to sit in the dirt to play. I thought it was sweet of her to get it out for Addie to use during Bible study. |
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| Karis wanting to play in the "boat" as she called it. |
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| Addie taking her morning nap at 6AM! Jeremy was kind enough to stay in his hammock and let her rest awhile. So precious how she has her arm resting on his. =) |
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| Nothing like a 10 year old and an 8 year old gutting lunch down on the river bank. And bringing their little brother down to watch. |
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| Luis & Addie playing on the boat. |
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| Karis is a very good observer. She noticed that everyone nursing their babies lots in the jungle. So she was nursing her babydoll and telling us we needed to be quiet, so she could feed! LOL! |
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| Omar and Karis on top of the boat catching some air. Do you think Karis likes it? |
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| Addie after Daddy lifted her up high enough to feel the breeze. Not a big fan! Such a sad face. |
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| Samuel & Alton (Luis' sons) such precious boys! |
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| God has a plan for Alton's life. Before he was 2 years old (he is six weeks younger than Karis). He has had dengue fever twice, dysentry, and a motorcycle fell down on him punturing his skull...he still has a hole in his skull from it. He is a trooper!!! |
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