So we want to thank everyone who came to serve with us. Giving up your time, money and vacation to sweat and eat weird food ain't all that easy to do, but we loved having y'all here and were very encouraged by your presence and love that you brought with you. My kids loved being able to speak English with other people for almost three straight months! I don't know how much the people liked sitting for hours and hearing them talk without taking a breath! Haha But that meant the world to our kids and our family! That sort of stuff really makes an impact on our lives and energizes us to keep going and smiling. So thank y'all! And all the pastors have asked me to let everyone who came know how much they were encouraged and appreciated the visits and the love y'all showed their families and churches.
And we'd like to thank everyone of our partners that weren't aren't able to come here and serve with us but who lift us up in prayer and help support the activities and the people we have been able to build relationships with and encourage. The Apostles mention in many different parts of the New Testament how necessary and important it was for them to have the kind of support y'all are in our lives and give for the ministry. So whether you're able to come here or not, y'all are a part of all that God is doing here, and we give thanks for your lives and for your hearts!
Please continue to pray as we are teaching, visiting and encouraging the pastors and their families and communities. We also ask that you keep praying for our school visits and all the kids that are hearing the Word and learning about God's love for them. Keep praying for Brandi and her hospital team as they go each week into the hospital to prayer and hand out gifts and items of necessity to the patients and their family members staying with them. Pray for our backs as we go out and install the stoves in the different villages. They are heavy and sometimes you have to walk up and down mountains to get to the houses, and that can be hard to do without passing out or dying! Haha But God has blown us away with that part of the ministry providing so much to be able to buy more and more stoves for these families. Thanks to all y'all that have been a part of providing some awesome stoves for these families. God is good!
And I'd like to end with praising the Lord for Brooke and Tristen and their decision to come and be a part of the ministry in a full-time capacity. They are now living here and helping the ministry as it continues to grow and expand year after year. Each one of them has their special gifts and talents that they are already using to improve things and help with different responsibilities. Please keep them in your prayers and us as we learn to work together and follow God's leading and plans for His ministry. Feel free to contact them and encourage them as they are adapting to a new culture and doing new things in the ministry. Good stuff!
Thank y'all for your time and for being a part of this ministry and our lives! If y'all have any questions or would like to talk about something, please don't hesitate to reach out and contact us! We'd love to hear from y'all and continue to work together in God's kingdom! Keep yourself updated with everything that is happening here. We are updating and changing things on the website, and we will be adding things to our Facebook and Instagram page everyday. We also have a blog for the ministry that will have shorter more frequent comments and testimonies for everyone to be able to her what God's been up to here in Chiquimula. Sorry this ended up being so long, but I haven't been able to communicate with y'all for over two months! And so much has happened. Thanks again and God bless!
Daniel
