July Newsletter

Our Year Concludes It's hard to believe that our year (11 months) is over.  The month of June was filled with finishing up projects as much as possible, preparing to move back to the States, and many tearful goodbyes.  We are now back in Maryland, working on resettling and getting back into life here.  Prayer appreciated for all the details of that!  Thank you to everyone who has so warmly welcomed us home! This year was such a blessing.  Even though it was challenging (downright impossible at times), we are so glad we had this chance.  We learned so much--about ourselves and about another culture--and we met so many wonderful people.  We are so thankful that we got to be a part of La Providencia's ministry for this year, and we hope to continue our relationships with the people and the ministry for many years. La Providencia's theme verse is James 1:27.  "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:  to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."  We are so thankful for the chance to live out this verse with our friends in Honduras.  And we are so thankful for all of you who were also a part of this ministry with your financial support, visits, and prayer for us.  We couldn't have done the work that we did without your support and encouragement.  And it is such a blessing to see the body of Christ united and working together for such an important purpose. You can continue to read about La Providencia and the work being done there by visiting the website (www.providenceworld.org) and the facebook page.  We hope that you will continue to pray for this ministry.  Please pray especially for the new children who will soon be placed into their La Providencia family, and for God to provide three more English teachers for this fall. Thank you again for all of your support!  We wish we could see each of you to thank you in person; we hope every one of you knows the importance of the part you played and that we are so grateful.  May God bless each of you!