Thank you

I would like to thank all of you who prayed for me Sunday.  I preached my first Spanish sermon, and while it was very difficult, I’m thankful to have had the experience.  The church was very sweet and gracious with me.  I preached a message based on the book of Jonah, with a point coming [...]

Preaching in Spanish

Please pray for me.  Tomorrow, I will be preaching for the first time in Spanish.  Pray that I will communicate clearly God’s truth.  Thank you.

Last Scheduled Appointment

Today was my appointment with the infectologist.  The long and short is that I probably have some small part of the virus somewhere in a lymph node somewhere but it is low enough not to be an issue.  I does want me to get a pneumonia vaccine and the flu shot each year.  He said [...]

Needing to Clear the Stage

Today I received an email from Preacher Tony (I served under him at Carroll Memorial in Fayetteville, NC for three years).  Preacher and I are great friends even though we no longer get to see each other very often.  He is now serving at an EXCELLENT church in Lavaca, Arkansas, as the Executive Pastor.  Today [...]

VISAS, Passports, and Family

We are thrilled that our VISAS are official now.  It wasn’t hard to get them written in the passports.  I just dropped them off on Thursday and picked them up on Friday.  Easy as pie.  PRAISE GOD!
Jenny and I are looking forward to Jen’s dad and step-mom’s visit this coming Friday.  It will be a [...]

Finishing Strong

I have always felt that one should end a task in the same way they started it.  This has always proven difficult for me (and probably for most of the population of the world as well).  I don’t think I can remember a time that this task has seemed any more challenging.  I am ready [...]

All Clear!

Today I had my last appointment with Doctora Naranjo, my ENT.  She cleared me and said all looks well.  There are still a very few scabs that are yet to come off, but this is normal.  It can take up to 5 or 6 weeks for the last scab to come off.  Nevertheless, I am [...]

Translation Trip (Part 5)

The final full day of the trip was Saturday.  And while I’ll not recount the entire day to you, I do want to share with you one visit, our last visit of the trip.
We arrived at Miguel’s house while he and His friend, Gilberto, were hanging out and caring for their kids.  Miguel’s wife had [...]

Translation Trip (Part 4)

Friday was scheduled to be the “free day” for the “adult team”, the team for which I was translating.  We had our breakfast and devotional time together in the morning as normal, but in the afternoon we went to “Termales del Bosque” or “hot springs in the forest”.  It was a neat place where you [...]

How could I forget?!

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WE GOT OUR VISAS!!!
All we have to do is go get the stamps in our passports next week.  We are now clear to purchase our airline ticktets to Peru.  Thanks for your prayers!