September Update

It’s coming on the end of September.  The rain is heavy and long each day now as the rainy season is coming to an end as well.  Brayden and Brianna are finishing up school with only one month left in this school year.  Kim and I have been looking at some different options for Brayden for the new school year which starts in January.  The private school that they both attend is a very good school and it is bilingual, but it is also very expensive.  We are looking at some other private school options for him to attend next year that are about half the cost where he has attended the past two years.  Brianna still needs a bilingual school.  So we will send her another year to the same private bilingual school.

We are all ready for our visit home to Alabama in November.  We have had a busy year and are ready for a break and to see family and friends.  During our trip home in November we will be sharing at several churches.  We are not going to overbook ourselves as we did last year as we shared at ten different churches in a four week time period.  This year we plan to share at four or five churches and to get to spend a little more time visiting with family.  We will also be working on raising the needed support for another year in the field. 

Our ministry has many needs as it continues to grow.  We are in need of a 12 or 15 passenger van.  We have $8,500 saved so far towards this ministry expense.  We are looking at a goal of between $10,000 and $15,000 to get us the dependable van we are looking for.  This ministry van will be used every week to pick up and drop off families in our Sunday bus route.  Currently, we are using our pick-up truck to haul passengers back and forth.  It will also be used each week to pick up and drop off teenagers on Thursday and Friday nights.  Again, we are currently using our truck and making multiple trips on these nights for our youth group.  The ministry van would also be used to help the church when they need to make group trips to Guatemala City for conferences and association activities.  In addition, it would be used for all mission teams that come and visit from the States.  This would save us money in the long run with not having to rent a van each time a group comes to visit.

Our ministry is also in need of land to purchase for a future missions compound.  We are currently renting two houses to meet our needs.  Our vision is to purchase a piece of property large enough to build a mission team house, missionary family house, fellowship/dining hall (to be used for the youth to meet as well), and a work shed.  The first plan is to buy the land and then start building one thing at a time as the funds are available. 

We are very thankful for all those who partner with us financially.  You are the ones that pay our bills.  You send our kids to school, put food on our table, put fuel in our truck, support many families and provide improvements to many homes, and much more.  We know that without your help none of this would be possible.  In order for us to be able to continue to live in Guatemala as missionaries we need your continual support.  We need churches, families, and individuals to partner with us on a monthly basis.