Yearly Archives: 2011


Dear Friends, As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we want to take a moment to thank you!  Thank you so much for all of your prayers.  We know you are praying for us, and we really appreciate it! Ministry News Bryan is taking a couple of classes in seminary this fall.  He’s […]

November, 2011


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Ministry News     “Thank you, God, for allowing all of this to happen.”  For me, that’s hard to say following the recent events in our lives.  However, God’s plan is perfect, and he is in control.    On Friday, August 19th, Susan gave me some very surprising news.  You guessed […]

September, 2011


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Many of you know by now, that EBM, our mission agency, is closing as of September 2nd. Yesterday, they announced that they were closing the doors as they have no funds to continue on as a mission. This news was a shock to us when we heard of it, as […]

EBM is dissolving



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In 2009, we had several medical expenses that were covered by the EBM insurance totaling about $18,000. Two years later, the insurance company still has not paid anything towards these bills. EBM had a lawyer working on this, and the insurance company has admitted responsibility, and have even cut the […]

Medical Bills Help


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Ministry News We are now back in the U.S., and are getting over the reverse culture shock of being back in the States.  It’s hard to believe that our time in Texcoco is done, but we are looking forward to what God has ahead. In Mexico on Mother’s Day, we […]

July, 2011


Ministry News We’ve been in Texcoco for 6 1/2 years now, and it’s hard to believe that our time in Texcoco is winding down.  We only have one month left here. There have been several health issues in our church recently.  Rosa has diabetes, and went into a coma, although she […]

April, 2011



Salvador Venegas at the church property   As you know from our previous emails, we have been planning on buying a property.  God has provided, and the church has bought a property!  The church has been saving money for the past 6 years or so in order to buy a […]

God provided a property!


Last week, we went on an EBM retreat to Veracruz, Mexico(about 5 hours from Texcoco).  While playing Marco Polo in the pool with the kids, I met a man, Alejandro, who was on business from Mexico City(about 45 minutes from Texcoco).  We started talking, and he asked what we do here […]

God is in Control


Ministry News The Christmas season was very busy.  That ended abruptly, and everything came to a halt because of sickness (you’ll read about that further down under family news)!Our Christmas program was a success.  We didn’t have quite the crowd that we normally have as we had to change the […]

February, 2011