Thank you!

We want to thank all of you who are supporting us while we're stateside on furlough. Housing, food, transportation...I can't imagine paying for it all. We are blessed beyond belief at what our friends and family have done for us. We are passing those blessings along wherever and whenever we can.

Three more weeks and we'll be returning to Guatemala for a short while to close out projects and pack up all our gear. Then it's returning to Idaho, and fundraising/working to ensure we have enough funds to pay for our tuition at Rio Grande Bible Institute. We need to raise about $5500 for tuition and books, and the same amount for housing.

We've been told by our mission board that we have 5 different locations that are asking for us to join them just as soon as we finish school in Dec. 2013. We could be working in Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras or Mexico...we'll leave it up to God and our mission board to make the decision.

No matter where we go, we need your prayers and financial support. We receive no salary from our mission, and we have sold almost everything we own. Please consider helping us pay for our schooling so we can go and be even more effective on the field, working with the people of Central or South America.

I know, and I've heard it as recently as last week..."Why can't you do what you do at home rather than in a foreign country?"  My response is that God called us to work with the Latin American population, not the North American population. He has called others to work here in the US, and our place is in Central or South America. The estimate is that only 1% of people called actually go and serve on a mission. That means that 99% of the people are "senders", providing resources for those who go.

Will you consider being a "sender" and supporting us, either financially or through prayer. If we were to add 50 people at $25 a month, we'd have our tuition paid for. What is $25 equal to? A dinner for two once a month. A week's worth of small coffees at Starbucks. We're really praying for that extra support, so we can go to school. The Bible Institute will not allow its students to get part time jobs, as the focus is on learning and on ministry with the native people. We will be in class, in ministry, or in the middle of homework. There won't be any loafing around.

Praying for y'all and God bless!

Lisa and Bill