Sandpoint Missionary Blog

Courage Update February 19, 2020     How is 2020 going for all of you? As I’ve been praying for Christians in China and Burkina Faso lately who are courageously living out their faith, I’ve been thinking of how all of us need a  lot of courage to live for Jesus in this dark world. I’ve been blessed to visit with some of our former Candelero Kids these past 2 months and I’ll start this update talking about them.     Roberto went to the YWAM Home outside of Santa Cruz in 2009 after coming to our Support Center for a year. In January, he told me that he is so thankful to God for Candelero Kids and YWAM. “Where would I be if I didn’t know the Lord and have the help you all offered me?”, he said. He is studying engineering in Santa Cruz but goes to the Home 3 times a month to visit and encourage the boys there to persevere and not give in to going back to the street. It was so neat to visit with him when he came to Tarija. Marcial took big steps of ...

Traveling Are you ready to go back? Many people have asked us that. My response is: I don't think we would ever be fully ready. It reminds me of jumping off a cliff into a lake. You stand there on the edge, cringing because you know the sinking feeling of freefalling and the sting of hitting the water. I am never ready to jump off. But at some point, I just have to force myself to step off the edge. All of our flights were on time, our baggage made it, and we had no problems with customs. However, David got the stomach flu the night before we left and his stomach bothered him most of the day. Then I got it too. Now we are waiting to see who is the next lucky victim. On the same day we were flying, our co-worker, Ed, went into the village. Then later that afternoon, a friend from another community was bitten by a snake, so Ed took him to town for treatment.   Adjusting So now we have a week to shop for some things here in Manaus, send a few volumes by barge, th...

When It Rains It Pours For those of you who have spent time in the tropics, you are familiar with the sudden downpour of rain this part of the world gets. The weather changes quickly and can go from sunshine to a dark wall of rain very quickly. It is not only the weather which changes quickly, but life circumstances as well. As soon as the rain comes; however, it goes and the sun shines again. The past several weeks have been the busy season for PMA in Palau, and though we found ourselves few in number, the Lord gave us the strength, endurance, and wisdom to continue with operations. I had mentioned the arrival of a new pilot in my previous newsletter. He and his family have arrived, and they have been a great blessing to the team here. I have been able to share with him what I know of the flying down here, and he has done well and has begun flying on his own. One of our team went on a long awaited vacation to see her family in the Philippines, which led to me being stretched ...