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Well, this has to be one of the saddest blogs I have had to write. I just got a call from Wilber, he told me that his 6 month old daughter has stopped responding to the treatments that the doctors have been giving her. Suhjey almost died due to pneumonia while pregnant and God worked a miracle. At the hospital they called her Lazarus because there was no hope for her and she made it.

I would like to ask you to pray for Wilber and Suhjey that God would give them peace that passes all understanding. I cannot even understand what the family must be going through. I would like to ask you to pray about helping out with the expenses of the funeral. I honestly have no way to help them and I know that all of their money is gone now because of trying to fight off pneumonia for Suhjey as well as for Pamela. The funeral will cost somewhere around $1500. Please pray that the Lord would provide that for this dear pastor and his wife. I have attached some pictures so that you can see Pamela.

Wilber called me and thru tears explained to me how he knew that God gives and God takes away. He is an amazing man of God and has stood through very hard times. Please keep them in your prayers. Here are some pictures.

Chris

Well today one of the guys that are here in language school was riding up to the Bible College to go to classes and a car decided to pull out in front of him. He had to lay the scooter down and he and his wife got scraped up pretty bad. Please keep Rodney and Faye Holmes in your prayers.

They are missionaries to Venezuela and are doing a great job learning the language (when they make it to the classes) They went to the hospital and got the scrapes looked at and they are fine. There is one change though. Faye said today that after having two wrecks that she is done on the motorcycle.

Of course having a wreck down here is more than just going to the hospital, he had to go get blood drawn to make sure he wasn’t drunk etc. No one had any doubts but that is protocol here. It is always fun being on the mission field and your day changes courses way too easily. My brother David is interested in buying the scooter from Rodney so we may end up visiting David now you never know.

God has been so good to us. Graduation was on the 4th of December this year. We are so thankful for the privilege God has given us to train up young people. We had 12 young people graduate and we are excited to see what God is going to do with their lives. If you are a regular supporter of the Bible College can I tell you that you are investing in probably one of the best ministries I know of when it comes to the fruit that comes from that ministry.

Out of the graduates, we have Braulio Zavaleta. He has taken over a dying church during his senior year and has done great things there in Chivay. Chivay is a small city up next to the deepest Canyon in the country of Peru. It has a lot of tourists go through there and about 5,000 people live there. He is out of Faith Baptist Church and God is using him in great ways. We also had a young man named Dennis Melgar graduate. He is going to Ecuador and is planning on working with Bro. Raymond Bradley and will be starting a church in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Alex Gutierrez is going to work in his church for one more year then go to the north part of Peru to start a church. He is currently praying about Trujillo. Pray for the graduates that God would use their lives in an amazing way. We are so thankful for being able to work with them.

We had the privilege of having Rudy Johnson come preach for us from Pisaq, Peru. He has been used of God in amazing ways here in Peru. He is 78 years old and has the attitude of a 30 year old. He is still dreaming and doing great things for God. He has been in Peru right at 50 years and has had the privilege of growing the two largest churches in the country. Both churches ran over 1500 people while he was working in them and they are still very strong churches to this day. He has trained up many men and women to serve God. It was a great privilege to sit around and hear war stories from a man that has been used of God through the years.

God bless.

Well, you know McDonalds has become famous for Super Sizing everything. Well they never told us that they had a super size McDonalds here in Orlando. This thing is gigantic. The sale all of the regular McD’s stuff is here, but they also have Mexican Cuisine (if you can call it that) among other things.

There are 2 stories and video games, playground etc. The truth of the matter is that I am glad I don’t live in the area. I really don’t know if the kids will ever be happy going to any other McDonalds. Hope you guys aren’t getting too bored with the posts from our vacation. Don’t worry it ends tomorrow. I am thinking about going to Milton, FL and dropping in at a friends church on Wednesday but we will see.

Chris

You know, I am the kind of guy that likes to do everything to the extreme. If I do something there is no such thing as doing it half way. I have always enjoyed going to amusement parks that had the biggest and best of everything. Things that only the bravest among us would be willing to ride. It is amazing how things change when you have children.

I still love crazy rides and doing things to the extreme, but dare I say that I had a blast taking the kids to one of the worlds most infantile parks? I did really enjoy it, seeing the kids have fun made me have a blast. And yes I would do it again to see the looks of amazement on their faces.

It is amazing how my definition of fun has changed since I became a dad. I think that I am finally starting to understand what my parents used to mean when they would say stuff like “we have learned to live through your eyes”. My definition of fun has definitely changed tons. It also makes me think of how our heavenly father must feel when we learn to truly enjoy the things that he has given us.

Chris

Well, today marks the 4th happy day. 4 years ago my wife and I set out on an incredible adventure. We became parents to two of the sweetest children in the world. Jacob and Hannah came into our lives on the 26th of July, 2004. We never had planned on adopting. Our thoughts were “we will have kids at our convenience”. God had other plans. Almost every day I thank God for the fact that we weren’t able to have children. Because if it weren’t for that hickup we would have never experiences the wonder of my princess and my tiger. My little Hannah looks at the world with such sweetness. Her loving spirit amazes me. Jacob, well he is all boy, he wants to go after whatever he decides to do with everything that he has. Reminds me of myself in so many ways. He still doesn’t understand how bad that push can get him in trouble.

I thank the Lord for 4 wonderful years with my precious children. I hope and pray that they will serve the Lord with all they have. Thanks for reading today, I know I am just a proud dad. Jacob and Hannah, thanks for giving me the privilege to hear you call me DAD. I love you guys.

Chris

Well, if there is one thing that I am really bad at it is taking time off. I am trying to do better. We are here in Orlando with the kids. We are having a blast. The kids are amazed at the place and are always asking questions. Needless to say you don’t see this kind of stuff in Peru.

We are having a great time and hopefully this is something that they will remember. We are going to go stand in lines today for who knows how long. That is always so much fun.

We will be headed back home on Tuesday and then on Sunday night at 11:55 pm I leave for Peru for our youth conference. Please be in prayer as Jeff Bush missionary to Argentina will be preaching. I know that God is going to greatly use him.

Chris and the family.