Greetings from Paraguay!

We have been here for 2 months now and it feels like we just arrived.  There are many adjustments that have been made and many still to be made.  We have rented a small row home.  It is in the center of the city; in between the school our children are attending and the church.  We have been in our home for 2 weeks now.  The second day we were in our home Carlos’s brother Richard and his girlfriend arrived.  We had houseguests for a week! We have had to furnish the house from scratch and are still in this process.  It has been challenging to look around for household goods and fun.  We have been very surprised how expensive things are here in Asuncion.

There have been many challenges and many joys.  It seems like it takes a lot more time here to get the same things done.  Cooking by scratch has also taken up more time than it did before.  If you have some favorite from scratch recipes please send them on to me : )

We have been spending time building relationships with people from the church, parents from our children’s school and neighbors. 

If you would like to give we have several needs. One is called an “outfit need” to furnish our apartment with the basics.  The next main thing on our list is to purchase a water filter for our home.   We also will need to purchase a vehicle in the near future.  We have heard that a decent used vehicle here will be around $15,000.  (Vehicles are imported here and the cost is higher…..)  The city is large and a vehicle with a family really is a necessity.  You could also give to our ministry expenses.  This involves the expenses we have as we actively engage people with the Gospel.

Thank you for your prayers as we adjust!

-Please pray that we would make key relationships and that people would be willing to trust Jesus as Savior.

-Pray that each one in our family would adjust well; pray for special friends for our children.

-Pray that we would have God’s heart for those around us, and that we would be ministering through His power.

-Pray that our family would experience God’s love in specific and special ways in this tough adjustment.

-Pray that God would provide the finances we need to set up a home and purchase a vehicle.  This can feel overwhelming, but we know our God owns everything.