Julian leaves tonight for another trek to Haiti.
He did not travel in March, and our family, as well as our church in PR, really enjoyed having him here straight through since February’s trip (he has been taking about 10 trips a year for about 4 years now).
He’s bringing some others from PR/US and they plan to travel to the area where there is a new, growing church, way up in the mountains of Dinere. That trip cannot be done by vehicle and requires four or more hours of foot travel. No electric, no running water, extremely remote, but hundreds having been meeting under a tarp structure to worship Jesus Christ!
We appreciate your prayers!
We had a refreshing weekend of ministry in Puerto Rico, starting with a Holy Friday service, with several visitors. Yesterday, for Easter, we had a surprise change in schedule because the church with whom we share the building planned a very early morning service, and it ran into our schedule, but we enjoyed the end of theirs and got to relax our own morning schedule some! We enjoyed some fellowship time afterwards with a family and had a college student over for dinner in our home later.
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| Friends at music school after recitals. The free after-school program has been a big blessing! |
Prayer requests for Caribbean Matthew Missions team:
Julian’s trip to Haiti in April as well as plans for May, with Bible College graduation
Aliia, our second daughter, was offered admission to 11 colleges and will be making her final decision this week! We are planning her high school/homeschool graduation in May! Congratulations to Aliia!
Pray for our daughters’ summer plans and employment. Our first one got an internship at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, our second daughter is seeking summer employment in or around Baltimore, starting with Christian camp programs, and our third is seeking opportunities with Music programs in Baltimore as she pursues vocal studies. Our fourth daughter is now the tallest, our son looks forward to being an active 12-yr-old this summer!
Our rental house in Baltimore needs much attention. It has helped support us through steady income for 8 of the years we have been in missions, but it is in need of repairs and tender care. It has the potential to bring us some much needed assistance as our children’s educational expenses are increasing, among other things. In a matter of a few hundred dollars, we could potentially make up for the investment within a month of two. We don’t regularly reach out with specific needs on our family’s behalf, but this matter has been unresolved now for nearly two years.
We have been borrowing a vehicle because our family van needs repairs. The issue above could be considered related because we just haven’t been able to invest in some much needed repairs to our 1998 Dodge Caravan, and this has also been at a standstill now for a few months. Additionally, this need has had an effect on travel to and from the airport for Julian’s Haiti trips as well as our ability to transport teens to Youth Group events.
We are nearing our ten-year anniversary of “Caribbean Matthew Missions” to Puerto Rico and Haiti! We have seen God be faithful to send people who give in specifics toward the vision we have to reach people with quality Bible training in both locations. Amazing to raise five children as we depend on provisions from the One who clothes the lilies and feeds the sparrows! Gratefulness will always be the theme as we consider the story of these years!
The Apostle Paul said to those who helped support him: “I seek the fruit which increases to your account.” Phil 4:17b He knew that he needed their support and believed that God would credit the fruit to their “account”.
