Two Worlds.

The reality of living in two places is odd and at times challenging. It is a surreal feeling to arrive back in our “passport country” with our children and families, and where everything is familiar and makes sense, while at the same time our hearts are tightly tied to our Peru, and we find ourselves frequently thinking about and praying over our mission, neighbors, church, and friends. It is hard to leave our work, lives and home even for a brief amount of time. This magnifies our awareness that we are simply sojourners on this Earth and Heaven is our home.

We are extremely thankful for the Shüttlers! They are a tremendous blessing to us and to our mission as they have come all the way from Germany to “Base-sit” for us! They are perfectly equipped to handle the special challenges that come with running a mission base in the jungle and have the most sweet, servants hearts!

The poor things have already had to deal with a mishap where the 130’ communications tower on base collapsed! Thankfully, no one was injured and we are trusting God will provide for another tower to restore the base’s connection to the outside world. Please pray God’s hand of blessing and protection over them and their time of service in Peru!

One of the great joys of furlough is the opportunity to see our family and friends, and to make new friends. Although it seems there is never enough time with each of you, we thoroughly enjoy every bit of it, and look forward to an eternity of fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ! He is coming again soon!

In between Sundays - every one of which is scheduled with a church meeting - Vann is helping our children fix their cars, work on his mother’s house, and is helping Clara get her driver’s license, bank account, credit card, etc. All the things it takes to launch a jungle, missionary kid into her adult life in the USA.

Every time we are at Vann’s mother’s house, we work on one or more renovation projects for her. This time, one of our wonderful supporting churches came ahead of us and did the demolition and installed the sub flooring, which saved us so much time! We are so very grateful for their thoughtful help and care for our family. We are super blessed to get to be here, and look forward to seeing as many of you precious, dear ones as possible! May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

“My longing for home was never meant to be fulfilled in this life.” - Velvet Ashes