Language barrier challenges...

Well, change of address to USPS submitted, all local bills changed to email. As of Dec 9th all mail will be forwarded to our address in Arecibo,Puerto Rico.

We have already exprianced one challenge with the language barrier. And we are not even there yet. This whole time we thought we knew where our house was. That is until I went to submit our change of address form and the urbanization I input did not exist. (Spelling error in original text. Auto correct changed it from Spanish to English) For those we told or used Google Earth to show you, we were wrong, I think. It seems we are much closer to the city than originally thought. So to be honest, we have only an idea of where we are going to be living. I guess we really won't know until we walk in the front door. 

This is only one of many challenges we will have as we learn the language and culture. 

Let the adveture begin. 

Praise Report!!!

Some more great news!!!


Pastor Efron from The CenterChurchPR has found a couple options for cars for us when we get down to Puerto Rico. Both in the price range we are looking at!!!!
www.thecenterchurchpr.com


Jennifer also found a couple second hand stores in Aricebo! I wasn't sure there were many down there and there are two in the town we are living in! I cannot wait to go shopping there and see what God provides for us.


God also provided another $500 last night!!! We are so thankful for God's provision and the support of local churches, friends and family.


We almost have all the luggage we need. God has provided cheap quality luggage and amazing friends who have graciously donated luggage to us. Thank you God!


We have our police reports done and printed out for possible employment at the Christian Academy in Manati. Please keep praying that I get this job, it would be a huge blessing.

Finacial Support Update

After spending some time with Pastor Lloyd from Seven Hills Church we have decided on the best way to handle tax deductible financial support.
If you would like to claim any financial support, including monthly support, on your taxes please send it to:


Seven Hills Church
c/o Hoogeveen Missions
661 East 24th Street #100
Holland, MI 49423


Checks written out to Seven Hills Church
Hoogeveen Missions written in the memo spot.


If tax deduction is not a concern for you or you only use credit or debit cards you can financially support this mission by going to, www.donationto.com/matthew-28-missions
This account is directly linked to our Paypal account.


If you have any questions please contact us. Thank you for your support.

Blessed and Packing up

(John posting)

Well, I'm all packed up for the most part and we have received 1300 unexpected dollars over the past two day! What a blessing!!! Thank you God for your provision and love.

One carry-on full of school books, Bibles an other books....check

One check bag full of clothing( no winter coats, boots, hats or gloves 😊) ...check

One check bag full of house hold items including family pictures, basic hand tools  ,and Puerto Rican espresso maker...check. (Gotta have the essentials you know.)

I leave next week. This is getting real y'all!

Cliff Jumping

Some great things happend today.

First we visited some family friends before John leaves.

Then we went to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought Blake a telescoping fishing pole so he can pack a pole in his bag.

The we went back to our friends house for the rest of the day and had lunch and dinner with them. We will miss them dearly.

Once we got home I went to get mail and there was a $500 check in the mail! God is good and is providing! 

It feels like we are jumping off a cliff and God is at the bottom holding out his hand! So epic, so amazing, so freeing. Wanna jump with us?

The Tools God Gives

We are here to bring glory to God. This means, when we experience hurt, that too is to be used to bring God glory. Often times when we are hurt we ask God to take away the pain or anger we have. Sometimes, ok a lot of the time, we even ask God why. Why this or why that. What if we asked, how?

How God can I use this to bring you glory? 

What I believe will happen, and Im pretty sure there is biblical references to back it up, is that God will show us. Not only that, God will take the hurt and turn it into a tool to use to relate with others.

God revealed to me that because of something I experienced, I now have a tool to use when I get resistance from those who have experienced the same thing. I can show them that just because we experienced this doesent mean it changes who Jesus is or how much he loves us. Just because man does something dosen't mean that represents Jesus.

Jesus is so much bigger than we know. We can never be just like Jesus, but we can work towards becoming more and more like him. But when man messes up, and he will, we have to understand that humans are not Jesus, no matter how much they know or how much they love Jesus. Man will always let us down. Jesus never will.

So next time you are hurt ask God, "How?"

God is getting ready to give you a new tool.

Casting Crowns - Jesus, Friend of Sinners

This song by Casting Crowns speaks so much into the truth of what we are called to do and who JESUS is. Enjoy.

This is one of Jennifer's personal favorites.