Passion for Paraguay

It is better to give than to receive. That became true again this week, when we prayed and sent three families home with their bran new Honda motorcycle.  Every year since 2004 we have been giving motorcycles away to Christian leaders involved in teaching, preaching, and working in all related Christian ministries.  These gifts are made possible thanks to CMA USA and Missionary Ventures International. Seeing people who never owned a motorcycle finally have their own wheels to do what they have been called to do is priceless.  These three families love the Lord, and are serving with their gifts of music, leadership, speaking, teaching and the love of God with a new generation of Paraguayns

We arrived in Anderson after a thousand mile road trip with the family. We left Orlando after last weeks  Sunday morning service. In Orlando, we had a chance to connect with many friends. A highlight of the trip was the MVI (Missionary Ventures) conference. The theme of the conference was Renewal . Representatives from various countries made the conference a very international experience. Check out www.mvi.org For the next month we will be connecting with friends and family in the Midwest. Anderson has a special place in my life. My grandparents David and Lilian Meier went to Anderson College and felt their call into missions here. My mother, and some other relatives studied here and have gone into the world to do great missionary work. As we look ahead in the coming weeks, the kids are longing for some snow; this will be the first time Mark, Nicole, Nancy and Anahi see snow. We arrived with temperatures in the 50 s. We are told this is very warm for this time of the year....