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Thank you for praying. Andrew and Chelsea are the happy parents with Lily and Roland as older sibs.
We have been overjoyed with our little guy, especially as God brought him past “preemie” phase and he is now gaining weight. Pray for him as doctors watch a little hole in the heart. Pray it might heal and close on its own.
Back to the Future?
We leave for Belgrade in a few days! Many things will be going on, and one is that some of the family will be there celebrating Josiah’s 40th birthday! How did that happen?
As we reconnect with café employees, friends and those at Camp Timok— pray we listen and have ears to hear what God is doing there.
From there we visit 2 families serving in Bosnia we’ve spoken with often. Pray we can be an encouragement to them. John will also preach in Serbian, Easter Sunday.
The Way is made by walking
The official Camino starts April 1 in Spain. We’ll be there to minister this busiest season. Pray for our adjustment, stamina and health safety. We join Wes, Sherry and Clarissa along with a few other volunteers. Here’s an excerpt one wrote about what we do (Remember you prayed for the church plant there? See the latest):
The Teahouse/Café is right on the Camino Frances trail of the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile path where Pilgrims come from around the world to walk. There is a unique opportunity to connect with walkers who are often searching for hope, peace, and purpose in their lives. We provide for their physical needs with food, drinks, ice packs, and saltwater food baths, but also spiritual "food" with Bible reading (Jesus Meditation), prayer, and giving away Gospels of John.
We park the Food Truck along the Camino trail in a 7.5 mile uninhabited stretch in the middle of nowhere. It's about a 30 min. drive from our town of Viana. We may encounter Pilgrims one day on the truck, and the next day they pass through our town and we get to reconnect with some of them at the Cafe! You never know how much time you have with a Pilgrim, so it's special to follow up with conversations from the day before.
Every Sunday we gather at the Cafe with our small group of 10 regulars for worship and a message. Our Fellowship is a diverse group that represents 8 countries and 5 languages, although most of our time is in Spanish and English.
Update on our support
In December we were under-supported by $1,300 monthly. Thank you so much to those who increased our support this year! We are in far better shape. My best calculation is that we’re short $500 per month (6,000 year) at the present.
We have received some increases from partners to bring us to this level. I send this update with thanks, especially as so many have been our faithful backers for years.
Focused prayer:
Primarily for our own sakes, we desire that our hearts are in the right place with our relationships reflecting the beauty of these words:
Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called, with all humility and gentleness, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3
Also pray that words may be given to us in opening our mouths boldly as we share the mystery of the gospel with the pilgrims we meet.
As our co-workers there say, ask God for divine appointments!
Grace & Peace,
John & Holly
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