Dear Family and Friends, We have less than 8 hours left before we leave on a train for Budapest. I find it difficult to believe that we will finish all that needs to be done, pack, and make the train by 8:00 a.m. on Thursday morning but God is in control of the details. I decided to burn my daytimer this afternoon given the pace of the last two days! Since I last wrote, the team managed to paint an [...]
Archive for December, 1999
Dear Friends and Family, 1976 was a memorable year for me. Yes, it was the bicentennial of the United States but it was the year that I, at the tender age of eight, learned about God’s love and blessings to the needy. In November of 1976, I was slightly awoken by the unusual sound of my Grandma talking to my Mama in the kitchen. My Grandma did not live with us and it was the middle of the night. I [...]
Dear Family and Friends, The team safely arrived yesterday morning and we have been non-stop since their arrival. Their bags were so filled with goodies that I already feel like it is Christmas!! First, the Christmas packages that were supposed to be delivered yesterday for our distribution did not arrive. In fact, we were told that they will not be here until December 22nd. (We leave on the 23rd.) We will be delivering some gifts that we were given to [...]
Dear Family and Friends, You will not believe how much has happened here in the past two weeks. I will shoot for brevity as I write this update! I guess the first news I will share with you is that Barbara is now back in the US once again enjoying life on the west coast. Her last five days here were spent saying her good-byes and trying to fit all her gifts in her two suitcases! Thanks for your work, [...]

