Last Saturday evening the church in Paysandu hosted a men’s meeting tied in with a Father’s Day theme.  Father’s Day was July 18th this year here in Uruguay.

Pablo and Victor were able to get away and go with me to the meeting.  We had a great time in the car on two and a half hour drive on the way up with at least one memorable story as a result.  When we arrived we were welcomed by the men.  Pastor Rojas preached an excellent sermon on our need to not just ask sin to leave our lives, but rather to make the choice to eradicate it.  Later in the evening the ladies of the church served up some of the best Chicago style pizza that I have eaten in a long time.

The dinner theater put on by the ladies was a rather humorous skit of the daily family life of a few of the men from the church in Paysandu.  (Leave me a comment if you can guess who the two ladies are.)  After that a ping-pong table was set up.

Praise the Lord for others of like faith and practice striving to reach hearts with the Gospel in Uruguay’s interior.  It was a blessing to the men from Durazno to know that they are not alone, and that others are praying for them as well.

We are happy to announce A NEW LITTLE HARMON has been added to your missionary family.

Lord willing this little one will make an entrance around New Years.

Thank you each and every one who has been praying for this special prayer request of ours the past 2 1/2 years.  What a delight!

Please pray Jo Anna through the upcoming months.  She has been very tired the last 11 weeks as you might imagine.

Hey everybody . . . thanks for your comments here and on Facebook. We’ve enjoyed hearing from you all. Thanks for praying Sharron! I know others have been too. So far we’ve received messages from the U.S., Uruguay, Chile, and Israel. Without a doubt, being missionaries adds a wonderful dimension to our life.

Felicia was elated when she first found out. Her response with big eyes: “God answered our prayers!”. The next thing she did was take my hand as we started walking and proceeded to tell me that she would obey me all the time now so she could learn to be a good big sister. Soooo precious! If I can say so myself . . .

Hola a todos . . . gracias por sus comentarios. Hemos disfrutado recibir noticias de todos ustedes. ¡Gracias por orar Sharron! Sé que otros también lo han hecho. Hasta ahora hemos recibido mensajes de los EE. UU., R.O.U., Chile e Israel! Sin duda, el ser misioneros añade una hermosa dimensión a nuestra vida.

Felicia estaba chocha cuando se enteró. Su primer reacción fue: “Dios contestó nuestas oraciones”! La próxima cosa que hizo cuando empezamos a caminar fue tomarme de la mano diciendo que ahora me iba a hacer caso siempre para que pueda aprender a ser una buena hermanita mayor. ¡Qué preciosura! Si lo puedo decir yo misma . . .

Going grocery shopping here is not like going grocery shopping in the US.  In the US it is a one shop/stop deal most of the time.  Here you must visit your local baker, butcher, fruit stand, and pasta shop, in addition to grocery.  That is if you want to get the best quality and the best prices.

Having been in Durazno now for about seven months we have started to become familiar with who has what, and when is the best time to get it.  My personal favorite place to go for bread is called El Equi.  It is located one block up from Felicia’s preschool on Oribe.  Unlike some of the other bakeries in town their bread is soft, always fresh, and sold for a reasonable price.

The folks at this bakery have started to recognize my face.  It is good to have some of these types of relationships to be able to share the Gospel while going.

One of the places we visit every weekday is Felicia’s school.  It is located on Manual Oribe.  Slowly but surely Felicia has made several friends.  It has been invaluable to us to make new friends in the community.

April 25th we participated in a bike parade through town in honor of the school’s 25 anniversary.  Who would have thought that 4 year olds could bike 5 kilometers on their tiny little bicycles.  I guess that just goes to show never underestimate a child.