“JESUS IS CHRISTMAS!!”

An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.  She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name JESUS (the Lord saves), because he will save his people from their sins.”  All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).  –Matt 1:20-23

Leading into verse 20 of Matthew chapter 1, when Mary became pregnant Joseph was considering quietly divorcing her as the baby was not his, but the angel’s appearance changed everything.  Miraculously, Jesus WAS born and as his name in Greek implies, he DID COME TO SAVE ALL WHO BELIEVE from our sins.  That is exactly the message he gave his disciples (and all of us since to believe) to share and live.

We SO thank you for your prayers for us and for CHILE MISSION as we too follow Jesus into this world to extend him and proclaim him in Chile!  “JESUS IS CHRISTMAS!!”

To start our CHILE MISSION December off, our container remains at the port (since the 3^rd of November) while Abraham remains in daily contact with SAG, Chile’s agricultural authority, to yet determine if they will open the container and fumigate its contents.  We, meanwhile, are responsible for daily port fees of approximately $2,000 to this point, but they tell us that the final daily charge will be “significantly discounted”.  Abraham continues to do all he can to move everything forward, but it does appear that we will not be able to remove the container to our property to open it there to do the fumigation.  Please join us in continuing to pray for govt. requirements to be met in the least expensive way possible and for the container’s release.  Its contents represent a huge blessing to the ongoing development and equipping of the camp property!

Four young Mennonite men came in November to spend one week on the camp property.  While they weren’t able to help unload our container, they were able to completely side the outside

of Abraham’s & Catalina’s house. The original siding was in very poor condition.  What a blessing and Abraham & Leonel have been able to since also paint it.  Looking good! 🙂

We also thank you for continuing to pray with us for CHILE MISSION’S Dulce Refugio (Sweet Refuge) ministry in Santiago.  A local Church continues to send men and women to share and pray almost weekly with those staying at our site.  Rodrigo, seen sitting next to his niece in the far right photo, continues to recover from throat cancer surgery and will probably be with us until the end of the year while receiving treatments.  The woman in the photo with two women in it just had surgery to repair a cerebral aneurysm.  All guests benefit by meeting together weekly.  TYL!! and thank you for your prayers for those we are able to host and interact with!  Very few of those coming to our site know Jesus at all upon arrival.

Lastly, our trip to churches, friends, and to this year’s ICOM missions conference in Atlanta was very blessed.  As always, our Chilean handmade and hand-painted marble figures drew many at the conference to our CHILE MISSION booth, in turn giving us the opportunity to share with some about the mission’s work in Chile and the need for mission trip help from the States.  We were also VERY appreciative for the help in our booth of Esther, a close friend.  The conference itself was excellent as always.  The accompanying photo was taken at one of the main sessions.  Please join us in praying that one or more of our contacts during the conference will bear fruit.

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Our 3 ½ week trip started with our first stop in Kokomo, IN, took us through two Ohio stops and to Virginia and then to churches in North Carolina.  From there we spent 4 days near Knoxville, came back through to our Asheville church and then on to Atlanta.

 We’ve had the opportunity to talk about the SUPER DOUBLE BLESSING of coming to Chile to help us make maximum progress in the development of the Christian Camp property!  

This coming first part of 2026 does look to be a time of significant progress in the construction and interior finishing & equipping of our 2-story maintenance/workshop/storage building, along with the final clearing of the property’s tent camping area, complete with back-to-back bathrooms.

All small groups from the States are MORE THAN WELCOME to come and help!! 🙂  We give God thanks for putting your special giftings to work!

On November 30 we visited our supporting church near Columbia, SC and started driving northward to Northwest IN—a definite shift in both temperatures and climate.  As the song says, “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow….”

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks in and to our “JESUS IS CHRISTMAS!!” One True God,

Jack & Janine

“FAITH, TRUST, & PRAYER”

In all of Hebrews 11 we find tremendous examples of TOTAL faith!

And Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.  Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” -NLT

Now add Philippians 4:6-7, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. ⁷ Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” -NLT

How many, many times have Faith, Trust, & Prayer in combination with each other come into play for us and for Chile Mission, just as it has for you over the years through to today, and as they will into the future!  God’s faithfulness continues to overwhelm us, and your prayer partnership continues to make a real difference!  THANK YOU!!

A huge current example has been the purchase, loading, and sending of our 40’ container from Cedar Lake, IN to Chile these several last months—all of which was made possible with MUCH generosity, MANY key people and MUCH help.  Abraham has made many contacts regarding our paperwork in order in to receive the container through Customs and not pay the typical very large taxes (about 20%) assessed on everyday purchases and on incoming shipments of goods.

Toward that end, Jack and Abraham recently met with a Customs official at the large mid-Chile port of Talcahuano (near Concepción) who in turn govern the incoming shipments to Coronel, Chile, where our container is arriving.  They took several supporting documents regarding our not-for-profit Misión Chile Foundation, the Bill of Lading, and the letter of donation from Chile Mission, Inc. in the States.

We had (with your help!) already been praying about the disposition of the Customs representatives, we prayed and gave thanks before leaving the house to meet with them, and then prayed and gave thanks as we entered the Customs office.  The official was totally disposed to helping us and looked all through our documentation, saying that he didn’t see any need for us to hire a professional shipping agent to handle the required port and Customs paperwork.  He also explained what to put in a letter requesting recognition of our Foundation and exemption from all taxes connected with our reception of the container.  Needless to say, God got a big “THANK YOU, LORD!!” from both of us. 🙂

To show how you never really know where you stand regarding final governmental decisions in Chile, when Abraham returned to the same office a couple days later with the letter of solicitude, a different person received him and left him with little hope that all would be approved.  In addition, Abraham just also received word that the Port Authorities might want to fumigate the container contents upon arrival and likewise, with the container now due to arrive on November 2^nd, it might take the Customs Authorities almost 10 days more to rule on our tax exemption.

But God is working…  We have been asking him to direct us through Abraham’s many recent contacts to provide us with a professional customs agent to deal with the port requirements and all needed documentation, and the agent who handles Samaritan’s Purse shipments to Chile is now reviewing our paperwork.  Another TYL!! to be sure and no matter what, with all of these unknowns in play, we thank you for your prayers and we give thanks to the Lord!

Now for the second “container” miracle being prayed for…  trucking the container from the Port to our camp property.  Winter water is still flowing, and some deep mud still covers some critical areas of our only normal access road to the toll road that connects us to the port.  Thus, it is looking quite improbable that the truck bringing the container to our camp property will be able to negotiate the road coming from that direction.  In another answer to prayer, we were able to talk with the Administrator of the town of Quillón, responsible for that part of our public access road.  He promised help and sent city workers out to our road two days later, but even with repairs, the standing water on the sandy road make safe passage for such a heavy truck unlikely.

Meanwhile, Abraham drove out of our property going the opposite direction to evaluate access to our property from there.  It will mean a longer trip for the truck with the container, but the government in charge of that section of road has begun repairs with leveling machines on the worse areas of their part of the public access road, and Abraham has also gone out with our excavator to fill in and level the road’s areas of deep ruts.  All of this almost sounds like the twists & turns of a modern reality show, but YES God is working and is faithful and YES we greatly appreciate your prayers!

The Mennonite mission based in Columbia is also sending four young men to Abraham the first weeks of November to help him with the unloading of the container, once we are able to receive it and transport it to our property.  What a blessing!

Speaking of receiving the help of that same Mennonite mission that continues to send us teams of both young women and men, Abraham was recently hugely blessed to receive three young men who helped him in several significant ways for roughly two weeks.  They finished the inside of the new 10 x 20 foot room built on the platform behind Abraham’s & Catalina’s house, they made and installed new cabinetry in the house kitchen, they poured a large cement pad outside of the house’s front door, and they cleared land and helped install a new needed barbed wire border complete with fence posts along the road.  Here are some photos of some of their work in process:

Lastly, a nearby neighbor, Leonel, now works for Abraham two to three days a week, helping clear land and chainsaw trees.  He is a steady worker, well-acquainted with manual labor working the land, and even lives less than a mile away.  Abraham & Catalina have been close friends of Leonel and his family these recent several years.  Another big blessing!

With all of the above blessings in motion, as we have been asking in our recent Prayer & Praise monthly updates, we sincerely ask all of you supporting individuals and churches to talk to us and plan a trip to help develop our camp property.  More small groups will continue to be needed for these immediate years to come in developing the land into a functioning, God-centered camp for children, youth, and adults well into the future.  Please pray about making another (or first!! 🙂 ) trip to physically continually being a part, and then let us help you put a team in place according to your timing needs.  Thank you!!

SWITCHING GEARS TO SANTIAGO,

Our Santiago Chile Mission “Sweet Refuge” site continues to be a blessing to Chileans arriving in Santiago for complicated medical treatments either for themselves or for their children.  It was special for us to meet several guests during our recent time in Chile, some of whom have stayed in the site previously.  Carolina not only coordinates all visits, but personally interacts with each person and prays with them as well, and she & husband Julián meet and pray with all residents weekly as a group.

She recently received word from the mother of Dominíc, now just over 3½ years old, that he continues to do well.  As we have shared in these past years, he was born in April 2022 with his internal organs out-of-place and his parents were told by doctors to plan on him dying because he wouldn’t live long.  We all have been praying for him and for his parents ever since, and here is the recent photo of Dominíc sent to Carolina by his mother.  He does need surgery to correct a hernia and will need heart surgery in the future, but God’s touch has definitely been on and continues to be on his very precious life!

SWITCHING AGAIN TO THE STATES,

We now head out on our way to this year’s ICOM missions conference in Atlanta, visiting special people and supporting churches beforehand and after.  We appreciate your prayers for safe travel and for any and all “divine people encounters” during the trip.  It would be great to see any of you at our Chile booth at the conference.  As we have mentioned, the dates of this year’s Conference are November 20^th through the 22^nd.

Finally, we can’t resist showing you the beautiful flowers and sky outside of the fron door to Abraham’s & Catalina’s house.  As with all other photos, you can double-click it to enlarge the picture.

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks in and to our “Faith, Trust, & Prayer” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“FOREVER PLANS & ETERNAL PURPOSES OF THE HEART”

The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the people.  But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

The above verses 10 and 11 from Psalm 33 tell the truth about GOD’S ETERNAL PLANS AND PURPOSES with regard to his rescue and reconciliation of the entire world back to himself through his son JESUS, and we are SO GRATEFUL that Chile Mission is a part of those plans and purposes in Chile!! 

We are also so HUGELY blessed to have you all as Prayer Partners in extending Jesus and sharing his name through our DULCE REFUGIO (“Sweet Refuge”) ministry in Santiago and in the development of our Christian Camp property CAMPO VIVO (“The Countryside Alive”) in the middle of rural Chile.  We likewise are VERY blessed to receive financial help from several of you in completing our work!  God would not miss one single opportunity to rescue and transform lives back to him!

The BIG NEWS in middle September was the picking up and transporting of our completely filled 40’ foot container to the Chicago’s rail terminal to be “trained” to the port at Norfolk, VA and then shipped to Chile.  We thought originally that it would leave from Long Beach, CA but the cost of leaving by ship from Norfolk was approximately $4,000 less.  TYL!!

We learned today that the container arrived in Norfolk THIS MORNING and will soon be on its way to the Panama Canal, and from there to the Chilean port located in Coronel, Chile, with an estimated date of arrival date of November 3^rd.  Please pray first for the container’s safe arrival in Coronel and secondly for no complications when Abraham goes with the needed paperwork to release it from Chile’s customs authorities.  In the meantime, he is searching for a customs agent to help with port customs processing. As we have mentioned before, as a Chilean Foundation we should not have to pay normal taxes on the shipment.  Our prayer is that he is able to find a good agent with experience in helping Foundations such as ours.

GLORY HALLELUJAH for God’s faithfulness in completing his eternal salvation plans and purposes with so many needed donations in our development of CAMPO VIVO.  Here are photos taken on Sept. 18^th:

Speaking of the development of CHILE MISSION’S camp property, we can’t let this opportunity escape to again ask you churches AND individuals to come to Chile in small groups to help us develop our property into a VERY EVANGELISTIC camp experience in the middle of the country!  Two Churches, two individuals, and several Mennonite mission teams came to help this past year and were a TREMENDOUS help in many ways.  What would God do in 2026??!!  Please come the first part (January through May) of 2026 if you can!  It’s an easier trip than you might think, and now we will even have a skid steer tractor and log splitter in action.  We would LOVE to welcome you and we will also help you plan.  Contact us at chilemission1@gmail.com

We are now in Colorado for one week spending time with friends and with Jayme & Malia and children before flying from here to Miami to spend three weeks in Chile beginning on October 7^th.  As always, time in Chile is important with regards to CHILE MISSION people-encounters, planning, legal papers to sign, and in-person fellowship and prayer.  Our extended time in Chile comes each Chilean summer (Jan-Apr), and our Chile Team’s expectations are high in terms of more physical progress made on the camp property between December and May.  Our task as mutual Prayer Partners together with you couldn’t be more important!

Upon our return to the Midwest going into November we will be on the road again en route to this year’s ICOM Missions Conference in Atlanta with our van loaded as always with a multitude of our Chilean-made marble figures and sets for our annual Chile booth. 🙂  The dates of this year’s Conference are November 20^th through the 22^nd.  We will be stopping to visit with individuals and churches on the way to share and pray about God’s faithfulness through our mission.

You may ask, “Why ICOM?”  If we as Christians and as Churches take Jesus’ World Ministry out of the Great Commission, what exactly would God’s response look like?  He has called some of us to be “those hands and feet” in other places, but he has called ALL of us to be “supporting ligaments” and senders.  ICOM is that once-a-year gathering of Christians that fosters the calling of future missionaries outside of the local church, that equips and strengthens individuals and churches to better foster and carry out Jesus’ Great Commission, that brings us in touch with missions and missionaries throughout the world, and that provides one-of-a-kind fellowship of Like-Minded Christians.  Is it a requirement to go??  By all means, no.  Is it worth attending??  By all means, YES!!

Besides, where else can you visit two very-on-board Chile missionaries and their helpers at their annual ICOM booth complete with thousands of irresistible, low-priced Chilean hand-made and hand-painted adorable marble figures and sets?? 🙂  All profit goes toward our work in Chile.  Here are some typical ICOM photos:

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Forever Plans & Eternal Purposes” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“Every supporting ligament”

From him (Jesus Christ) the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.  –Eph. 4:16

Many of you can relate to the above verse.  Perhaps you’ve been the beneficiary of the work and outreach of someone in the church, and perhaps you are that person who works and does the outreach.  What a blessing to God are church members fully in motion, as no matter what our age Jesus has work for us to do in supporting his Church and his Kingdom Work.  ALL of you who continue to pray for us and for CHILE MISSION are our Supporting Ligaments!!  THANK YOU!!

Speaking of supporting ligaments, we are SO grateful for the several men who have been helping fill our 40’ shipping container, now 90% complete!!  TYL!!  They have carried boxes from our house and have positioned and secured everything in the container.  They are from different churches, gladly serving our Lord and Savior as his Kingdom Supporting Ligaments together.  Scott, who sold us the skid steer and attachments, arrived with it from Tennessee despite two flat tires in route, and after positioning it inside the container, the men helping were able to drain it of its diesel fuel after two unsuccessful tries. 🙂

In addition, our Christian shipping agent recently called to tell us that all is ready at the Chicago Rail Yard to receive the container.  YAY!!  It must be delivered there between Sept. 17th and Sept. 21st.  We do have a trucking company arranged for that will pick up our loaded container and deliver it to the Rail Yard between those dates, and God gets the glory for it all.  Once loaded onto the train it will be delivered in Long Beach CA for shipping to the Chilean port closest to our camp property.

Please pray with us for the completion of all of the above.  The container and contents will be insured through our shipping agent for their market value.  The HUGE PRAISE is that all of the contents, with the exception of the $10,000 paid for the skid steer and all of its attachments (a really low price!) were donations toward the development of the camp and camp property.  In addition to the skid steer and log splitter are a wide range of needed tools, along with furniture, chairs, & mattresses ready to use in our future cabins and dining hall.

In the meantime, Chilean customs paperwork is also being put in order.  With God’s blessing, our mission is a tax exempt Foundation in Chile and thus should not pay duty in receiving the shipment.  Another important prayer point to be sure!  We’ll be in Chile for three weeks beginning on October 7 and there is a possibility that our container will arrive to the port during October while we are there.  If not, Abraham will be able to sign for it and transport it to our camp property.

 FROM SANTIAGO, Carolina recently sent a photo of Marjorie & her husband Carlos.  She is recuperating on our mission site after being operated on to repair a brain aneurysm.  They are from northern Chile and we give God thanks that they are Christians.

Also pictured are Alejandra & her mother Carolina.  She has undergone knee surgery in Santiago and while we give God thanks for that, we more importantly pray that they would know come to know Jesus as well and become linked to a church where they live in far southern Punta Arenas, Chile.  The “Sweet Refuge” houses on our Santiago mission site serve as an important ministry to young and old alike to both make Jesus known and to strengthen the faith of all who come to stay with us.

SPRING AND INDEPENDENCE DAY  Finally, all Chileans no matter where they live are grateful to be entering September with spring right around the corner.  Winter cold and rain is almost behind them and although the night time temperatures hardly ever dip below 30 degrees Fahrenheit, typical Chilean construction does not include insulation or double-paned glass and neither do they have furnaces, but rather small roll-around propane heaters.  In middle Chile where our camp property is located and in southern Chile the winter can be extremely rainy as well.

Along with the better weather, September18th marks Chile’s Independence Day—celebrated with traditional Chilean dances and weeklong programs in schools.  This year it falls on a Thursday, with Friday also a holiday (Army Day) and festive celebrations in cities and small towns throughout the country continuing all weekend.  While national unity is good, these festivities unfortunately include much drinking, all in a country where Jesus in not known or followed by most.

Would you join us in praying for the work of ALL Christian churches and missions in Chile and in the world?  Only the “Light of Jesus” in all of us and in prayer can penetrate the spiritual darkness in any and every country and land in this world.  What a privilege and responsibility at the same time, no matter where one lives!  Thank you again for your prayers of us and for CHILE MISSION, that we would brightly shine with Jesus’ light long into the future!!  We in turn pray the same for each of you, as each and every one of us are ALL God’s Kingdom Supporting Ligaments!

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Eternal Jesus Light of the World” One, True God,

Jack & Janine 

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“God, the Eternal Filler & Sender of People AND Shipping Containers!”

 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. ²³ And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.  –Eph. 1:22-23  NLT

The Old and New Testaments are both full of references as to how God filled those he was sending with the Holy Spirit, as are we too (Romans chapter 8).  We couldn’t help but think of how God is also blessing his FILLING OF OUR SHIPPING CONTAINER with needed items to be used both in the development of the Christian Camp property in middle, rural Chile and also in its operation!

As you can see from the photo, we have begun filling it and hope to complete the process before the end of August, so please “stay tuned” to receiving next month’s Prayer & Gratitude update with a photo of its final filling, complete with the SKID STEER (Bobcat) with its several attachments purchased from and to be brought to us this month by a Christian brother in Tennessee.  God not only FILLS US with his Spirit, but also everything that comes with our calling.  We continue to have help from church groups to help us pack the container as well, and if you are able-bodied with time to help, as we said this past month, “COME ON DOWN”!!  🙂  

We’ve already received over 50 single bed mattresses through a Christian ministry in Decatur, IL and steel zip-line cable and other accessories from Little Galilee Christian Camp near Clinton, IL.  In addition, we are soon due to receive 95 chairs from our supporting church in Wilmington, IL.  Talk about God’s ability to fill and send a shipping container designated for HIS purposes and plan!!

One unfortunate rental truck side note….  On our way in the 26’ rental cube truck to Illinois State U. to pick up all the mattresses the road took us under an old “very” solid railroad bridge.  It looked “passable” and we slowed down to go under it, but while we entered okay, in exiting the road angled upward a bit and the underpass scraped off part of the top front portion of the truck’s storage space. Oops!  We were fine in the truck cab, but the truck sure wasn’t! (:   Just a little bit of extra unneeded complications to round out the day!!

We backed out of the underpass and proceeded to the university, and according to their policy the truck company towed the truck to a body shop.  We, in turn, rented a different truck and returned without incident to Cedar Lake with the mattresses.  Oh well!  It didn’t turn out to be the straightforward trip we had prayed for, but the insurance companies have taken over and we and Cedar Lake Ministries are grateful for the mattresses.   

For their part, CLM (the conference grounds where our Indiana house is located) received 41 mattresses for their camp bunkbeds fully in use every summer with campers from all over the Chicago area. WOW– God is good!  As you can see from the photo, they wasted no time in getting the mattresses ready for use.  Our Chile-bound mattresses each have a plastic cover to keep them dry and clean inside the shipping container.  Another “BLESSING”!

The container process is somewhat involved and expensive, including all the container’s transportation and shipping details, and we are extremely grateful for the assistance of a Christian shipping agent and for your continuing prayer and financial support!  As God’s Word tells us over and over, prayer really does make a real difference!  THANK YOU!!

Meanwhile, Chile Mission’s Santiago ministry site continues to receive people arriving from other parts of the country for complicated medical conditions—either theirs or of a hospitalized family member.  As most people in Chile do not know or follow Jesus Christ, we are grateful for Carolina’s attention to their needs and also for every opportunity she has to pray and interact with them.  Our ministry site is called “Dulce Refugio” (Sweet Refuge).

Amongst those recently staying on our property was Jacqueline, the mother of a 19-year-old rushed to Santiago badly burned in an explosion. He died in the hospital and we are praying for her in her loss. Also currently staying at our ministry site are Edison and Rodrigo.  Many of those recently staying at our site are in Santiago to undergo bone marrow transplants, like Edison.  Pictured below in the left-hand photo standing between Julián and Carolina, he suffers from leukemia and recently received a bone marrow transplant. Rodrigo, on the right, has throat and other cancer in his body.  Thanks for your prayers!                                                            

The VERY good news is that both men are attending Sunday church services with Julián and Carolina, who also meet once per week with all those staying on our site to give them an opportunity to know each other and to pray together.  As with most of our guests, these men have no church affiliation, but Carolina tries to find churches for all of our visitors near where they live in Chile that can follow up with them.

Finally, we give God thanks for each and every opportunity that we have while in Indiana and the States to share CHILE MISSION with churches, individuals, and campers.  The photo is of our recent presentation to day camp children participating in the Cedar Lake Ministries camp program.  Unfortunately, the camp office was unable to include photos of our fun interactions and Chilean soccer cheer with the kids.  Every single learning experience & encouragement that children have at camps is so worth it, as some of them come from non-Christian families and/or hard circumstances.

We are both doing well health-wise as we continue to work at getting our Indiana house ready for sale.  Thanks for helping us with your prayers!

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Eternal Filler & Sender of People AND Shipping Containers” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“The ETERNAL DOOR-OPENER of All Time”

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” –Luke 11:9-10

The first 13 verses of Luke chapter 11 contain just one of Jesus’ several teachings about prayer.  We are firm believers in specific, consistent prayer, because it speaks not only of God’s faithfulness to his purposes and to his children, but also of OUR part in ACTIVELY serving those purposes and extending that love.  God receives glory every single time that he can answer our asking, our seeking, and our knocking, as he truly is “The ETERNAL DOOR-OPENER of All Time”!  If we don’t ask, seek, and knock, what does that say about us?

We all have seen uniformed, hotel doormen in action in movies and maybe even in person, but as young and/or handsome as they come, they can’t open the doors that have eternal spiritual consequences in this world!   As Jesus lived and taught, prayer is powerful, and speaking about that we again thank you for your prayer partnership and financial support as well!!  As we celebrate the 4^th of July this year, let’s be sure to also pray for our country and for our leaders.  We know the future of all things will always be in God’s hands.

As you may know, Chile (and all countries below the equator) officially entered its winter season on June 21^st, and in Chile with the colder weather comes rain—especially in the middle and southern regions of the country.  The third week of June, Abraham related that they experienced a very unusual torrential rain storm with high winds that blew down nearby trees and caused other damage.  While he is still repairing structures, etc., we are very grateful that their house and other buildings suffered little damage.  Especially now through August we appreciate your prayers for safety and accessibility in leaving and returning to the camp property.  This last heavy storm left the road flooded and trees weakened (from the forest fire two years ago) and blown down across it. (Yes, the Chilean government still promises to improve our road!?! 🙂 )

In the meantime, Janine is almost fully recovered from a nasty upper respiratory infection and we are grateful indeed.  All kind of ailments were ruled out and in the end a type of z-pack steroid treatment got rid of it.  Here in the States in Cedar Lake IN, we are very much in motion cleaning out what has been our “furlough” house base in the Midwest for 33 years, and doing repairs and improvements to get it ready to sell.  “What an undertaking!!” doesn’t fully describe the work ahead, yet this month’s verses from Luke 11 continue to reflect God’s faithfulness.

Two small groups—one of adults and one of teens—came to help empty a second floor bedroom and also one third of the basement and three of our four children will be able to come and give us major decision-making help the first week of July.  We’re so grateful to truly be making progress for the first time since deciding to sell the house a few years ago, as we continue praying for more help as needed in July.  Thank you for adding your prayers to ours!  In past years we never really thought about the possibility that we would be unable to traverse the stairs with heavy boxes or furniture.  Needless to say, the volunteers made short work of a huge task for us!  Also, perhaps you live in our area and can contact us to help as well?!  In the words of the former game show Price is Right, “Come on down!!”

Speaking of asking, seeking, and knocking, God has provided an older model motor home generously donated by a good friend for us to live in when we continue to return to the Midwest each fall for church visits and to participate in the ICOM missions conference each November.  God answers prayer!

Now to relate God’s answers to two more BIG ASKS, SEEKS, & KNOCKS:

1. We are buying a 40’ hi-cube shipping container in these first days of July, to be delivered to Cedar Lake in the next couple weeks. We will be filling it with items, equipment, and furniture for Chile and then sending it through different agencies to the Long Beach CA port for shipping to Chile.  We give God tremendous thanks for fellow Christians and others who are assisting us in our buying, transporting, and shipping such a container, as God connects many dots!

In addition to items we can send from our house in Cedar Lake, we have already received news in response to our prayers for other furniture and items that we will be needing at the camp.  One great supporting church in our area is giving us roughly 100 chairs in good condition.  Also, our call to a Christian Camp in middle Illinois was answered with their willingness to give Chile Mission 200 feet of steel cable to be used in the construction of a zip line or other recreational structure, along with more chairs and other available camp items.  TYL!!

They in turn referred us to a company that receives mattresses and furniture from hotels and universities, and they have 40 good mattresses for us, along with other needed furniture.  God is faithful to his purposes, especially when we pray and pay attention to the promptings of his Holy Spirit!

2. Another very useful piece of equipment that we seek to purchase and send in the container is an older model skid steer/Bobcat, invaluable in the clearing of land, etc. In looking for one, we have gotten VERY good advice from two of the men who regularly work with skid steers and similar equipment who were part of the mission trip to Chile from a church in Dover, OH, earlier this year and they know our camp’s terrain and plans.

Two other men who were part of a team of four who recently came to help us carry boxes and furniture, have retired from companies that sell skid steers and other equipment and they and those companies are now on the lookout for the type of skid steer that we seek.  Perhaps one of you might know of such a machine for sale:

WE ARE SEEKING TO PURCHASE AN OLDER MODEL SKID STEER, with a budget of $15,000 to $20,000/ Bobcat, Caterpillar, John Deere, or Case in order of preference.

Open cab, relatively low hours of operation, rubber wheels but in addition a metal overlaid track if possible, bucket with teeth if possible, without modern expensive “bells & whistles” and extra safety shut-offs.  We will look to purchase a bush hog frontal accessory as well.

**PLEASE NOTIFY US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU KNOW OF SUCH A SKID STEER FOR SALE IN JULY!!  This represents just one more example of ASKING, SEEKING, & KNOCKING to God’s Kingdom Glory!

Our cell # is 949-919-2028 and our email is chilemission1@gmail.com.  Here are example photos of the shipping container we are arranging for and the type of skid steer we seek to purchase.  God at work!

We SO APPRECIATE your continuing prayers (with thanksgiving) toward ALL of the above-mentioned needs and once again, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADY PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT!!

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “ETERNAL DOOR-OPENING” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“But By MY SPIRIT, says the Lord Almighty”

 “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” –Zech. 4:6

“Who dares despise the day of small things.” –Zech. 4:10

The Biblical account of the exiled Jews’ return to Jerusalem from Babylonia under the rule of Cyrus king of Persia is pretty incredible, including their task of rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem.  There was much to do and so many obstacles in their way during those several years, and the most impacting lesson we can draw from the entire account is found in the above verses.  Zechariah wrote them to Zerubbabel, hand-picked by God to lead the Jews in the rebuilding of the temple.  What we need to realize is that these verses apply to us today every bit as much as they did to Zerubbabel!   

None of us are engaged “by accident” in God’s calling of us, whether it be in Chile or exactly where we live, and although we are called to be accountable and committed to completing our calls, GOD’S SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS BE OUR ENABLER AND IN CHARGE OF ALL TIMING, not us.  Also, every work of the Lord has its beginning, even starting with nothing.  It’s his specialty so to speak!  Pictured is a small section at the front of Jack’s daily Prayer Journal.

Another eternal specialty of the Holy Spirit is PRAYER, which ties us to God and to each other.  As we mention in every one of our monthly prayer updates, we and CHILE MISSION so appreciate your prayers and your sending us off to complete God’s work marked out by His Holy Spirit!  THANK YOU once again!! 

“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.”  –2 Chronicles 16:9

The final design and bid process for the construction of our two-story, metal maintenance/workshop/storage building to be constructed on the camp property have taken MANY months.  What would have been a fairly straightforward process in the US, we hope, will be totally completed very soon and ready to begin building after the finish of Chilean winter rains ending in early September.  We know, though, that God’s timing is connected and we give him all thanks.  We thank you for your accompanying prayers during this process!             

In the meantime, the covered parking platform with its balcony and room with space for extra beds is now totally under roof right before our rainy season sets in, and we again thank you churches and individuals that came to Chile this year to help build it from scratch!!  Abraham finished the roof in May and then left on a VERY well-deserved vacation with his family.  They are due back these first days of June.  Very well built and utilitarian in design, it should hopefully serve the camp for many years to come.

IN SANTIAGO, Carolina continues to receive and serve those coming to stay at CHILE MISSION’s Casa de Acogida for varied lengths of time.  As an update, we are pleased and grateful to relate that their 16 year old son Esteban did mostly recover from his hospitalized urinary tract/kidney-related infection, however he continues under doctor care toward his full recuperation.  Please continue to join us in praying for him and his complete healing.

Also, both Abraham’s and Julián’s families have visited several new churches in order to build up church connections in both locations, and although church visits are important toward the future of CHILE MISSION’s work, our main encouragement to both families is to follow up on those visits.  Our weakness is that usually a visit to our work is agreed upon, but with no exact date set.  Almost always, that date “falls between the cracks” so to speak.  Please pray with us for improvement in this area, as we see the involvement of local churches to be vitally important in spreading our vision there.

IN THE STATES, we hope to spend all U.S. summer in Cedar Lake, IN with a two-fold purpose:

• Prepare and sell our house on the Cedar Lake Bible Conference grounds. It’s been our blessed “home away from Chile” for these 33 years, since August, 1992.  We will miss it, but as we continue to spend time in the Midwest every fall to visit churches and friends and drive to the annual ICOM missions conference every November, we will not need to own a home.  Our children live pretty far away, with two of them with their families living in Los Angeles, prompting us to purchase a home in the Palm Springs area.

You are ALL invited to visit, whether we are there or not! 🙂

• As with wherever we find ourselves Stateside, we continue to visit both monthly-supporting churches, along with other churches and individuals seeking small work teams that can visit Chile to help on the camp property. There are a variety of tasks to connect to, including construction, clearing land, pruning fruit trees and planting.  We were SO blessed this year by those visiting who could operate our excavator!  Yes, Abraham continues to seek the help of Chileans, but the importance of mission visits from churches and from individuals cannot be over-stated.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

We also continue to ask God to lead us to those individuals who are able to make larger one-time donations toward the development of the Campo Vivo Camp.  We are so grateful to already have funds (roughly $200,000 in total) to construct our first two-story metal building and also the back-to-back bathrooms with showers in the tent camping area, and we know that the Holy Spirit will lead forward from there.  If you are such a person and are open to receive more information, please contact us.  We also would love to meet with you.  Our Email address is chilemission1@gmail.com and our main cell phone number is 949-394-8282. With the finishing of the tent-camping area, we can begin to receive groups, and from there we will be looking at constructing the multi-purpose two-story dining hall in 2027.

We SO APPRECIATE your continuing prayers toward these above Stateside issues and once again, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADY PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT!!

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Holy Spirit-Powered” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“Going, Sending, & Open Doors—the ANTIOCH Example”

² While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” ³ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.  –Acts 13:2-3

²⁶ From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. ²⁷ On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how HE had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸ And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.  –Acts 14:26-28

Paul’s first missionary journey with Barnabas was incredible and we invite you to read in Acts 13 & 14 about all that God brought them through and did through them, including the toughest circumstances and the biggest triumphs.  As the above verses show, isn’t it amazing what God accomplishes through his Churches in the world that pray, fast, send, and go?!  Nothing beats an entire Church involved from beginning to end, with GOD in the middle!

We and CHILE MISSION so appreciate your prayers and your sending us off to complete God’s work marked out by His Holy Spirit.  We also very much appreciate your coming to Chile to help!  A team of eleven from First Christian Church of Wilmington, IL, were with us in April, and then two good friends, Donn & Rick (from our home Church when our family left for language school in Aug. 1992), came to install electric service to the platform structure that is being finished being built.  Donn is also our CHILE MISSION teammate in the U.S.  Nine volunteers from Dover First Christian Church in Ohio got us off to a great start when they came in January.

These photos help tell the story….  The first one shows the Wilmington Church team at the small “one-room school” not far from our camp property.  It has one main professor and 10 students, first through sixth grade.  We and Wilmington visited them on their English-teaching day of the week.  We introduced ourselves, taught them games, shared, and even made S’mores over a fire—all in English. 🙂  What fun we had–with an open door to visit again in the future!  We also planted a seed toward their helping look for another couple/individual to live on the camp property and help in its development, which would be a real answer to prayer. They finished laying the floor for the outside deck, in addition to many other chores, including delicious food from the garden and pumpkin pie from scratch!!

For their part, Donn & Rick were able to run pvc electrical tubes and connect all wires to have electric lights and sockets where needed on the platform, now taking final shape—all in just three days!  Their parting photo with Abraham & family at the bus terminal is fantastic!  Abraham is now finishing the roof, just in time before the winter season rains begin in the area.  Regarding the construction of the two-story metal maintenance/storage/workshop building, Luís (with whom Abraham & Jack talked with in March) would like to visit our property to see the projected building’s exact location and soil composition, etc.  before completing his design and bid.

Raquel, Abraham’s and Catalina’s special nearby friend, did pass away from cancer in April, and we attended her wake in their home and service at the cemetery.  She and Pedro have many relatives, including other Chileans living in the area that have known them for years, and the number of neighbors and friends attending the ceremonies was well above 100 people.  The best part, though, was that Raquel was a Christian and some local church choirs and the message delivered by her pastor were listened to by all!  Chileans living in rural areas of the country do not show outward emotion, but God’s Spirit was clearly moving and working.  We pray for Pedro, Raquel’s husband, as he embarks on his life without her help and presence.

Meanwhile, as we were preparing to travel back to the States after Donn’s & Rick’s departure, Esteban, youngest son of Julián & Carolina in Santiago, suddenly become sick with a very painful urinary tract infection and was hospitalized for over a week.  His infection has been treated and his kidneys appear to be functioning without damage, and we are all thankful for God’s healing touch.  The prognosis is for complete healing as we and others continue to pray for him and give God thanks.  Julián took several days off of work and the private clinic was very expensive for them.  He was obligated to sign papers promising to pay the daily hospital room bill in excess of $500—on top of the charges for doctors, medical tests, and medicine.  Considering his low salary, they are waiting to see what payment arrangements can be made.

Our time in the States is off to an amazing start.  So far in Florida we’ve been able to visit and stay with several special long-time friends and we also attended a new church, which we pray will lead to their sending a short-term mission team to Chile next year.  Our contact with them, along with our visit to the “one room school” near the camp property in Chile are both examples of how GOD HIMSELF has always has been and always will be THE DOOR OPENER, just as He was with Paul & Barnabas!

Janine, in the meantime, finally was seen for her fractured fifth metatarsal bone in her left foot—it happened 10 weeks ago.  She has not been in pain, but the foot has been swollen.  She now sports a supportive sandal, along with a beautiful right foot counterpart. 🙂  We’re glad that’s she’s now “on the mend”!

We now just arrived in Houston, TX at the house of Julian & Devyn to meet our newest grandchild, Joah, born on March 22^nd.  What a super blessing, and Lyon is already showing to be a good big brother.

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Holy Spirit-Powered, Door-Opening” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“JOY WITH PURPOSE: Reconciled & Renewed Life”

Either way, Christ’s love controls us.  Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.  He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves.  Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.  –2 Cor. 5:14-15 NLT    In verses 16 through 21 Paul goes on to identify us all as “new creations and as Christ’s ambassadors.

The above verses taken from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians is a perfect way to enter April and commemorate and give REAL thanks for Jesus’ once-for-all time sacrifice of himself for all who believe in him to restore our relationship with God!  He then conquered eternal death for us all with his resurrection back to life three days later.  What an incredible achievement on both counts, and also what an incredible reason to give our lives back to him that he would reach and change others through us.  Paul’s words thus resonate with our chief calling and purpose in this world.

In our case, God was already preparing us to be missionaries before we knew Jesus as Lord through a variety of experiences, people, and friendships and, thus, we give him thanks for these past 31 years of extending Jesus in Chile together with our Misión Chile Team.  All of you who support Chile Mission in the States with your prayers and contributions and mission trips are Chile Teammates as well, and we are SUPER GRATEFUL!!  Sharing our relationship with Jesus in the best way possible will always be the bottom-line calling of Misión Chile!!

—Speaking of mission trips, the 11-member team of First Christian Church of Wilmington have arrived!  They’ll be here eight days, dividing their time between Santiago and the camp property in middle Chile.  Their team t-shirts really “hit the nail on the head” for ALL CHURCHES, don’t you think?!  On Sunday, their first full day here when they sang “Lord we lift your name on High” in the Chilean church we attended.  They also didn’t waste any time helping on the camp property when we arrived.  Thank you for praying for them and their trip!!

—Thank you for praying with us for some time for the best type of additional help to get projected buildings constructed on the camp property.  We and Abraham are convinced that we will need outside competent help to be contracted to build our first building, a 2-story metal maintenance/storage/workshop structure with an apartment on the second floor.  Unfortunately, none of us have any experience in building metal buildings.  SOOOO–Abraham has been making contacts these past several months to find such a company without result.  In Chile it is not nearly as possible as in the United States to find reasonably-priced, proven and competent construction companies.  Two weeks ago Abraham contacted an acquaintance working in the electric company who, in turn, gave him a good reference on a construction company that had built several metal buildings for them.

Abraham and Jack met with that construction company owner two weeks ago at one of the structures that his company had built and he now has the plans for our planned 2-story metal building and will be getting back to us with a projected total cost in these next couple weeks after his engineer/architect looks at them.  His company’s specialty is the construction of metal buildings and structures.  Please join us in praying for this significant step forward!!   And at a price we can afford!!

—Abraham’s neighbor Raquel is back in the hospital in her battle against liver cancer, and it appears that she is not eating and declining quickly.  We continue to pray for both her and her family in this tough time and we are grateful that they are a close family.  Abraham and Catalina are also close to the family and have shared Jesus and have prayed with them several times.  The whole family has recently been regularly attending the church that Abraham and Catalina attend.

In Santiago

—Teresa, the wife of Carlos, one of our long-time maintenance workers at our Santiago site, has recovered from her surgery to remove her gall bladder.  TYL!! and thank you for praying for her!  She does continue to have doctor appointments for certain heart irregularities.

—Our Santiago site is currently hosting Marta and her daughter for a couple weeks.  She came to Santiago for surgery to remove a tumor from her pituitary gland (Cushing’s syndrome) and is now staying at our ministry site with her daughter waiting to be released to return home.  Her situation is very similar to that of Catalina’s mother Julia, who also had successful surgery several months ago.  Both women were diagnosed with Cushing’s Syndrome.  Julia has almost fully recovered from the effects of the syndrome.  Like with Julia, we appreciate your prayers for Marta.

–Last month we were able to send you a photo of Nallely and her brother Jorshua, taken when Jorshua came with her to visit Janine here at our Santiago site.  Please reread our March letter to reconnect with their visit.

One week ago, Juan, another of our past children came to visit.  We called him Juanito, because he had just turned 7years old when Janine and Fabiola (a psychologist we hired to work full time with the children who came to live here) went to find Juan—the half-brother of Alberto, who already was living in our children’s residence.  How cool that the brothers could live together!  We are planning on having a get-together with several of the children this month.

Juan is now 20-years-old, is stable as a young person and has a good job working for an office supply company.  When he saves enough money he would like to pursue studies in a university, and he’s even a ping pong champion. J  Unfortunately, as with many of the other children, he has no good adult counsel.  His mother has mental problems and his dad is an alcoholic.  Our hearts break for all of the children with no good guidance for helping them with their futures.  In addition, Juan’s and Alberto’s extended family is not healthy for them.  We plan on helping him further in different ways and Fabiola wants to work with him “virtually” using the internet.  During his visit Janine was able to fill in a lot of his background and time with us in answering many questions he had.  As you can see from the photo, he’s as cute as a button, and we, along with Fabiola, hope to again be a good influence in his life.  Thank you for joining us in praying for him!

We wish you an extra-special JESUS Easter!!   Hard to believe we are already in April!!

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Reconciled, Renewed Life” One, True God,

Jack & Janine

“Partnerships made in heaven”

I thank my God every time I remember you.  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

That’s a super beginning in chapter 1:3-6 of Paul’s letter to the Philippians!  Several other letters of Paul to churches and to Philemon begin with thanksgiving, which well describes our own thankfulness for each of you in our partnership in Chile.  We, too, are right to feel this way as we share needs for prayer, receive financial support, and also receive encouragement and work teams to help with the development of CAMPO VIVO, a much-needed CHRISTIAN camp and retreat center in the middle of the country to extend the love and message of Jesus Christ!  WOW are we (like Paul 🙂 ) blessed!!

Of course, God’s good saving work in us goes forward in each of us until our last breath, which is even more reason to rejoice.  We also thank him for his steady blessing over the on-going development of the ministries of Chile Mission that he has entrusted us with, along with your own ministries he has placed in each of you.  Again, Thank You partners and Thank You Lord!

Here below are Chile Mission answers to prayer and continuing needs for prayer….

One big thank you is for the recent formerly unplanned 10-day visit of another Ultra young women’s group from the Mennonite mission based in Bogota, Colombia. They removed tools and storage units from our two storerooms so that a concrete base could be poured.  They also tackled our personal kitchen which had been used for kitchen storage upon our move to the ministry site about seven years ago and then never organized.  They cleaned the shelves and put back dishes, pans, and utensils of different kinds so that the room can be used as a kitchen.  Finally, they cleaned the kitchen in the office building and also did gardening.

Their time in Santiago was additionally blessed in getting to know several young people their age from the Christian Church in Ciudad Satélite, a church we’ve had a strong relationship with for many years.  They are led by Lucas, the oldest son of Pastor Patricio Curinao, who we brought to the States with us one year to attend the ICOM missions conference with us.  We are hopeful that several of them will serve in our summer camps as counselors.

After all of that, the girls spent two & one half days on the camp property helping Abraham & Catalina in a variety of ways, pruning trees, clearing the tent-camping area, and painting metal posts to be used in rebuilding the platform/structure behind Abraham’s house.  TYL!!

More news on Abraham’s neighbor Raquel, who as we have reported these last months, has liver cancer.  She is now hospitalized with liver problems and we were sad to learn that her cancer continues to spread in her body.  Thank you for praying for her and giving thanks with us, knowing that our All-Powerful God without limits can be trusted in ALL situations.  No matter the outcome, he loves us all so very much and he is there with her.  The six Ultra team members even had the opportunity to pray with and sing for her.

Abraham has been able to keep working on the new platform structure taking shape behind their house, following up on the metal support poles put in place by the mission team from Dover First Christian Church team that was here in late January.  As seen in this photo, the metal supporting rods for flooring for the upper area of the structure are mostly soldered in place and the next step will be to add the wooden flooring.  TYL!!

The mission team of eleven from First Christian Church in Wilmington, IL is set to arrive in Chile on March 29 and we will have plenty for them to help with as well.  Thank you for helping us pray forward their preparations and safe arrival!  As we and Abraham continue to pray for and look for more Chilean partners to help with construction, we keep our eyes on the Creator Enabling God of it all.

In Santiago

We had the blessing in February of being able to pray for and serve several sets of persons staying on our mission site with serious medical situations:

• The parents of 14-year-old Elias with brain cancer receiving two additional surgeries to remove malignant tumors from his brain.
• Hugo, an adult coming to Santiago to undergo a bone marrow transplant using his own cells instead of receiving them from a donor. His transplant surgery was carried out on February 19^th and he is scheduled to remain hospitalized in isolation for roughly three months.
• Bruno and his sister Norma were back with us for a couple days in February for him to have another two-month checkup, after receiving a bone marrow transplant from her at the end of 2023 to combat bone cancer. The tests came back fine and they returned to southern Chile for another two months.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to come alongside of such families and couples and very much appreciate your accompanying prayers for them.

Teresa, the wife of Carlos, one of our long-time maintenance workers at our Santiago site, recently had surgery to remove her gall bladder.  She also suffers from certain heart conditions.  The surgery went well and we ask for prayers for them and their family.  Carlos has worked with us for many years and while he believes in God, he says that “he likes to keep an open mind” about such things.  We continually look for opportunities to specifically share Jesus with him.

We have one more photo to share and give thanks for.  It’s of Janine with Nallely and her brother Jorshua.  They were two of the nine children that lived in two of our ministry site houses with Chilean Christian parents for just over two years ending in October 2013.  Nallely, now 23, came back to visit us last year to say thanks for Janine’s influence in her life.  This past month of February she called again and came with her brother Jorshua, who in 2012 and 2013 was a teenage con artist in manipulating anything and almost anyone to get what he wanted.  He, now 24 years old, became a Christian this past year and God is transforming him from the inside out.  He also has a good job.  TYL!!  It was good to see him again and we ask you to pray with us for him and his steady Christian growth.  God has truly begun “a good work” in Jorshua!

Jack continues to this day to pray for all nine of these “now adult” children.  WOW what good news!

Our first Foundation Board of Directors meeting in February went well and our next meeting is scheduled for mid-March.  Still not completed are the opening of a checking account in the name of the Foundation and the re-design of Chile Mission’s trifold publicity pamphlets.  Please pray for the completion of the many details that accompany our work with the mission.  Part of that is working with the team to move forward, taking more and more responsibility from us.

Rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to our “Partnership-Making” One, True God,

Jack & Janine