Home in the States

We have greatly appreciated all of the prayers and support you have provided us over the last two years. We have been thankful every day for your support to us while in Bolivia. Now that we have completed our two year commitment, we would like to share with you where we feel God is leading us.

Kevin worked in construction for two years following college. The first several months that he worked for his company, they had him work as a laborer on one of the sights. The company did this because they knew the value in first allowing the managers to work as laborers before they could manage them. Now that we have finished our term in Bolivia, we see great value in returning to the States in order to receive some more training and experience as an associate pastor. Kevin found it difficult to train pastors without first having been one. So, we are in the process of transitioning back to the Pacific Northwest where Kevin will be assigned as an associate pastor of Harmony Evangelical Church in Oregon. Kevin will also continue his schooling at Wesley Biblical Seminary online for the next two-and-a-half years in order to finish his Masters in Divinity.

Only time and the Lord's leading will allow us to know if we are to return to the mission field some day. However, our hears are open to the possibility and we are certain we will remain in the ministry whether in the pastoral role or missions. We would ask that you be praying for God's guidance and direction for our future. One other favor we would ask is that you continue praying for us as we transition back to the States and get our feet on the ground. It is always difficult to adjust to a different culture, even if it is re-entering into the culture we grew up in.

We have felt so blessed for the time we had in Bolivia and we know you, our supporters, were a big part in allowing us to be missionaries. We would like to share with you some of our favorite memories and learning experiences of our time in Bolivia. For Kevin, it was our time out in Mizque. He especially loved preaching to the youth on Saturday nights and watching as the Bible became fun and relevant to them. Afterwards we always had games and I think Kevin looked just as forward to playing as the kids did.





For Lisa, she loved the class she taught on Christian Education while living in Santa Cruz. She enjoyed the weekly connections she made with her students and the hard work they put in to better understand people and how to be effective teachers. We have made friendships and connections with people in Bolivia that we will never forget.

Over the last two years, we have learned one major life lesson we would like to share. We need to be intentional about missions in our own lives. Wherever we are at, we are on a mission field. We all live in communities that we can get involved in and we need to get creative and be intentional about getting out and working with the people who live around us. That is what we are praying for as we move back to Oregon and settle in to a church. We are praying for God to open up doors that will allow us to be missional where we are at in our community.



Again we want to express our heart felt thanks for the last two years and we pray a blessing on all of our supporters for your faithfulness to us and the ministry on the Bolivian field.