New Faces Around the Base

Our son, Kellen, and his girlfriend, Erika, arrived almost a month ago to spend the summer in Panama. They are enjoying their visit and are also a blessing to us, as they help around the base, lead worship, and teach. We've also added another face to the family: our new cat, Bamboo. We adopted her from a restaurant in town, called The Bamboo. She is fun to have around, and she's proven to be quite useful. She loves to eat bugs! Chasing cockroaches is one of her favourite things to do. Needless to say, we'll be keeping her around for a while.

Life Lessons

English lessons have been growing! Everyday, Reanna teaches a group of Ngobe children, teaching them English, while in turn, they help her with her Spanish. Erika has also been helping, teaching English to a group of Ngobe men who work here on our base. They are eager students! 2 days a week, Reanna and Erika walk over to the local school with the kids and volunteer in the classrooms. So far, their experiences have been very rewarding. We've also been telling them of the Lord and reading them Bible stories. Today, one of the men and his wife accepted the Lord and are eager to know more about Him and His Word. Praise the Lord! God is definitely moving down here!

Clinics!!!!!!!!

We recently helped out with a medical clinic on Bastimentos. Many people showed up...we registered almost 150 people everyday! While Dale, Kim, and Reanna manned the registration tables, Mitchell was in charge of entertaining the children. Between making beaded cross necklaces, blowing up balloons, and reading kids stories, he put smiles on many little faces. Recently, our son, Kellen, and his girlfriend, Erika, came to stay with us for 2 months. Having finished a 6-month internship at IHOP, they were asked to pray with people who were waiting for medical assistance. After breaking the language barrier, many people were more than willing to pray with them. Overall, the clinic was a huge success and we are looking forward to the next one!

We also helped out with a veterinarian clinic, where dogs and cats were brought to be fixed and given shots. Although not every one in the family was able to stomach all the blood, Reanna was quite the professional. She assisted the doctors in knocking the animals out and shaving them in preparation for surgery. The doctors were very thankful for her help, and this clinic also was a success.