Feliz Año Nuevo!

Happy New Year! Praise the Lord for His Mercies that are new every morning, especially the morning after 6 months and no blogging! Praise Him for forgiveness and grace, too! Thank you to you all who still wanted to be updated but had the patience to wait so long. God is good, that is about what it takes to sum up the last 6 months. He is merciful and kind, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. I love Him so much! I hope to send a prayer letter out soon because I know and you know how much we need it, but as for now, here is a pretty little update that really doesn't share much but hopefully gives you a little taste of the Nica life, the abundant joy of walking with our Magnificent Triune God (blows our minds how that works out!) who Knows All, Is All, Gives All, and Does all for His glory. We love Him and hope that you are blessed to know Him more deeply and intimately through sharing in the testimonies you'll find here. If not, you get on us to share more, because you need to taste and see just how GOOD HE IS!
Love y'all, Don and Jacque

Mercies New Every Morning

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[b]
     his mercies never come to an end;
 they are new every morning;
     great is your faithfulness.
 'The Lord is my portion,' says my soul,
     'therefore I will hope in him.'"

So pleased to share an update from Granada, Nicaragua. I hope you are abundantly blessed and encouraged in your own adventures! Enjoy=)

the Walk of the Worthy

"so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, 
fully pleasing to him..." 

~ Colossians 1:10a ~

We're learning a lot about prayer right now, specifically praying through Scripture and allowing the Word to guide us in seeking and asking of God. Below you will find updates in each of the main areas of work in Granada, and below those, prayer requests for each. Please feel free to pick and choose what you'd like to join in prayer over. We hope that you delight in it as we are, asking God for that which He already hopes and longs for, and pours out in abundance over us. Love you guys!

2011: Growing Up

Happy New Year! We are so very thankful for all the God has done in us this past year, and so thankful for those who are sacrificing their own time and money to support us in prayer and finances. We would like to shower you with the blessings of sharing in all that God has blessing us this past year. So, be blessed!

The Bread of Life

Sorry for taking so long with this one. It happened a while back, but I really wanted to share it with everyone because it has touched my heart and grown me in my love for Jesus and my understanding of the Gospel. If you've seen a change in me lately, the reason is written below. Thank you, Jesus, for never letting me go...


Dan Clark is one of the members of the team we helped lead in August. He graciously recounted the story for all of us involved, and I added some parts to clarify what had been spoken in Spanish. Thanks, Dan!


On Saturday, August 6, 2011 everyone was given a choice to go to the Laguna, Zipline or participate in a ministry opportunity. Deann, Pam, Brett, Jacque and I chose to do ministry. After lunch we discussed the various groups of people to reach out to and different ideas on how to do that. Then we prayed for God to guide us to the right people and the right place. We also prayed for God to prepare the hearts of whomever with whom we were lead to share the truth.

We decided through God’s leading to go to the park and make balloon animals on the steps of the gazebo to provide opportunities to share Jesus with children in the area. We sat down and began to make the balloon animals. Kids quickly gathered and were really excited. A couple of the kids got a little demanding and had a hard time keeping their hands off the balloons and pumps. One of these kids was the one with whom I felt the need to share Jesus.

365 Days...They only happen once a year.

Some of you may have seen Don's 365 Project pictures on Facebook or on his 365project.org homepage. The Project consists of taking a picture each day, which we thought would be one of the most effective ways to keep you in touch with what's happening here.

This is his photo from June 22nd, just another 1 out of the 365 days of living God's adventure for our lives. Don shared a story on this picture's day that I thought was a great glimpse into what God is doing to raise us up and to walk us right into his heart.

El Guayabo and Semana Santa

Friends and Family,

Well, the months of March and April have flown by, and I can’t believe we are looking at May just around the corner. I hope that all of you who are planning on graduating do well on your exams, and I know that you are all excited for summer.