Dear Friends and Family,
Merry Christmas to all our friends, family, and ministry
supporters around the world. We hope you
are enjoying the holidays with your loved ones.
We made a quick trip to Texas to celebrate Luciana’s graduation from
Dallas Baptist University and to spend Christmas with our stateside
family. We will be back in Bolivia
shortly after the 1st of January to begin a new year in
ministry. We are excited about the teams
that are preparing to join us in ministry in 2018 and we are excited to see how
God will expand our work to reach even more people with His love and
compassion. Thank you so much to all our
faithful supporters who have partnered with us over the years. On December 7th,
Vanessa and I celebrated our 20th anniversary! And we have been serving in Bolivia for
almost 14 years!
As you finish up 2017 and are thinking about where to invest
your year-end charitable donations, please consider supporting our ministry with
either a one-time gift or by setting up an automatic monthly donation. We have fallen behind in pledges and
currently need an additional $2000 a month in support. Donations are tax deductible for U.S.
citizens when they are channeled through the Evangelical Free Church of America
(EFCA). Canadian citizens can make
tax-deductible donation through the Evangelical Free Church of Canada
(EFCCM). Please click on the links above
to begin the online process, or click on the DONATE button to the right. Of course, we also need monthly financial
support for Agua Yaku, our clean water ministry, and CAFA, Vanessa’s urban
ministry for women and families—but honestly our priority right now is to bring
our personal support budget up to 100%.
Thank you so much for prayerfully considering becoming a partner with us
in this work.
If you would like to come down to Bolivia and work with us
first-hand in 2018, either as a family, or with a church or civic group, please
let us know as soon as possible so we can make sure we have room on our
calendar.
Prayer Requests:
Family – Pray for Luciana and Nat as they are making their
own lives in the U.S. Nat continues to
live and work in Fort Collins, Colorado, and in January Luciana will be
starting an MBA degree at Dallas Baptist.
Isaiah is in the middle of 10th grade at the Santa Cruz
Christian Learning Center. Please pray
for Tom Combs, a dear friend and fellow missionary who is battling cancer.
CAFA – Pray that in 2018 God will touch the hearts of women
who are suffering abuse and need to hear the positive gospel message of love, hope,
and healing that Vanessa and her team share with women and families in
need.
Agua Yaku – Pray that in 2018 we can successfully bring our
AquaSiv water filter into production at an affordable price that will make
clean water, and better health, a reality for 1000s of families in Bolivia and
other countries around the world. Pray
that we can use “clean water” as a method reach many families who would not
otherwise hear about or be receptive to embracing the love and hope that we
have in Jesus Christ.
May you celebrate joyously this Christmas season,
Danny and Vanessa
