Dear Ministry Partners, 
As we are preparing to serve on the mission field full time, we have seen the truth of two verses first hand. One is Proverbs 16:9, “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” And Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Our life has been full of changes and plans coming to fruition over the last few months. We are finally getting a breather long enough to give you an update. In our last letter we had an offer on our house and were waiting for all inspections to be completed. We had the course planned, but God determined the steps. After lots of waiting and prayer and patience building exercises, we closed on our house and bought a smaller house in town to call home base for our family and for Heather to live in while in med school. We moved into our new home on April 17th with the help of some wonderful friends! We really like the neighborhood and have wonderful neighbors. We both feel very at home and content here. That is a huge God thing because we both, especially Norman, loved our place in the country. Also, the couple who bought our house is a young Christian couple who love the Lord and want to be kept informed about our mission to Guatemala. Only God could orchestrate such things!
Heather is in Guatemala now until the end of June ministering with a medical ministry. Ryan is home from college in Chicago for the summer. We will all be together in July as a family and hope to spend some quality time together before we all go back to school. We have been accepted into language school in San Jose, Costa Rica and will report to orientation on August 26th. Our airline tickets have been purchased as we step forth in faith and plan to fly south on August 22nd. Reality is starting to set in! This is no longer just a dream that is fun to talk about, we are really going!
As we are preparing to serve on the mission field full time, we have seen the truth of two verses first hand. One is Proverbs 16:9, “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” And Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Our life has been full of changes and plans coming to fruition over the last few months. We are finally getting a breather long enough to give you an update. In our last letter we had an offer on our house and were waiting for all inspections to be completed. We had the course planned, but God determined the steps. After lots of waiting and prayer and patience building exercises, we closed on our house and bought a smaller house in town to call home base for our family and for Heather to live in while in med school. We moved into our new home on April 17th with the help of some wonderful friends! We really like the neighborhood and have wonderful neighbors. We both feel very at home and content here. That is a huge God thing because we both, especially Norman, loved our place in the country. Also, the couple who bought our house is a young Christian couple who love the Lord and want to be kept informed about our mission to Guatemala. Only God could orchestrate such things!
Heather is in Guatemala now until the end of June ministering with a medical ministry. Ryan is home from college in Chicago for the summer. We will all be together in July as a family and hope to spend some quality time together before we all go back to school. We have been accepted into language school in San Jose, Costa Rica and will report to orientation on August 26th. Our airline tickets have been purchased as we step forth in faith and plan to fly south on August 22nd. Reality is starting to set in! This is no longer just a dream that is fun to talk about, we are really going!
As we started down this path of obedience, a word picture that came to mind was that of us
walking into the middle of the river and saying okay
Lord here we are, we will go! He then knocked us off our feet and we started soaring down the river at breakneck speed. He has always kept our head above waterand has put the things that needed to be done in our path. We often finish one thing and before we have time to figure out what we should do next, God has already put it in our path. We feel totally out of control and don’t have a clue what we are doing, but that is exactly where God wants us because He is in control and He knows what He is doing. And He does a much better job! He has been faithful to guide us each step of the way!
We are only a small part of His plan to show His love to His children in Guatemala. His plan also includes many others to join in this ministry. We praise the Lord for those of you who have felt the Lord’s calling to be a part of this ministry as a financial and prayer partner and ask those who haven't yet committed financially to prayerfully consider if it is God’s plan for you to be a part of this ministry also. God’s blessings to each of you! Norman & Vickie
~Praises~
-For the sale of our house and the smooth transition to our new home.
-Praise that to date the Lord has raised up financial partners for 50% of our monthly need.
~Prayer Requests~
-That God shows us everything that needs to be done before we leave the country and we complete those things in a timely manner.
-That our remaining support comes in by August 1st.
-For the host family we will be living with in Costa Rica. That we will bond with them quickly and be a blessing to each other!
-For Heather and Ryan as we all prepare for the adjustment of us living in another country.
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