The video (see our introduction video) continues to spread like wild fire.
Most people who see it have a different image of Panama. Because it’s off the typical tourist path, it’s often pre-conceived as a poor country, and that we live in a hut. Seeing the sky scrapers, the urban development, and images from the city, people seem to realize that we live in a city much like Miami FL. Some people are surprised we have modern conviences like Internet and VOIP phones.
We’ve continued to help mission teams as they come and we get connected with them.
I’ve made some great contacts that will continue to open further doors of ministry, including E3 partners here in Panama which hosts many teams from overseas.
I (Chris) got to preach in Spanish at my church in Richmond when I traveled up there for a brief visit. We received a surprisingly generous love offering towards the work of the ministry.
Our next scheduled event here in Panama is at the end of April, but discussions are in the works for more between here and there. We’ve connected with a church planter in a neighboring suburb and hope to be helping them in the near future with some of their evangelistic campaigns.
Next week, we are meeting with a church planter from Venezuela who will be here for a few days of meetings. We are hosting him in our condo, and hopefully our family will join him and a team in Venezuela in October (pray for our funding for that trip).
We’ve been surprised by generous love offerings, some "just in time" donations from unexpected sources, and for all of that, we are grateful.
My dad came to visit us in Panama during Holy Week and it was great to be with him.
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