Important Ministry Update ~ May/ June

 We have exciting news and 

important ministry updates to share with you.

It finally happened - Isaiah and Andrew have graduated from high school!  We came home from the field of Spain exactly three years ago for this purpose, and our hearts are so thankful to the Lord His grace made it happen.   Along with the great academic, sports, and music experiences, God has taught us all great spiritual lessons during this time.  

Pray for us now as we begin yet another change in our family’s life, and especially that Andrew and Isaiah will seek Christ and His desires throughout their college career.  

The Next Phase

Contreras School 2009 - 5th grade and 3rd grade

Even though, we gave away almost all the boys' homeschool materials to missionaries, there were still many books, photo albums, clothes and personal items that we stored away in a storage unit when we packed up our apartment. Danielle is still teaching phonics, and doing reading help at school, and Joseph is preaching and teaching as well, so there is not a day that goes by that we don't pray to get our study materials, and books. 

Fellow missionaries, the Grants, living in Asturias, have been so gracious to help disperse our furniture and electronics to others in need. Now comes the difficult task of separating and deciding what is personal and what we don't actually need anymore. 

We have found two companies who will ship based on volume, shipping door to door. We need to measure the volume and then get an exact quote. We received one quote for ten boxes at $1,600, but it looks like we still have more than 10 boxes.

 Of course, our treasure is stored up in Heaven and not here on Earth. These are just things, however, it is hard to not be concerned we won't ever see our precious memories again. 

Please pray for this next phase of our ministry. 

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Special Finacial Needs

We have received so many encouraging notes in response to our last April 2014 update. With this upcoming furlough, we are excited to see how God will work and provide both for our family and for the work in Gijón, Spain.

There is a need that we need to mention. In March of 2013, we wrote in our prayer letter that our second son, Andrew, needed to begin urgent orthodontal work to not lose his two front teeth.

Mike´s word.

We wanted to share some thoughts our youngest son Michael has for his friends in the neighborhood:  

“I saw how good it was to have this relationship [with Christ], I knew that everyone should have a chance to know Jesus as a Savior and also like a best friend. I have invited all my friends and witnessed to some but now they push the gospel away and ignore it. They say they want to live their life how they want now and repent later but that isn't how God wants us to be. I ask for prayer for the teenagers of Gijon that God will open their ears to the gospel and that they might get saved.” 

Pray for Michael.  His dream is to serve our country (USA) in the Air Force and learn to be a pilot.