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It is high time for an update!!!

We are renting a house in Reno and have lived there since mid January. I have a job at a small engineering firm. It is a great opportunity for us. The only concern now is that the firm can keep a steady flow of work coming in during this tough market. Just this past week the weather warmed up and we have met a few neighbors with kids. One of the neighbors is a Hispanic family even! We are in negotiations to buy a house in the neighborhood (which is why we are renting this one in particular). Heather has started taking prerequisite classes for her masters program. THings are moving forward again.

We were able to close the church at the end of 2007 and some of the people continue to meet with us as we gather to minister to the poor and discarded in the community. We are not a church but just a group of people from different churches that all want to work together in ministering to the poor.

Eli turned 8 in January. He was sick on his birthday and then several of the kids were sick the next weekend where we had planned his party so it was canceled until the following weekend. Almost everyone had RSVP'd that they would not be able to come but still there was a decent turnout and we all had fun. He had a Star Wars birthday with lightsabers. Heather being a Jedi and holding training camp until I showed up as Darth Vader and they all whacked me with their lightsabers. (even cheezy plastic lightsabers can leave a hearty welt!).

We are adjusting to living in the states. Things are progressing and moving forward. We still miss Guatemala and look forward to the day where the Lord will call us back to the world's poor. But for now, for this season, we will minister to the hurting around us and, through the love of Christ, provide what most people, regardless of wealth, are poor with...hope.