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Never a Dull Moment!We have had a lot of ministry happen over the past month and a half and we hope to catch you up on some of what has been
happening in Colombia in this newsletter! (Sorry this will be longer....just read the captions you are interested in!)
Short Term TeamThe rst week of March we were privileged to have a short term team from Chapel Hill, NC serve alongside our ministries
at Iglesia Raah. This trip was a vision trip to see if they were interested in partnering long-term with our ministries here. We
did two evangelistic concerts the week they were here in parks around two church plants we are working with. We had lots
of opportunities to share the Gospel and love on the people in our communities. They also served at a mercy ministry site
we have worked with, serving meals to over 250 kids, doing 3 music classes, and working in the kitchen. But most of all, they
were able to just sit down and talk with kids and love on them – something many of these kids don’t often receive.
Music SchoolAs mentioned in our last newsletter, we have gained permission to open the school in one of our local churches. The
aspirations were to open at the end of April, beginning of May. But as we sat down and looked at the calendar as well as the
many needs, we have decided to postpone its opening until the second week of July. Students have a short break the last two
weeks of June and the rst week of July. So that seemed like a better time to begin something new. Also, we are still lacking
a lot in terms of instruments and supplies. The students we are reaching out to don’t have the means to purchase their own
instruments, etc. So we need to have instruments at the school that kids can practice on, use during classes, etc. We have
been blessed by a couple individuals who have donated money to buy instruments and a couple others who have donated
instruments. If you would like to help by doing either, please contact us immediately!
In other music news, we have started working with music in our home church, Iglesia Raah, before the school opens. Thesession has given me its blessing to serve as its music director and we have made a plan to have a worship team trained and
ready to go for January 2013! We are really excited about this and ask for your prayers as we seek the Lord’s guidance in
this endeavor!
New TeammatesWe were also excited to welcome Nathaniel and Alicia Gutierrez, as well as their two kids – Jeremiah and Gabriella, to our
team as they are preparing for long term service in Peru. Alicia is going to be studying Spanish while Nathaniel works with us
in church planting. They stayed with our family upon arrival and were blessed to nd an apartment of their own this week
Pray that God blesses their work and studies here as they prepare to serve in Peru.
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Other NewsSome other news is that we will be doing another Living in Grace conference in two weeks at another one of our loca
churches. Peter Boling will be teaching and I will be leading music. Please be praying for this event and for the Holy Spirit to
be moving in and shaping our local churches!
This week we are meeting with our full team, both those here and those on furlough, to discuss with an MTW church planting
director our vision, plan, and direction for church planting and how we are going to incorporate church planter training into
our ministry. Be praying for wisdom and patience as we seek to esh this out together!
Family NewsAs our family grows, so does our understanding and love for
one another! Ben turned 4 years old this past month! It is
fun to watch him grow into a little man and begin thinking
and acting independently! He is doing well at school, although
Spanish is still a hindrance, and he loves to go every morning!
At Parent teacher conferences, the only thing they mentioned
was that he was always hungry and asking for food! He is stil
a big boy! Bella is wonderful and has taken to her little sister
as a second mom! She loves to hold her, kiss her, talk to her
comfort her, and take care of her every need! It is amazing to
watch her natural God-given gifts come out with Lily! Lily is
a true joy! She is always smiling and cooing and interested in
everything. She always wants to be standing and has to see
what is going on! She is starting to cut teeth, so that is not as
fun, but she has been a delight to our family! Hope and I are
still adjusting, but doing well! We nally got to go on a couple
dates these last couple months which were a blast! We have also had friends from language school living across the street
from us for 4 months and so we got to go out with them and our kids got to play together a lot. They returned to southern
Colombia last week and we are missing their friendship, but thankful for the time we had!
Prayer Requests
COLOMBIATHE PARSONS IN
Wes and Hope Parsons
Skype
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• Pray for the Lord to provide instruments and funding for the music school.
• Pray for the Living in Grace Conference, April 28th-29th.
• Pray for the Gutierrez family to adjust to their new home and ministry.
• Pray for our team as we look at strategy and direction in church planting and training.
• Pray for Wes as he begins shaping music and worship at Iglesia Raah.
• Pray for our family, our marriage, and relationship with Christ.
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