Step of Faith

Hi everyone. A lot has happened since our last blog.  God is doing great things and we are excited about this next step of faith.  First off, it is official that we will be moving to Guatemala sometime in the summer.  Thank you for all of your prayers.  God has confirmed in many ways that that is our next adventure.  We will be visiting there April 4th for about 1 week.  We will be going with some other people that are praying about moving there with us as well. So please keep us and the team in your prayers for safety, and for God's will to be done.  We will be moving there to start a Calvary Chapel and are very excited to see what the Lord has in Xela Guatemala.  Lalo has been a missionary there for a while and continues to share the gospel and love of Christ.  We will be joining him there to help further God's kingdom. We will need extra financial support as some other unexpected things have come up and our team is growing. We also will not be supported as teachers at the school anymore, so we ask that you please pray for us in this next chapter. Where God guides He provides.  If you are interested in supporting us financially please see our support information below.  Thank you

Some other great news is we have temporarily adopted a 13 year old boy from Hocaba. (small town about 45 minutes from Merida.)  His parents abandoned him when he was little and his grandma has been taking care of him.  They were living in the church because the roof of their house was leaking, but his grandma is sick with diabetes and he really had no one to care of him properly.  We are praying about what the Lord wants for his life.  He is a wonderful kid and has brought much joy into our life.  He hasn't been to school since the 3rd grade so he is working with Juan Carlos at the school.  Juan Carlos specializes in Special Education and he has been a blessing to our life.  He is also giving Jose and I guitar lessons.  :)  So please keep Jose in your prayers as well and that God will show us His will for Jose's life.

On a ministry note, we have had a few missions team come to visit.  We had Pastor Todd and Denise Doxzon from Calvary Chapel West Omaha, Nebraska bring a team and it was very fruitful.  They were such a blessing.  The whole team just came with open hearts willing and ready to serve and be used by God.  They were a blessing to all :) Please look at the awesome video they did.Click on the link on the right side of the blog.  (Todd and Denise are actually praying about adopting Jose so PLEASE be praying for that.) Thanks guys!!!  We also had the 678 Middle School ministry from Calvary Fort Lauderdale come for 10 days.  So awesome to see young kids be used by God.  They also brought lots of clothes and things for Jose.  Such a blessing how the Lord provides using the body of Christ :)

As for future trips, we have Calvary Chapel Boca coming in April after the Easter Break so we will praying for another fruitful trip.  Tizimin is going strong and it's awesome to see the Lord work there.  Calvary House guys and girls are continuing to grow in the Lord and we are thankful that we can be a part of their spiritual walk.  One other trip we have is the first week of May.  We will be having the 6th graders here from Merida go to Florida for their graduation trip.  Jeff, Asher and I will be joining them.  We are happy to make a trip home before we go to Guatemala. We have also been invited to Omaha in June and are looking forward to spending time their as well. Lots of traveling coming up. God is good.  We have a lot of exciting things on the horizon and just taking each day at a time walking by faith.  Thank you for coming along the journey with us.

All our love,

The Stones