July was a month in which we had several independence celebrations:
• As a team of missionaries we celebrated July 4th at our home with the Howell family.
• Here in Colombia we also celebrated the country’s Independence Day on July 20th.

We are currently working on the paperwork for the church land. We also ask for your prayers in helping us
raise the remaining $60,000 needed to purchase this land for our church in Colombia.

We are currently in talks with the owner of a plot of land . We are asking God to direct our decision making.
Please pray that God will help us raise the remaining $68,000 to purchase land for this church in Colombia.

March has been a difficult but amazing month: Thanks to God we were able to find a house and rent it after a few weeks back in Colombia.
• We are currently in the “setting up house” mode: It is a huge blessing to be able to find a house so quick and to start to settle.

We would like to start by saying thank you. Thank you for your faithful support over the years, thank you
for your prayers for the ministry and us here in Colombia, thank you for the Christmas gifts and many
other gifts you have sent to us, and thank you, thank you for your sacrificial giving! I could write a whole
book on how we are so thankful to God for you all but I believe you also want to hear an update on the
ministry here in Colombia.

We hope you have a great time with your loved ones celebrating the greatest gift in
history.

We are looking for a piece of land/building for our first church plant. It has been more than five
years since it was started, and the place we are currently in is being rented, and it is getting too
small. Please help us pray for God to guide us in finding the right place and raising funds.

Over the last few weeks, outreach at Iglesia Bautista Vision was focused on the mountains. While most of the city's
population is in the valley, hundreds and sometimes thousands of people live in the mountains, which are often difficult to
reach.

Over the last few weeks, we have seen how God has been working in the lives of our young people in Colombia.