Is there anybody out there?….

Hey. I have kept this blog alive but in a state of perpetual suspended animation for several years, hoping that I will start writing again. And I’m gonna! I promise!

But what I want to do right now is share a request:

Some of you who followed along on our journey of service in Honduras helped support our mission financially and prayerfully. I want to see if you might consider doing the same for our former colleagues, Dr. Isaac and Dr. Anne Hotz.

Isaac and Anne are two of the most talented and dedicated physicians that I have ever worked with. They helped carry me through countless gut-wrenching medical situations in our little hospital in the jungles of Honduras, while we raised our families and served the people in the nearby villages.  It was a life-changing experience that I will never forget.

My family and I eventually returned to the States and resumed our lives, but our friends stayed and persevered.  Now, they have embarked on a new purpose and vision, to start a needed hospital (Hospital Yojoa) in a different underserved area of Honduras, where they can provide high level medical care to people who otherwise don’t have access.   

Isaac will be in good ol’ Yakima/Selah, Washington very soon to share about this ministry. I would love for you to join us at Harvest Church at 7 pm, on Monday October 14th, to hear more about this labor of love. I promise it will be brief, and we’ll have some good Coffee and desserts.

see you soon; and stand by for some content!

Here’s a link to the hospital website as well:

https://www.hospitalyojoa.org/

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and Christmas season!

This Christmas I had an experience that I think every non-pervert, non-stinky, non-creepy man should get to enjoy—being Santa Claus.  When Dr. Judy, who runs the Sanctuary House Children’s Center (the orphanage), asked me to be Santa for the kids, I was honored and just a little bit nervous.  Could I gain enough weight in 3 weeks to pass for the pudgy ol’ elf?  Was my voice deep enough to get that hearty guttural ‘Ho Ho’ just right?  Were my cheeks rosy enough?  Did my eyes twinkle?  And, oh shoot, I don’t have dimples…

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