The new year brings with it many changes in our lives. As you all know we have

been planing to leave for Brazil this January and we have had visa problems. We just

received word that we are going to have to get some new documents and re-apply for

our visas. The Brazilian government has made some changes in what they are looking

for in a visa application.  We are going to receive new documents from New Tribes

leadership, and we've been told that even if all goes well with our re-application, we

will still not be able to leave for at least 2-3 months.

With this in mind, we sense the Lords leading to serve at the New Tribes Missionary

Training Center in Missouri until we obtain our visas. There are positions that we can

assist in right now to still be a part of reaching people with the Gospel. Ginger will

help in child care so that students can attend classes, and Christopher will help in the

Tech Center, fabricating and building solar panel systems to send to missionaries on

the field.