Church Weekend: - This is when the whole church (just about) goes away for the weekend, this year to eastern Belgium. This is a very important time in the life of the church, spiritually, socially, emotionally, etc. The weekend, whose theme was the father-child relationship in the family and with our Heavenly Father, was well attended. There was openness and transparency as people shared about their family experiences and tried to better understand God as our loving and perfect Father. On Saturday night the church put on a presentation to honor Lisa and I for our work there. We were deeply touched.

Even better was the surprise on Sunday. Some of you may have been aware that one of our elders, Jacques, had made some poor choices about 6 months ago. He had left his family and the church and cut off contact with most all believers. There was much prayer by the whole church. A couple months ago Jacques returned to his family, but he had not yet returned to the church. On Sunday Jacques drove out to our church weekend in easter Belgium. He stood up in front of the whole church, confessed his sin and asked forgiveness. What a great victory for God! There is still much healing to do, but we have once again seen God do something that few of us thought possible.

The Move to Scotland:

- June 28-July 2: Lisa & I go to Aberdeen to secure housing.
- July 5: We turn in the paperwork for our British visas.
- Mid-July: We (hopefully) receive our visas.
- July 25-59: I (and a couple friends) move our things to Aberdeen.
- August 1: Our family moves to Aberdeen.
- August 17: Our kids start school in Aberdeen.
- October 1: I start at the University.

Thank you for you continued interest and your prayers.

We rejoice in that we have recently celebrated the first anniversary of the Salem Hispanic Church here in Colorado Springs. It was a joyful time as we have seen our church grow from about 12 to about 50. We have seen many come to Christ and several baptisms. The church has grown to the point where we need more programs especially for our youth. Please pray that we will be able to develop the leaders necessary.

Last week was somewhat bitter as one of our faithful men who served on our leadership team went home to be with the Lord. He suffered a severe heart attack and died about 24 hours later. Please pray for his wife of 56 years, Ana. His wit and wisdom will be sorely missed. Please pray for our leadership team also as his loss will greatly change the dynamics of our team.

Please pray also for the new church we hope to begin soon in the town of Pueblo, Colorado, a city 50 miles south of us. Pueblo is a city of about 102,000 which is 44% Hispanic. Rocky Mountain CBA (RMCBA) will help plant a Latino church. We are thankful that RMCBA will help with some of the start-up costs and the initial salary for the pastor as well as leasing the ministry a church building for a very minimal cost. MTTA has called and approved a pastor, Jose Quesada, to begin the work. He and his wife and two girls (4 and 6) presently are living in Chile. Jose has a visa, but they need visas for his wife and two children to come to the US. In order to get their visas they first need an appointment with the US counselet in Santiago, Chile and their visas will be approved or denied. Please pray: appointment will not be cancelled, they will have all necessary papers, and the person they meet with will be sympathetic to their desires. Their appointment will be Friday, June 25 at 8am Pacific Time and 10am Chilean time. Please begin praying with us now and take a moment at that time to pray for the above requests.