Sharon and I hope that you are well. During January and February we continued to study Spanish and work through our sabbatical material. They both have their challenges! As you may recall from our last update one of our best friends, Kathryn Grifo, has been bedbound since November. After hearing more details from Scott, her

Sharon and I hope the beginning of the new year has moved your hope forward and up. Before leaving the US we attended a Growth and Renewal Retreat in Michigan put on by Alongside Ministries. We were joined by nine other foreign missionary couples and their families. The schedule was grueling (emotionally) – two seminars

Sharon and I started the Rest Phase of our sabbatical in northern Arkansas in June. It was a bit later than we had originally planned. One of the reasons was so that we could complete the paperwork for a car that was gifted to us! Some friends blessed us mightily with their 2002 Toyota Camry.

We love our work in Honduras and are passionate about doing it well. We strongly believe we have been called to live and work with the Honduran people, many of whom we call friends. This year marks our 11th year as full-time missionaries and Sharon’s 30th year of missions’ work in Honduras! We also celebrated

Once again, Chris and I are long overdue for sending an update. I actually wrote most of it in August. All I can say is that Life is FULL and so is this update! Early this year on our return to Honduras, I (Sharon) jumped right into getting our house cleaned and livable after being

Sharon and I hope you are truly well. One of my students recently told me, “Teacher Chris, I didn’t have time to do my homework.” To which I replied, “Didn’t I see you outside playing yesterday afternoon?” They started to open their mouth to reply and then thought better of it. This is one advantage

We are excited to welcome two new missionary families to Give Hope 2 Kids! Oscar and Kathryn are our new apartment neighbors in Urraco. They are both working hard at the school and setting up their new home. Kathryn has taken over 1st and 2nd grade, and Oscar is teaching one of our special needs