How's the kids?

We get this question a lot because, they grow so fast!

Alicia

She is now 16 and finishing up her junior year of high school.  She speaks pretty fluent Spanish and does a lot of translating for teams.  She is participating on the drama team that Mark put together that participates in school ministry as well as street ministry.  Alicia will be spending the summer in Chico, CA participating in the 24-7 program at YWAM Chico.  This program is like a mini-dts that teaches leadership and service.  She's excited to venture out on her own for 8 weeks!  We aren't as excited for her to be gone, but, really happy that this opportunity has presented itself for her.  Her future plans include some college online next year and then in 2013 she plans on moving in with her grandparents and attend nursing school in Brainerd.  After school, she wants to return to Guatemala to work with villages that don't have a lot of medical care.  She is also trying to coordinate a mission trip for our youth group here in Antigua to go to San Andres Quiche to minister to needs there.

Bailey

Bailey is 14 and finishing her freshman year of high school.  She speaks really good Spanish and also participates in the drama team ministering in schools and on the street.  She loves music and art and is very gifted in drawing.  She has been taking piano and excelling at it!  She hopes to participate in the youth worship team later this summer after a few more weeks of lessons.  She will be spending the summer working with the different teams that will be arriving to work with YWAM Antigua this summer as well as helping to get ready for the DTS students who arrive in July. 


Christopher

Christopher has just turned 13 and is finishing up 7th grade.  He is taller than I am and he is still growing--too fast in my opinion!  He speaks excellent Spanish and also has been helping with translating with teams and also for Mark in the park.  He is busy with computers and friends and we are so thankful that he has a gift for computer technology and has fixed things here many times!  He LOVES spending time with his friends and playing computer games and just hanging out.  He just started attending our church's youth group and it's been fun to see him be part of what God is doing in our youth.  He will be helping with sound and video editing for our ministry this summer and with the teams that are coming.

So that's it!  They are growing fast and it's fun to see God work in their lives.  Thanks so much for all the support and prayer we receive for our family--it's such a blessing!

--Dayle