A Decision Made!

We have been home now for 2 weeks. Rocky has been working a bit, which is great. We seem to be accumulating more bills than paychecks these days!
While we were on our Vision Trip, there were many things that the Lord impressed upon us. I suppose that is what a vision trip should be all about, right? Hearing from the Lord.
One thing became very clear to both Rocky and me - we need to focus on learning Spanish. We have been stumbling along, but that is just not good enough any more. So, we are committing to 3 months of language school - 4 hours/day/5 days a week one-on-one instruction! This will be stretching for both of us. We really do desire, although, to have enough language that we can share our hearts with those we are ministering to without the language standing in our way.
Another thing we both felt very strongly was the need to partner with a sending agency that could not only provide our supporters with a stable, reliable avenue to give, financially, and receive tax receipts, but also an organization that would be able to provide Rocky and me with a covering. We found one: CTEN (Commission to Every Nation). Their mandate is, "to help ordinary people do extraordinary things with God." CTEN offers its missionaries an incredible support system and we are really excited about this. Our paper work is all in and we now waiting to hear back from the head office in Texas. Once accepted, we will be assigned a Pastoral Care Couple who will be responsible for us. They will visit us twice a year out on the field and will be available to us via phone and email whenever we need to talk, need advice or just have a question.
And, finally, the real reason for trip - to determine where God wants us to sow our lives. We were not really sure about this until last weekend. All four of the ministries we visited really were incredible. They were all very different in size and structure, yet each one is working towards building God's Kingdom and each one could use some extra help. The more we talked about the different ministries and prayed about where we should go, the more one particular ministry seemed to stay in the forefront of our minds - Mano con Mano. It wasn't that this was the most established ministry we visited or that our jobs would be easily defined and fixed. In fact, there will be many unknowns for us here, but it is where we believe God is calling us to be. We are in the process of communicating with the directors of Mano con Mano Health Reach who will, in turn be communicating with the board of Mano con Mano regarding our placement.
We are excited to see what the next 6 months holds, as we dig in and really study Spanish, build a relationship with CTEN and Mano con Mano, establish a home and begin to plug into ministry once again. Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support. We are truly blessed!