~OUR WELCOME HOME GIFTS...WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM ARGENTINA!!~

But first...Let's...

~LOOK BACK!~

2004 found our family leaving Phillip's pastorate in AZ., and doing 8 months of deputation.
May 2005 found us moving to Costa Rica for 1 year of INTENSE Spanish study.
June 2006 found us moving to Bogota, Colombia to begin nearly 8 years of ministry there. (2006-2013)
2011 found us moving to Argentina (While we were still working in and out of Colombia) and working for Jesus there for 5 months.
2012 we were back in Colombia.
2013 found us closing our chapter of having a HOME in Colombia, and coming home for deputation. (We have told our Colombia people we are "married to them for life" and will continue to PRAY for, and minister to/with them!)
2014 found us going to minister in Argentina for 6 months, then coming home to have baby Abigail.
Dec. 2014 we spent one month back with our Dear people in Colombia, on our way back to Argentina.

2015 marked our 10th Anniversary 

of being MISSIONARIES!

2015 found us spending nearly a year ministering back in Argentina once again.
Dec. 18th, 2015 found us coming back to the U.S.A. from South America, but to continue working as full-time missionaries with our mission. 
With our Children's age, we have been planning for years to come back at this time.
We remain under appointment with Global Holiness Mission to continue serving Colombia and Argentina.  
We will be making trips to teach, preach, and disciple the nationals on the fields.
Now that we are serving our people with missions trips from out of the States, we will also be ministering via digital and written ministry in Spanish and English for those that are on the field. We so appreciate all of y'all's prayers for us! None of this would be possible if it weren't for a team effort of you and others like you. God has been doing great things, let's ask and expect more from Him!
A Missions trip is planned for March!
Phillip and Kimberly and our Ass. pastor Paul Pilmore, and his kids Zack,and Anna are headed to minister to our beloved people in 3 different cities in Colombia, and in the Christian School in Paraiso IN MARCH!
PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS ENDEAVOR!
THANK YOU!

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 For some time we have needed to finish the soffit and fascia around the top of our house.  We got a new roof, but haven't gotten the soffit and fascia done yet.
While we were gone to Argentina, 
a DEAR SQUIRREL FAMILY MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE, 
through a HOLE in our fascia and soffit!! :-(
Growing up I loved this book, Miss Suzie!

If you've never read the book, Miss Suzie is a lovely little ol' squirrel who gets run out of her house in the tip top branches of a tree by some other bad squirrels, and she has to go find a new home.  
It begins to rain, and Miss Suzie quickly seeks shelter in the attic of an old house!  
She finds it a delightful little place, and begins to live there.
SUCH A LOVELY STORY...
UNTIL IT'S Y.O.U.R. OLD HOUSE THAT MISS SUZIE THE SQUIRREL 
AND HER FAMILY MOVE INTO!!!  :-(
When My sister told me about the squirrels, I thought I would DIE!
Thankfully, Daryl borrowed a squirrel trap and was able to catch the squirrels, and also put out some kind of something around our house....that keeps wild animals away.
Then Dear Dave K. came over and closed up the hole where the squirrels were getting in! 
It's sort of hard to see, but here's the hole before...~

 ~And here it is after Dave K. "attacked it." :-) ~

~For years my dear sister Laura and her family have been A HUGE BLESSING.  
Each time we were coming back from the mission field, they would get our house all ready for us.
THIS TIME...with 6 squirrels having been in our house, and with our having a BABY who still crawls / walks around, Laura knew she would need LOTS of help to THOROUGHLY clean our house!!
LAURA WANTED TO WASH EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SQUIRREL-GERM-FREE!
So several from our DEAR Christian Nation Church took home our bed linens to wash, our towels to wash, blankets, pillows, etc!
And others came and helped shampoo carpets, shampoo furniture, dust, vacuum, clean bathrooms, wash all my dishes, utensils, wash off furniture, ETC., ETC., ETC.!!!
Still others gave money or bought groceries to help fill our 'fridge, cabinets, and freezer!
LAURA AND HER DEAR CREW WORKED THEIR HEADS OFF Cleaning our house from the top to the bottom!!!
We will ALWAYS BE INDEBTED TO LAURA AND OUR DEAR CHRISTIAN NATION CHURCH!!!!
There's NO WAY I would have had the energy to clean all the house, plus do all the unpacking and organizing!!
THANK YOU TONS, LAURA, AND OUR DEAR CHRISTIAN NATION CHURCH FAMILY!!!!!
 ~One day when Phillip was redoing our 2nd floor bathroom, Phillip was in Lowe's and he found a beautiful fiberglass claw foot bath tub that had been dropped off the truck and cracked!!!
He got the damaged clawfoot tub for a song (compared to new prices,) with plans of getting a company to come in and fix it. 
However, the companies he called, WOULD NOT TOUCH IT!!
So, since our lives have been filled with Working for Jesus in other countries, Phillip had not had time to try to fix the tub himself.
Just before we came home...
Bro. Mark (our mission director) put Steve Mills up to the challenge of FIXING our damaged bathtub to surprise us.
SURPRISE US, HE DID!!!
~As you can see from this pic, Mr. Steve did a GREAT job! 
I'm so HAPPY to have a pretty tub.~

~A handy little rack for our tub I found in Goodwill.~

~And just because...here's a pic of a little more of our bathroom.
I still LOVE my sign that Kimberly made me that says:
"Peace is not the Absence of Trouble, but the Presence of CHRIST!"~

~Bro. Mark is an excellent Electrician.  

When we left for Argentina, all our lights were just the cable...and a light bulb. :-)  

Bro. Becker called us while we were still in Argentina and told us that Some Dear folks had donated money and we were to go on-line to Lowe's or Home Depot and choose some new 

light fixtures for our house.

WE WERE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!

Dear Bro. Mark ordered and picked up our new light fixtures, then brought 

them to our house and hung them all!!!

~Here's our Nice ceiling fan for our living room.~

~And our classy light in the entry way.~

~Another view of the entry way.~

~And then Phillip and I found this lovely chandelier (that reminds of  Argentina...and the Victorian style too) on SALE so we paid for it, and Bro. Becker had it hanging in our dinning room when we came home!! (Bro. Becker also hung a couple other lights, but I don't have pics of them.  And he bought and put on all our fixture covers!!)   
THANKS TONS, Bro. BECKER!!!~

~At Christmas time I got some new Bath towels (inside these gift bags) for my sweet sister Laura,
NOT TO REPAY HER FOR ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL SHE HAS DONE FOR US...
But as a tiny THANK YOU!!~

~HEATHER~