Greetings.....so much has happened, Katherine and Alianna had a birthday this month!!!! I flew back to Guatemala, to learn from a group of missionary doctors, so many doors are opening up here!!!! Katherine and I are currently praying for the Lords guidance as to if he really wants us in Guatemala. We have met a group of Adventists missionary doctors, who share our vision for medical missions. We really feel that our ministry would flourish here because of the extreme need for medical attention. We have already establish a good relationship with a local Pharm D, as well as a few pharmaceutical companies who believe in our vision. We have developed a great friendship with three amazing doctors who serve full time in medical missions. Katherine and I were amazed as to how much we, interns, students, and short term team can do here. The amount of learning, serving and life changing experiences in Guatemala would far exceed what would be done in Costa Rica!
Costa Rica does have needs, but they do not have the extensive poverty that Guatemala has!
The amount of clinics we have done here in Guatemala in October, and December is more than half of what we did this year in Costa Rica. The U.S. dollar goes alot farther, and with the new connections we have made here in Guatemala, we wouldn't have the same problems with "red tape or administrative politics" like we have in Costa Rica. This is a very serious decision, as we don't know what will happen with our sponsors or the mission, we have no idea if they will agree or not, but in the end it's about what God wants and whats best for the family. Please help us with prayer, Katherine and I would like to thank everyone who supports us, we truly value your participation in our ministry. We hope to continue along with you and many others who believe in Christ centered medical attention. Katherine will begin working a secular Job in January, the amount of support we have received in the last couple of months has moved us to make some difficult decisions. Katherine will still be working in the mission, but I will be assuming more responsibility to even the work load. Our support will not be increasing by much this move is temporary, until we can get our support up, with our current support and Katherine's salary we will be at 40% of our total support. I will be posting a detailed budget, we hope this will better explain our support needs. We would like to thank everyone who is or has supported us, you have blessed us and many people in three countries. We hope you continue partnering with us in Medical Missions, we have big plans for 2010, we would like you and many others to part of what God is going to do next year!
In Christ,
David, Katherine and Alianna
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