ABOVE: our back woods at home in Nov and Dec....no snow to amount to anything yet!..A VERY mild winter so far

Happy New Year, all of you!!
...this is the first year for a long time that we will have more time at “home base” ...January AND February AND March.....then we head to Canada in April through September, and God willing, we plan to return to Colombia, South America for October and November!

The studio in Bogota is usable, but still needs a lot of “polishing up” work and refining of the walls, structure, etc. Plus the airlines have raised fees and costs for luggage, etc. which necessitates our gathering more funding to be of real use to Russ and Colombia para Cristo when we go there.

Lowell Lundstrom taught us a very valuable lesson early on in our ministry....”God’s Will, God’s Bill!” .. we have found that to be very true in the 29 years we have been full time serving the Lord.

Speaking of Lowell Lundstrom, we were much saddened in December to learn of Connie Lundstrom’s passing on to be with Jesus....she will be much missed here by many...incuding us!

We are utilizing the much-needed time at home with dentists, haircuts, chiropractor, physicals, home church reports, relatives, friends, tax appts...seems like there is never enough time in any given day...PLUS the house...office particularly....needs a drastic cleaning. Some files haven’t seen the light of day in 29 years, and need sorting, for sure.

We do miss Frank and Ferne Holmes (both have gone on to be with the Lord) As our early mentor, along with Lowell Lundstrom, there was SO much wisdom they shared. (Now if we can only utilize all they passed on!)

Our 3 sons and 2 grandsons and my sister(BB’s) are all fine, and doing great. Al is still based in Nashvlle, and GR in Minneapolis. Both made it home for Christmas, and thanks to telephone conferencing, we were able to share much of the holidays with youngest son Tom in Colorado.

I will try to write more, but my “Mac” has to go in for servicing, and I may not get to an update til in February...we’ll just have to see!

“the busy bears”...Rick and Bebe...