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What a joy it was recently to gather as South American Covenant Mission teams from Colombia and Ecuador. As well, we were joined by Bob Auger, from Member Care, Byron Amundsen (who led a security and safety workshop), Baxter and …

“Praise him! Praise him! All the little children. God is love. God is love.”

Both Mary Lou and Gary sang these words as little children attending Sunday school classes. Throughout our 25+ years in Colombia we have had many opportunities …

The 2^nd Pacto Men’s Encounter, addressing “Building Peace with Masculine, non-Violent, Holy Men”, where 40 men from the various Pacto Churches in Colombia, was held in Cali the last weekend of September. Such a blessing to see men taking …

Nur Cogollo had raised her hand and contributed to the discussion of the Family in the class that we, (Mary Lou and Gary) were teaching in the hamlet of El Hato. It was common for Nur to speak up in …

It is an added joy on Home Assignment to be the recipients of so many people extending to us the blessing of caring for us. On our Home Assignment of 3 ½ months, we will have stayed in 25 different …

Some of the definite blessings of being on Home Assignment are the surprises that happen – events we are able to be a part of that we had not counted on and people that we are able to interact with …

As we are on Home Assignment for these months, it causes us to think through the various Home Assignment opportunities (this is number six) we have had in our 25 years as Covenant Long Term missionaries. We have enjoyed each …

We are headed off next week for a 3 ½ month Home Assignment – a concentrated time of connecting/interacting with Prayer, Support, and Ministry partnership churches and individuals in the U.S. We will begin our time in Texas, move on …

Mary Lou and Gary celebrate a 40^th anniversary today, February 5, 2015. It was 40 years ago we sat down together in a stairwell of the North Park College Mellander Memorial Library and talked with each other for the …

Over three years ago, during a work/mission week of construction and men’s ministry in the small hamlet/pueblo of La Ye de Sahagun, with the First Covenant of Sacramento men’s team, four men came as representatives of the South Coast Colombia …