After a long day of delays, waiting at airports, and flying on airplanes, we made it to Medellin! We ended up waiting at the Minneapolis airport from 8am-3pm, while the airline found pilots and we were able to fly to …
Arriving
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Oh the places we went
Yesterday I (Katie) arrived back in Minnesota after 12 days of travel. I was accompanying Edith, the President of Colombia Covenant Women’s Ministries, as we were sponsored by women’s ministries from the Great Lakes and Canada Conferences. Thank you to …
38 flights
Last night, as we returned from two weeks of travel I counted the number of flights I have made since returning to the States in July 2015. Thirty-eight. In the past year I have been on an airplane 38 times. …
Limonada de coco and mate
This past weekend was a cross-cultural experience as we sampled a little bit of Latin America right here in Minnesota. Latin America is so diverse in its culture and comida (food). Yet within the diversity of the countries we have …
Picture of the week
Hello friends! This week’s picture has a lot of history behind it. This past weekend Katie and the boys traveled to Ellsworth, WI to visit a supporting church, while Julio was visiting another in Kirkwood, MO. In order to help …
Picture of the week
This past week we had the opportunity to participate in a mission experience that created awareness of all the different ways that the Covenant Church is serving globally.
We welcomed people into the experience by offering Colombian coffee or a …
Connections
What an incredible March was for connecting with friends and ministry partners from Wisconsin to the West Coast. We traveled by car and plane and were received with such warm hospitality. Many of our gatherings revolved around food (and some …
What does love look like?
“How can we serve your community?” This was the question that was asked by leaders at Comunidad Cristiana Shalom in Medellin as they visited with community leaders in one of the displaced neighborhoods where they had been building relationships. The …
Lives of service
It was in 1968 that Wayne and Mary Anne Weld and their family arrived in Medellin, Colombia to teach at the same seminary where Julio would eventually graduate from in 2004. And it was in 1968 when the Welds, along …
Picture of the week
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” – Psalm 46:10
A view of the Puget Sound. In the midst of a week full …