What a week! Tina left Bethany and Rachel at Pensacola Christian College in Florida. After many tears and prayer she got on a plane and joined me at Continental Baptist Missions, just outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
We presented our desire to start churches in the Spanish-speaking US and they put us through a week of intense missionary training. At the end of the process we were interviewed by about twenty pastors and waited out in the hallway while they voted. I was so happy to see the door open and the chairman-of-the-board extend his hand in welcome.
Tina and I will be transferring from Baptist Mid-Missions for two reasons. One is to be under a better and less expensive health insurance. The second is to change the perception of missionary work among the Spanish. It is no longer foreign missions, but home missions. We love Baptist Mid-Missions and are leaving on good terms with them. We are excited with our new friends at Continental Baptist Missions and hope soon to share our vision with churches in the States and employ new resources in reaching the Latino population among us.
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