Hello from Belize! I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and that your New Year’s celebrations went well. It is always such a joyous occasion to begin a new year. It doesn’t matter what the previous year looked like; January brings an o [...]
This past month has been a month of wonderful blessings. God has been so good to allow us to continue to serve Him and to see His hand at work. A couple of weeks ago, I received word from the church we planted in Guarulhos that they’d had a [...]
Can you believe that June is over?! The year is half over already. Looking back, it doesn’t seem like we have been in the States 3½ months already. God is good and has been good to us these past months. Our Family For the month of May and a [...]
We are so blessed! God is so good all the time! Thank you to all of you for your various forms of love shown to us at birthdays, anniversaries, etc.! Thank you for your faithful prayers and support! We could not be here without you standing [...]
We are excited to announce that Ezekiel John Christiansen was born on February 3, 2019. He was a week and a half past due, but when he decided to come, he didn’t waste any time! He was born only half an hour after Abbie’s contractions becam [...]
Our newest member of the Holmes family, Aaron Samuel, arrived on September 10 at 4:06 p.m.; he weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and was 19½ inches long. He was delivered at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; we brought Aaron home to my in [...]
Family Kayla has decided to wait a year before going to college so she can spend some time with her new baby sister, and I am not complaining. The long- awaited arrival of baby Annabelle Grace has come, weighing in at 7 pounds 12 ounces and [...]
AnnaBeth Marie October 9, 2017 On October 9, AnnaBeth Marie Christiansen was born! We know that people were praying for us, because God was obviously at work. Abbie’s contractions started at 9 a.m.—at less than 5 minutes apart! We thought [...]
January brought a very busy time of traveling and preaching in churches. With our new baby Alyssa being born, we had plans to go back to Bolivia at the end of January, but we decided that it would be better to stay and raise more support. S [...]
On April 1, 2017, Iglesia Bautista Vida Abundante was born in the city of Loja, Ecuador. We thank God for all He is doing! The first service we held was in a warehouse of Bro. Ruder Carpio. I’ll never forget that prayer meeting we held at 6 [...]
