Hello there...

Hey guys! Allison and I just wanted to let you know that we are here in Costa Rica safely now that we've returned from Christmas with family! We know its been 2 months since we posted a blog. It seems that the last month or so of language school was incredibly busy and preparing to come back to Georgia for a visit with family during Christmas took more time and effort than we thought. We returned to Costa Rica on January 5th and have since been shopping for appliances that we can afford and furniture that is worth sitting on! Our home that we're renting doesn't come with any furniture or appliances! So, with money that was donated by people like you, we are able to boil a pot of water and keep our sweet tea cold in the frig! THANK YOU!!! :) On a slightly more serious note, I found out yesterday that I will be on a 5 man team going into Haiti to do structural assessments and installations of water purification systems and waste-water assessments of Haiti's current water system conditions. We will be leaving Costa Rica tomorrow and flying to Miami where we will catch a chartered flight to Port Au Prince around noon on Tuesday. We do not know how long we will be there or how easy returning to Costa Rica will be. As with most things in disaster response, everything is very fluid and "make-it-up-as-you-go". I've posted our prayer requests below:

1. Pray for me. I will be encountering things I've never imagined and the psychological, spiritual, and emotional toll it takes could be difficult.
2. Pray for our team, that we would be effective and that the Lord would bless our efforts to help the people of Haiti and that we would be a light in a very dark, grim situation.
3. Please pray for Allison. This will be the first time that she will be without me in Costa Rica. Pray that the other missionary wives would support her and that she would find peace and rest while I'm gone.
4. Please pray for the people of Haiti. I think we all understand that what is, and has been, going on in Haiti for the past one hundred years has more to do with spiritual poverty than emotional, physical, or economical poverty. Please pray that the Lord would use this as an opportunity to beckon Haitian hearts to himself.

Allison plans on blogging more in the next week or so. So, stay tuned for her blogs while I'm gone! Again, thank you so much for all that you do for us in allowing us to be here and in your prayer support for us. We love you all very much.

For our King,

Josh & Alli