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| Jennifer with 3 of her students, 1997 |
Serving with
WGO since 1997!
1997-Jennifer came to teach at Centro de
Vida with WGO
2000- Robert moves to Tegucigalpa, where
we met and fell in love
2001- We married and Robert taught WGO
older youth
2002- We moved to Rancho Ebenezer to
teach together
2003-05- Moved back to the US temporarily
to be closer to family
2005- Moved back to Honduras and began
mentoring WGO young
adults at the Bridge House, where we lived
for 6 ½ years
2006-
Rodolfo moved into our home, becoming part of our family
2011- Robert was asked to be WGO’s Chief
Operating Officer,
overseeing our children’s
home, young adults, and serve teams
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| Rodolfo at age 6, living at Rancho Ebenezer |
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| Jennifer with WGO kids at Centro de Vida, 1997 |
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| WGO Mission House staff, part of our Honduran "family" |
As we began building a relationship
with a local Honduran friend, she asked about how the Bridge House and way we
were building responsibility into the lives of the young adults there. She then
shared about her own story.
She was a single, 65 year old woman, with no
retirement in site, and busting her tail, working to sheer exhaustion. She had
11 family members living in her house, with 7 adults all at home, none working,
and kids dropping out of school. She was
desperately needing advice, trying to find a way to get the adults in her home
busy working and financially helping instead of being a drain on her. After talking
with us, she went home, gave an ultimatum to her adult children, got the kids
and grandkids focused on being successful in school instead of dropping out,
and was thrilled to report to us the renewed hope she had and the relief she
felt as her family became more productive and helpful in her home.
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| Jennifer's brother and his boys came to visit in 2008 |
One
of the main things we have missed while living in Honduras is our family. We see each member of our family for only a
few days every year while we are in the U.S.
3 of our nieces and nephews were babies when we first moved to Honduras
and 2 more were born while we’ve been away.
Most of our grandparents have passed away now, and our parents are
getting older. Even with modern communi-cation, we still miss them greatly and
are sad at the time we have missed together.
But God has been faithful with giving us
“family” in Honduras that has made up for some of our felt loss. He has provided some solid friendships in
other missionaries, in local church family, and with Honduran friends, allowing
these relationships to become like family to us as well.
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| 6 of the Bridge House youth that lived with us, 2005-2011 |
We had friends give us Dave Ramsey’s financial program to teach to the youth at WGO’s Bridge House. Several youth still say, years later, that the financial teaching they received at the Bridge House has helped them immensely in their adult lives.
We have continued teaching Dave Ramsey’s program to adult Bible study groups, as well as our church’s adult Sunday School class. It has been a blessing in the lives of many missionaries too, encouraging us to be wiser with our money.
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| Our marriage in 2001 |
Missionary
Essentials
Teachable Flexible Humble
Quick to Listen Adventurous
Sensitive Seeking God & Growing
aCommunity-building Patient
Encouraging Positive-thinking
aCulturally Teachable Flexible
We praise God for His Faithfulness in our lives as He’s allowed us to serve in Honduras with World Gospel Outreach
