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May 2019

Third generation missionaries church planting in Panama

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Ethan’s brother Andrew and his family
came to visit us several weeks ago.
Andrew and his family are missionaries
in south Mexico. They came for almost
two weeks to teach a music camp in
San Félix and a mini-conference in Rio
Fonseca. It was wonderful to minister
alongside each other and to enjoy family
time after so long apart.
accompanied by real instruments!
Andrew Shields The music camp was an outstanding
success. The girls of the Lighthouse
Girls Home and a Ngäbe pastor learned
music theory, choral singing, and how to
play instruments such as guitar,
recorder, and melodica. Previously in
church, we used music tracks for
congregational singing, but now we are
family

recorder

guitar
melodica

Ethan recently completed a two molars pulled due to Our Costa Rican coworker,
three day Mountain Medicine infection and cysts. Looking Nahum, and I made an
Course taught by search and back at a cat scan, the affected exploratory trip for the
rescue professionals. It was area is present above her teeth possibilities of a new church plant
excellent training for providing showing the infection had been in the village of Rincón de
Chorcha. One of the students
basic medical care in remote there for quite a while. We are
from the Bible Institute, Alexander,
villages and for dealing with hoping that removing and is from this village. Nahum will be
emergencies on the hiking trail.
t re a t i n g t h e i n f e c t i o n w i l l leading this church plant until a
improve her overall health.
local leader is sufficiently trained.
Please keep praying for Beth’s
health. On top of all the crazy Elena went to the ER two Pray for wisdom, open hearts,
symptoms we mentioned in the times last month for abdominal and the Lord’s leading in Rincón
last newsletter, she recently had
issues, but with some de Chorcha.
treatments and slight diet
change, she is now doing fine.
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Beth’s parents came to visit

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