Stay tuned for a financial update below! Our trip to the US in August and September was wonderful! We were able to do a number of important ministry tasks while in the US. We were also so grateful to have had time to work on prioritizing Christ, both in our personal lives and in our…
Buying Viagra for the glory of Jesus Christ. This blog post is based on another missionary’s post and this one will be a lot easier if you stop for a minute and read their blog post (from which this one is based) first. Here is the link: https://hotzesbeyondtheborder.blogspot.com/2019/06/gravida-13.html (hint, I show up towards the…
We are writing to let you know about a change in our financial situation and some upcoming needs that we are praying about. As most of you know, God has chosen to support us through a combination of funds from Dave’s business in the USA as well as regular monthly supporters. Our total monthly budget…
I suspect many people wonder what in the heck we really do here at Loma de Luz and probably are just too polite to ask us. This video does a really good job of explaining what it is we DO do (anyone catch that reference – hint- Young Frankenstein) here at Loma de Luz. We…
This was, as they say, the moment parent’s pray for. I just didn’t know it yet. The text came from Ben saying, “Please come up here (to the house), I need to talk to you.” Ok, with a 17 year old, this could potentially mean a lot of things. Thankfully, the ride up to the…
We wanted to share a few Christmas photos with those of you who we love and could not be with. Marinajo (along with lots of help – especially from Rebekah) wrote and produced a short children’s Christmas program that was just so cute and such a blessing. Know that we are well and that we…
2018 was another blessed and eventful year. We celebrated our 10th anniversary of being here full time at Loma de Luz! We saw the opening (albeit a preliminary opening) of the Loma de Luz prosthetics lab and our first few prosthetics fit for patients. We also saw the successful completion of phase 1 of our…
The annual fall “march of teams” to Loma de Luz, several of which we sponsor every year. Our dear friends from Jacksonville Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Oregon annual fall visit (and bringing lots of treats with them!). The opening of the Prosthetics Lab and fitting the first two patients! For the 8th year running, helping…