Peter and Laura Marshall

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Marshall Family Newsletter: May 31, 2009

It is time to sit down and have a chat with all of our friends. So I’ll make a cup of hot chocolate because it’s cold in South America and you all make a glass of ice tea. This has been a very hectic year for us so far. It all began back in January when I went to the New England district for a winter tour. I enjoyed being back in Maine which is my home state. I got to go ice fishing, snowmobiling, and water rescuing under the ice and of course skiing. I even did a little speaking about missions along the way. It was great to be back in winter. At the end of the tour I spent a week with my parents before heading back to Uruguay. Four days later my Dad fell in the kitchen and broke his hip for the second time. He was to have his second renal dialysis treatment that morning. But he was taken to the hospital and two days later he died of end stage renal failure. He was 81 years old. I am just so thankful to God for the few days I got to spend with him just before he died.
The Lord knew what was going to happen even when I did not. He is a wonderful God.
Church planting: Even though there have been some ups and downs we have been able to move ahead on the church planting project in Maldonado. I have been traveling there once a month since March. We have three families that I meet with each time. These are families that have shown interest in planting a church. I usually share something from Scripture, pray and minister to individual needs. Two of the families are composed of believers and non believers. A couple of weeks ago the pastor, who will eventually join us, and I did a prayer walk around the two areas that we are targeting. We also did a survey; talking to random people about their religious beliefs. At this point we are hoping to get a feel for their receptivity to the Gospel. Most of the people we talked to were either non believers or involved in beliefs such as Meta physics or Gnosticism.
House Hunting: Last week Laura and I spent the week in Maldonado looking for a house. It was a difficult week. There are 300 rental agencies and only 8 who deal with year around rentals. And we learned quickly that the different agencies all show the same houses. But the Lord was so good to us. There was just one house that was not listed with an agency. One of our friends had a friend who knew about this house. So after looking at it we contacted the land owner directly and were able to make an offer that was reasonable for us all. So, Lord willing as of July 1 we will be residents of Maldonado.
Summer 09 for our family: We are still trying to parent our family from a long distance with a lot of help from our friends. In June Sara will graduate from high school.and be returning to the States. She will be joining her other 2 sisters who are living with Yogi and Joy Durbin (pastor and wife of Heartland Alliance church in Lexington, Oh) this summer and working at a school supply warehouse. In the fall she is headed to Huntington University near Fort Wayne, Indiana

Prayer Requests/Answers to Prayer

Prayer requests:
1) For Sara’s transition to the US and for our 3 girls as they live and work in Ohio.
2) For Mom, Dad and Nathan as we pack up and move to Maldonado.
3) For Peter’s Mom as she continue to adjust to living alone.
4) For the 3 families whom we are ministering to in Maldonado.
5) Praise for a dorm situation for Nathan next year at school.
We have been very aware of Gods protection and many blessings over the past few months. And we are so grateful to all of you for praying

Uruguay

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