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Newsletters

Below are links to some of our most recent newsletters. You may download any complete newsletter by clicking "Download File".

October 2021 Newsletter
File Size: 1975 kb
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Our stay in the USA has been a lot longer than expected!
  • We are helping to get our second airplane ready to send to Bolivia.
  • The airplane currently in Bolivia is out of service for extensive repairs.
  • We look forward to returning to Bolivia in December 2021!

April 2021 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Aaron has been making many ministry flights with ITM.
  • Classes have begun at the missionary Bible training center.
  • Our second airplane has been provided for.
  • We have a 3-year-old in the house!

January 2021 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Aaron's pilot certificate was finally convalidated to fly in Bolivia!
  • We spent some time reflecting back on 2020.
  • The big kids started a new online high school program.

October 2020 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • The quarantine restrictions are easing up.
  • Presidential elections take place in Bolivia this month.
  • The Lord has provided a second airplane for ITM. We continue to pray for the resources to refurbish it and bring it to Bolivia.
  • Aaron has been participating in more ministry flights, and is in the process of applying for his Bolivian pilot certificate.

April 2020 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Due to the current pandemic, we are quarantined in our home.
  • We continue to study Spanish and prepare for the ministry to resume when we are released from quarantine.

January 2020 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We had to return to the States for a time, due to political unrest in Bolivia.
  • We are now back in Cochabamba.
  • ITM recently held their first Bible training of 2020

October 2019 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We've moved to Bolivia!
  • The kids are focused on learning Spanish and taking an online class until they start school in February.
  • We are getting settled in and focusing on language learning for the next few months.

July 2019 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We left our home in North Carolina, and are raising the additional support we need to move to Bolivia. Part of this process was getting rid of many of our worldly possessions.
  • We are thankful for the Lord's provision and continue to trust Him as we prepare for the big move!

April 2019 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We have been accepted to serve with International Tribal Ministries in Bolivia!
  • You can help send us to Bolivia!
  • Aaron continues to help out at MAG, and recently earned his tailwheel endorsement.
  • We are excited about ITM's focus on church planting. Read our newsletter to find out why.

January 2019 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We hope to join International Tribal Ministries in Bolivia, and have our final interview with the board of ITM in March.
  • Aaron completed his apprenticeship with MMS Aviation and Missionary Air Group. The last few weeks of the apprenticeship were spent flying in Mexico with UIM Aviation.

October 2018 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Aaron earned his commercial pilot certificate, and is going to Mexico to complete his training.
  • We are traveling to Bolivia in December, and are praying for wisdom about serving there long-term.

July 2018 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We welcomed Aliza into our family!
  • Aaron was in charge of the 100-hour inspection on our primary training aircraft.
  • We continue to pray for wisdom regarding some big decisions, and patience to wait on the Lord.

October 2017 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Our training aircraft went to MMS Aviation for final repairs and assembly.
  • We saw the total solar eclipse!
  • Aaron continued instrument training and received a flight training scholarship.

July 2017 Newsletter
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Repairs are underway on our training airplane.
  • Aaron started instrument training.
  • The kids participated in baseball, softball and tennis.

April 2017
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • Tara traveled to Mexico with a team from our church to help build a house for a single mother.
  • Aaron was involved in an accident, but we praise the Lord for the ways he worked in and through an otherwise bad situation.

January 2017
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Highlights from this newsletter:
  • We moved to Burlington, NC to begin serving with Missionary Air Group.
  • Ian and Aaron went to Clendenin, West Virginia to help with flood relief.

2016 Newsletters

January 2016
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April 2016
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July 2016
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October 2016
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