Last update??? We'll see...

My time in Panama is coming to an end… once again, Thank You to all of you who have had me in your prayers and supported me in so many different ways during my time here. We are back in Panama City, and we are still going strong. I am sorry again for the lapse in time since my last update, it is not always easy to have the time or computer access, but somehow I managed to get both again. I have been given many different opportunities to evangelize and minister during this outreach. Our group kind of stumbled across a gift that God has given me, and that is to preach. I was given my first chance to preach a sermon at a church in Honduras, Easter Sunday, and just last week I was even given the honor of preaching at the youth service (college age) at Hosanna Church, which I found out is the biggest church in the country. I have also had the blessing to participate in different types of street ministry, God has such a wonderful variety in the ways that He is at work. I have talked to people of all different types with a huge range of backgrounds, from Panamanian Rastafarians to Honduran street children to short-term Wisconsinites. I have learned many things during my time here, and I know God has much more in store. After my graduation from the DTS program, June 2nd, I plan on flying to an area in Panama called Bocas Del Torro. This is an area near Costa Rica that has a very diverse culture and a lot of hippies and Rastafarians with a huge Caribbean influence, and I plan on spending my time between DTS and Mexico doing ministry there. It will be very interesting to see what comes from that time, and I am very excited to see the way God will work. From there I will be flying to El Paso, Texas to help out North Heights Church with a short-term mission project in Juarez, Mexico. We will be preparing for a group of students coming there the week after we leave. It will be so nice to see everyone again. I will finally be back at my Minnesota Homeland on the 17th of June. God still has a lot of work for me here, and I have plenty of stories to share when I get back. Thank you all so much for the time, money, prayers, everything you have put into this time of ministry. God has been faithful and done a great work in my life since being here. May God bless you and keep you.

-=Andrew=-