Can you believe we’re already in November of this crazy year? It’s been the longest/shortest year ever. Ministry is really picking up here in Oaxaca, along with the “normal” day to day life. Every week seems a little more like life before the pandemic.  Right after our last update, we celebrated Mexican Independence Day with…

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,Like the rivers of water;He turns it wherever He wishes. (Proverbs 21:1 NKJV) As I write this post, it is the day before the U.S. election. Growing up, I was interested in U.S. politics while my peers were interested in sports. I even earned a degree in political science before God called…

As many of you already know, I have been busy since the beginning of 2020 with the dubbing of a great movie from Living Waters, which is such an amazing tool of evangelism to reach out to the French population, mainly those familiar with the use of the internet – YouTube more specifically. The oppositions…

The Aussie Connection Newsletter from the Russell’s Greetings, we pray you are doing well and having a blessed day.  On Wednesday, the 28th of October, part of our three-and-a-half-month stage 4 lockdown was finally lifted here in Melbourne. Once we get to a partial reopening on November 23rd, we’ll have been under stay at home…

October 2020 Hello Friends! I would like to start by saying, Wow, your amazing support during my time in Calvary School of Missions was overwhelming. I feel so encouraged by you partnering with me in the Gospel. What an honor it is to serve together.  It has been sometime since I last updated you, so…

Greetings from Mexico, I hope this update finds you and your family healthy and blessed! This past month, our church was blessed to host the national Pastors and leaders conference for Mexico. We had 100’s of friends fly in from all over Mexico along with the local ministries and churches and the conference was amazing!…

I thank you all for taking the time to read these updates. The Lord is good! I know you have known this a long time, but I cannot refrain from sharing about His goodness. We have been in California for a month now, and while we arrived without a place to live or a job…

…Another month has flown by! October was a bit of a slow month in the office as we focused on a lot of the usual tasks without the added workload of planning mission trips due to the continued shutdown. Although we in the office are not going far or long for the foreseeable future (we…

As you know, we moved to Northern California to take the senior (only) pastor position at Calvary Chapel Truckee.  We actually moved to Verdi, Nevada, as close as you can get to Truckee and not be in California. It’s about a 20 minute drive along the Truckee river, on the I 80, to get to…

Before anything, we want to thank God and every one of you that made this trip possible.  This year has been difficult for everyone, but your generous support helped us send our leaders to this refreshing conference. We were all encouraged by every teaching and the rich fellowship that followed. Pastors Chris Martinez, Bryan Parish…