Transition time: Over the past year and a half I (Pete) have felt
torn between the two jobs that I have held with WGO these past five years. Over the past year, in discussions with the
COO and CEO, it was agreed that due to greater ministry needs that these two
positions I have led need to be two separate roles. So, I have begun transitioning solely to the
Human Resource Director and look forward to the Mission House continuing to be
a home to thousands of team members. I could never choose which job I wanted. I enjoyed both jobs and while I will miss
operations, our family will be in prayer to be sure this is where God wants our
family to be.
Elder time: Prior to leaving for furlough, Angie and Pete
were approached by our Pastor in Honduras to pray about Pete becoming an Elder
of our church, Centro Cristiano International (CCI). Through prayer we received confirmation and
on Sept 1, 2013 Pete was approved and presented to our CCI Fellowship
congregation as an Elder. Our Honduran
church is an English speaking service part of CCI. CCI is a large global church based in
Tegucigalpa and has many church plants over the world including Honduran
missionaries sent to other parts of the world.
Each of the five services a week has a structure set up of a Senior Pastor,
an Assistant Pastor, and a group of Elders.
They oversee and organize each service and what is offered there. Elders also teach from time to time and we
ask you to keep Pete in your prayers regarding this. One of Pete’s prayers that were answered was
having time to devote to this position of Elder. During the summer Pete was trying to arrange his
schedule to see if he could accommodate this new responsibility and the time
that it would take weekly. He decided
that he could take Thursday off from both of the WGO jobs and not upset his
responsibilities too much. However, God
is a better organizer than Pete and He decided that one WGO job and Eldership
was better than two jobs. Now with his
transition within WGO to one job in HR, Pete will now have Saturdays and Monday
nights off from ministry duties.
Kid Time: On August 12th, Nick and Lily
began their sophomore year in school.
Here is their First Day of School picture. They will have AP Psychology, Algebra II and
the normal set of other assorted classes.
Nick has been accepted on the Knowledge Bowl team again and they will
begin practicing this month during lunch to defend their country-wide title
that was earned last year. Lily is on
the track team this fall and will run in several sprints. This is her first time in track and we have
assured her that the “shin splints” will end at some point. However, most of the normal aches and pains have
already ended and it is good exercise. She
is amazed by the muscle definition she has developed just over a few weeks of
practice.
Nick was going to join the Basketball team; unfortunately, the
Saturday before practice was to begin he injured himself playing a pick-up game
of b-ball. He slipped on a wet spot on
the gym floor and turned his leg. His knee
cap went in one direction while the leg went in another. Pete and Angie were called to the gym that
afternoon. We have never seen or heard
our son in so much pain. In the states
you call 911 and have trainers and EMTs come and help. In Honduras, not so much. We called our nurse from WGO and Angie went
to pick her up. When she arrived we
taped catalogs to Nick’s knee and rolled him over. Thankfully his knee cap popped back into
place and immediately his pain was significantly reduced. This was just the beginning. We then had to place him on a shelf (the only
thing long and firm enough that we could find), lift him up, and walk up the
bleachers to our car parked outside. Of
course, it was dark and raining out. We put
down the backseats of our 4-runner and angled Nick, still on the shelf, into
the back. We drove down the mountain
about 25 minutes to the clinic in the city where Nick received very good
care. He was casted since they did not
have knee immobilizers in stock. Angie
purchased a knee immobilizer on Monday and brought it back to the clinic on
Tuesday. Nick had his cast removed and
the knee immobilizer put on. He will
wear it for at least three weeks. For what reason did Nick get hurt days before
the basketball season started? Why did
God allow this to happen? Why is this
not more serious; no damage to tendons or other muscles or ligaments? Only God knows the reason and we have to
humble ourselves at times to allow him to work in us.
We are looking forward to our
sending church being in Tegucigalpa with us next month. They will arrive on October 12 and stay for
the week serving in two local Honduran churches. We will have a warm welcome for Good
Shepherd.
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