A Quick Update on the Way Out the Door

 I just read a report from one of the missionaries I'll be visiting with next. More in a moment, but for now, they mentioned the work it takes to balance family and work. Even as senior, empty-nester, "part-timers," Kathy & I have to work at that. Sometimes life is just full.

We got home, last night, from a wonderful visit with family in SC. 

On the way home we stopped at 2 stores to get a couple of items for two of the missionaries we'll see. The phone store was a zoo.

I was able to rise early every day we were gone, except 1, and I worked while Kathy drove. I got my prep to a phase I can say it is "done." PTL. Thanks for your prayers.

I have session handouts to print today, and packing, including all the "freight" I'm taking to others.

In the morning we'll pack the car and head to church where I am interim pastor. After church, we'll head up to Kathy's brothers where we'll spend the night and then head to Dulles Airport Monday morning.

Here is the schedule I know. There'll be a lot more worked in.

• 10:00 AM 1/1, take of from Dulles for a 13 hour flight to Ethiopia. I arrive there 1/2.
• After a 4 hour flight I arrive in Zambia, just before noon.
• For the first part of my stay I'll be at Amano Christian School in Chingola
  1/4&5, I'll speak 2 times and lead 2 discussion times at ACS's staff retreat.
  
• 1/10 I'll move to a fellow missionary's home in Kitwe.
• 1/11&12 I'll speak 8 times at the Zambia Baptist Association Leadership Conf.
• 1/14 I speak at Luanshya Baptist Church.
• 1/16, 12:45 PM, I start home. One flight will make a stop in Zimbabwe and the other in Rome. I get back to Dulles, 8:00 AM, 1/17.

About that family I just heard from. They are in need of support. In addition they are helping a Zambian family and an orphan college student. If you'd like to "meet" the Andersons, let me know, and I'll forward their letter. One of the items I bought, yesterday, is for the Andersons. If you'd like to make it a late Christmas present, let me know.

Also, please pray for Kathy, while I'm gone.

I'll see you on the other side.

By His Grace,

Howard Merrell

LMUSA Missionary Care Associate

(540) 620-8429

2106 S Carpenter Drive

Covington VA 24426

December News Letter

 

Some of Chad's family with us at Falling
Spring

Dear Partners,

 

I’m sitting out in my little 4 x 8 study. I’m taking a break from preparing some messages to write to you. I’ll be sharing the messages I’m working on in Zambia. I leave for my first trip to Africa on January 1. I’ll be gone for a bit over two weeks. Here is my rough itinerary.

·       I arrive at Ndola in Zambia on January 2.

·       I’ll go to Amano Christian School in Chingola to check in with missionaries who serve there. I’ll also meet with some of the students. I’ll share two messages and      lead two follow-up sessions in the Amano Staff Retreat.

      On the 10th I’ll travel to Kitwe, where I’ll be the guest of an LMUSA couple who serve at the Centre for Christian Missions University.        

      On the11^th and 12^th, I’ll be speaking eight times at the Zambia Baptist Association Leadership Conference. The theme of the conference is, “Why am I here?” I.E., why has God given me this position of leadership?

·       On the 14th I’ll speak at the Luanshya Baptist Church.

·       I begin the journey back on January 16.

In addition to preparing for the trip to Zambia, we continue to speak into the lives of the missionaries who make up the LMUSA Family. I lead a monthly Zoom meeting for missionaries and do some writing. Earlier this month I traveled to New Jersey two times, once to represent Pacific Islands University at a fundraising event and once for the Fall Board Meeting. Kathy is still planning to travel to Guam; she’s waiting for the right timing. She’ll be helping out and encouraging a single lady missionary, there. Watch for an update.

Please pray for our Global Ministries Director, Mike Branch. Mike is on a medical leave undergoing treatment for CIDP, a rare but treatable disease that attacks the nerve coating. To help cover for Mike, eight of us missionaries are taking a measure of administrative oversight for a particular area of the world. My sphere of interest is the USA, including USA territories. The plan is for the arrangement to continue after Mike’s recovery.

·       From the above you’ll notice some things to pray about.

·       You can see that, in particular with the new administrative responsibilities, we’ll probably be doing some more traveling, so please pray that our fund will remain funded. If you choose to invest in what we are doing, see the link below. Our fund is only used to cover ministry expenses.

·       One of our missionary families, who serve stateside, is moving. Pray that it will be a good move.

·       A single missionary lady is dealing with an attack of shingles. Pray that she recovers quickly.

·       Thank the Lord, with us, for the reports of good work that we hear about. Here is a sample.

·       Between now and January 17, when I arrive back home, I’d appreciate you praying for me as I prepare, travel, minister, and travel back. It’ll be a busy time. Please also pray for Kathy. She’ll be keeping things going back here.

We thank the Lord for good health, for a great thanksgiving with some of our family, and for you. You are here with me in my closet-study. You’ll be traveling with me as I fly, as well as staying here with Kathy, and you are part of our ministry of caring for those who share, as well as the teaching, preaching, counseling, and encouraging I’ll do in Zambia.

I probably won’t send another prayer letter until I get back, so I’ll take this opportunity to wish you and yours a blessed Christmas. The angel proclaimed, “[T]oday in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” That proclamation still needs to go forth. It is our privilege to work with and encourage those who are the proclaimers. Thanks for standing with us.

By His Grace,

Kathy & Howard

PS: Merry Christmas

 

 

November Newsletter

 Dear Partners in Ministry,

There are days when the news I hear from the missionary family, Kathy and I are privileged to work with, reminds me of the Book of Job. Did you know that:

·         The parents and grandparents of missionaries die at the same rate—1 each—as everyone else’s mom, dad, and grands?

·         Missionary kids get sick, like our kids?

·         Missionaries’ cars break down at inconvenient times? (Trust me; I know about this one.)

·         Ducks don’t line up just because someone has the title of missionary.

·         Unlike most of the rest of us, many missionaries deal with all of the above, and a great many more things that regular folk are only vaguely aware of.

Our goal as Missionary Care Associates is to be listening ears, compassionate friends, fellow grievers and rejoicers as the situation demands, someone who loves on the MKs (missionary kids) and more. We want to be there for these dedicated servants.

We greatly appreciate your prayers on our behalf.

·         In our last prayer letter, we asked you to pray for Kathy as she spoke at a women’s retreat in New Hampshire. The experience went well. I heard good reports about her ministry. We are very thankful to two dear friends for their help with logistics.

·         The recent death of a lovely friend and fellow-servant reminded to not take the measure of health we have for granted. Thanks for your part in that, through your prayers.

·         Mike, my supervisor at LMUSA, whom I mentioned in our last letter, continues to deal with weakness and tiredness. He is seeking further medical counsel.

There are several things going on right now and in the near future in our ministry. Please pray with us.

·         We are staying in touch with a life-long missionary, one of the toughest, most caring, faithful missionaries--or just anybody--that I’ve ever met. Our friend came perilously close to the “end of the rope” recently. Kathy has carried most of the weight on this one. It will likely involve a long trip for her sometime in the next six months. Please pray for our associate. Ask God for wisdom for us.

·         All human organizations are made up of humans with all our hang-ups and issues. Pray for the leaders in our mission as they try to help us work smoother and more effectively. This should encourage you to pray for them. Sometimes they listen to me.

·         I continue the simple practice of sending birthday greetings (sometimes late) to all our missionaries (at least those who let us know when their birthday is). On behalf of the mission, I send gifts to the MKs. Pray that this simple act will help communicate, “You are loved.”

·         January 1, I’ll be flying to Zambia. It’ll be a busy couple of weeks. We have several missionaries at Amano Christian School, in Chingola. I’ll be doing what I did for decades, pastoral visitation, with them and probably some other servants of our Lord. I’ll be the Spiritual Life speaker at the staff training session before the new school term starts up. I’ll be Uncle Howard to some kids.
I’ve also been asked to be the speaker at the Zambia Baptist Association Leaders Conference. One of our missionary couples works with this group. I’ve been asked to address the question, “Why am I a leader?” I am to speak eight times, five on one day and three the next. As of yet, I don’t even know exactly how to ask you to pray. Just pray! Romans 8:26-27 is appropriate.

·        

I’ll be making two trips to New Jersey in the next couple of weeks. One as a presenter in a fundraising event. I’ll be representing PIU. The other for the mission’s fall Board meeting.

Your generous giving in the past has made these current activities possible. Obviously, some of what I just mentioned will make a hit on our account. I’d be out of line to compare myself with the Apostle Paul, but I do consider you to be faithful supporters as were the folks in the Philippian church.

You have done well to share with us in our ministry . . .. Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account . . ..  We have received what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:14-19, personalized by hm )

By His Grace,

Kathy & Howard

September Prayer Letter

 

How many times in a week do you say something like, “I’m busy right now, I’ll get back to you later.”? It’s a normal happening. Generally, we call or text back in a short while.

When Kathy and I lived on Guam the time for us was about half-a-day ahead of most of our family back in the States. Often “later” meant either they or we were in bed, or at work or school. There were two windows of communication, one in the morning, and one in the evening. Calling a grandchild for their birthday or reaching out to a long-term friend for support could be complicated—often frustrating. I won’t mention dealing with the IRS at 1:00 AM. 😊

It’s just one example of the many things that stress those who live in another place, with a different culture, where “everybody” speaks a strange language, and where the days and nights are all mixed up.

Liebenzell USA appointed Kathy and me as Missionary Care Associates to help ease the stress for missionaries serving in difficult places. Quite often when I talk to one of “our” missionaries they will apologize for not being at our monthly SMMM (Second Monday Missionary Meeting), or not sending a thank you for a birthday present their child received. Kathy or I always assure them that no apology is needed. We host the monthly fellowship/prayer time, send gifts to MKs (missionary kids), and do the other things we do to be a blessing, not create another obligation. Our goal is to build a community of care. Missionaries are like the rest of us. We work better when we have encouragement. Many of you have contributed to the fund that allows us to encourage these valued servants. That encourages us. Thank you.

Here are some reasons we are thankful, and some matters we would appreciate you praying about. Not all of the following are directly related to our work with LMUSA, but they represent who we are at this point in life. Thanks for joining us in praise and prayer.

·       We praise the Lord for the good health we enjoy. We don’t take it for granted. Kathy is a dedicated walker. Over the last few months, I’ve gotten back into regular biking. Thank you, Lord.

·       My supervisor at the mission is Mike. Mike has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. He is suffering with general fatigue and weakness in his legs, particularly the right leg. Please pray for Mike.

·       It is fun to send birthday presents to the MKs on behalf of the mission. Sometimes it is complicated. International mail is expensive, often uncertain, and in at least one case nonexistent. Kindle books sometime work, as does Amazon. Pray that we can find creative and wise ways to bless the kids.

·       We are mostly past COVID in our day-to-day lives in North America, for some of our missionary family the virus remains a nagging problem. Sometimes it complicates travel. To vax or not can be a big issue. Pray for wisdom.

·       I’ll be traveling to Zambia in January. I’ll be visiting with several missionary families, speaking at a staff training gathering at an international Christian school, speaking at an English-speaking church, and participating in a national church conference. It will be a full two weeks.

·       It’s likely, sometime in the next several months, that Kathy will head back to Guam to help one of our missionary ladies finish up a remodeling project, as well as encourage others. Pray for wisdom on this decision.

·       We are seeking to encourage a young family who are planning to go to Ecuador. If you, or your church are interested in supporting a sharp couple, let me know. Please pray for Steven and Gwen.

·       Kathy and I continue to minister on Sunday mornings at a little church about forty miles from our home. Pray that we can help this congregation get back on a firmer foundation.

·       Kathy is speaking at a women’s conference in New Hampshire, next month.

·       Our family is well. We are glad to see significant ministry that comes from sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.

·       We are thankful that your past generosity is enabling our current caring-for-missionaries ministry. Our current ministry expenses are covered. We’ll keep you posted. If you have questions, get in touch with us.

We are busy, but we welcome your contact. If we don’t pick up the phone or answer an electronic communique right away, we will try to get back to you. You have permission to bug us. We respond pretty well to good natured nagging. As I rode my bike today, as I often am, I was impressed with the beauty of God’s world. We hope you are enjoying your part of the world. Look around in wonder and look up in thanks.

 

By His Grace,

Kathy & Howard

A Brief Update on Damage and RECOVERY at PIU

 This is the third post I've made since Typhoon Mawar clobbered Guam and, in particular, the campus of Pacific Islands University. 

Post 1

Post 2

A friend of mine, someone I worked with I was at PIU, recently posted about the University's efforts to recover. While the efforts so far are limited--understandably so--it is significant to see the move back in the right direction.

• The campus now has running water.
• Still no electricity on campus.
• The lines that provide an internet connection are still down. The damage to the lines and wifi components on campus have yet to be assessed.
• Phone service is spotty.
• A contractor has been on campus to assess structural damage and give a preliminary estimate on the cost of repairs.
• Cleaning up has been ongoing.
• Temporary fixes have begun. Some of the loose remnants of the Classroom 2 roof structure have been removed, small holes in the roof are being temporarily patched. 
• The plan is to provide temporary coverings at critical places to prevent further damage and allow drying to begin.

While these steps are limited, they are significant. All the work, thus far, has been done by volunteers, as I understand, primarily by University staff.

 Liebenzell Mission of the USA has set up a fund for bringing aid to PIU. I encourage you to visit https://www.liebenzellmission.org/give/piu/#typhoon. You will see instructions there as to how you can make a tax-deductable donation.

Here is a new picture (6/8). Pray that the plastic sheeting will stay in place until real repairs can be made. Pray for funding for those repairs.

This picture was taken when the job was in process. The rest of this section of the roof is now covered and the plastic smoothed out and weighted down. Pray that it lasts until real repairs can be made.

An Update on the Aftermath of Mawar: Guam, & PIU

May 31, I posted about the devastation Typhoon Mawar wrought on the Pacific Islands University Campus. See here.  

I am taking a moment of your time, today, to give you an update.

Some time ago a major storm system, a derecho, hit the little community where I live. The power grid was seriously impacted. I remember seeing utility vehicles and crews from Florida and other far away places, that had come to repair the infrastructure.

Guam is 4,000 miles from Hawaii and twice that distance from the mainland. Bureaucratic, as well as

economic and geographic hurdles have to be overcome to bring in help from off-island. In short, recovering from an event like Typhoon Mawar, stresses all available systems. It takes a while.

Even the site that gives information about Guam recovery efforts is "Coming Soon."

Here are some anecdotal reports: 

• June 1, "Still don't have power, water or cell service.I can drive around and get cell service but trying not to waste gas." (a friend)
• Today (keep in mind Guam is 14 hours ahead of EDST) the Pacific Daily News reported that "The Guam Power Authority utilities restoration passed the midway point as of 1 p.m. Monday, according to the latest update released by GPA."
• From further away the Wishington Post reported 3 days ago, "About half of the island remains without water, and about 65% is without power. It may be weeks until the utilities are fully restored."

The last I heard PIU is still part of the "doesn't have it yet," part of Guam.

I talked with PIU President, Iotaka Choram, a couple of days ago. He was at a car dealership using their signal. The school is trying to get some estimates on what repairs to the campus will cost. PIU is just one of many looking for such information. Through the kindness of a supporter of PIU, some of the staff has been able to set up an off-campus "office," where they have access to a cell signal and wifi. I'm expecting an update from that office, soon. I'll pass it on when I get it.

Perhaps one indication of the current situation is that GovGuam is currently running ads to hire "Debris Inspectors."

The bottom line is I don't know much more today than I did when I wrote the last post.

• I do know that the school is planning to continue offering "Acredited, Affordable, Accessible, Transformative, Christian" higher education to the people of Guam, Micronesia, and beyond. I don't have any information as to when the school plans to resume instruction.
• I am convinced that the need for this kind of education in Micronesia and the Micronesian Diaspora is great.
• I know that just about everyone associated with the school has a big job in front of them personally, as well as in regard to PIU. This picture of the roofless Classroom 2 is illustrative. Having begun to clean up, lets one see the damage more clearly. The corner hasn't been turned. It hasn't even been reached, yet.
• I know that not only is the school damaged physically. It is shut down fiscally. No classes means that the normal flow of income is cut off. 

I mentioned seeing trucks and crews from far away that came to my home area after a major disaster some years ago. In the case of Pacific Islands University, you and I are the help that needs to be on the way. Liebenzell Mission of the USA, a mission agency with a deep history of working with PIU, has set up a fund for bringing aid to this beleaguered, indeed clobbered school. I encourage you to visit https://www.liebenzellmission.org/give/piu/#typhoon. You will see instructions there as to how you can make a tax-deductable donation to help put the roof back on and students back in the classroom above.

 Many of you have heard about Typhoon Mawar and the devastation it wrought on the US Territory of Guam. Knowing that Kathy and I lived on Guam and served at Pacific Islands University some of you have asked how the massive storm impacted the school.

The short answer is, "Badly!"

The PIU campus was damaged. 

• One classroom (classroom 2) is now roofless. While it is too soon to know about everything, it looks like all the contents of C2 are ruined. 
  Essential wifi-related cables were in that ceiling.
• An adjacent classroom (C1b) has a hole in the roof, caused by the tearing away of the C2 roof. 
• The same thing happened to the roof of the Men's Dorm, which is on the other side of C2.
• One of the fastest-growing lifeforms on Guam is mold. With things wet from Mawar exposed to periodic showers, and with no electricity for power drying aids like AC and/or fans, the mold has free reign. 
• Trees and other vegetation were destroyed or damaged. 
• You can get an idea of the power of the storm by looking at the name of the school on the campus
  pavilion--in many ways the heart of the campus. (picture below) One of the last things Kathy did on campus in the Spring of 2021 was to paint that lettering. It remained nice and bold until Mawar's pressure-washer-like wind and rain descended.
• More than anything else, the people who make up PIU have been, and continue to be, drastically impacted.
  More below:
  

I just received an email from one resident of Guam. "Exactly one week ago we lost power and still do not have power. 26% of Guam has electricity now and 51% have water." Last night I tried to communicate with several friends and colleagues there (that's morning for them). I was unsuccessful on all but one attempt. One person responded by text, "My connection is bad." (Though to tell you the truth, I'm not sure whether that was a response to last night's attempt or a previous one. With the other attempts, I got "no service" indicators. One friend was able to call back. I'm glad that before our call was cut off I was able to hear that she is fine.
I have heard of waits of up to 8 hours in gas lines. Many churches are unable to meet.

One staff member I talked to, a couple of days ago--our call was interrupted 3 times--told me his parents' house was destroyed down to the foundation. Mom and dad are living with my friend's family in the apartment on campus where Kathy and I lived the last year we were there.
Though I'm half a world away, I sense that weariness has set in. The task is huge.

PIU in particular has been in a precarious situation for some time. Obviously, the location of the school,

Post-Mawar kitchen

while optimal for serving the Micronesian communities, is in a place where Typhoons are fairly common. Mawar was more powerful than most, but the threat of a "big one" was always there. The metal roof on the main building had withstood several storms. We all knew, however, that it was vulnerable. That's why we always moved the residents of that building to more secure locations when storms came. The residents of the Men's dorm camped out in the concrete-roofed library during Mawar.
For the history of the school--certainly, while Kathy and I served there--PIU has done a lot with a little. Anyone, with any common sense at all, even from thousands of miles away can look at the "lot that needs to be done" and see that the "little we have" won't cut it.

I'm waiting for further word from the current leadership of the school. I'll pass on more information when I have it. 

In the meantime here is what you can do:

1. By all means, PRAY.
   

• You can see much to pray about from the pictures and descriptions above.
• In particular, pray for President Iotaka Choram, Vice President Delight Suda, and Board Chair, Cita Tomada. Important decisions are being made.
• Pray for those young men who were moved from dorm to library, to, I'm not sure where. I just heard that the mold forced them to vacate the dorm again.
• Other students who are likewise wondering, "What's next?"
• The mom and dad I spoke of, are representative of many who don't have homes right now.
• Pray that resources for repair and rebuilding will be available.
• Pray for the spirits of those impacted. They need strength, endurance, and courage.

      2.  You can Give.

Liebenzell Mission USA has a long relationship with Pacific Islands University. A fund exists at LMUSA, https://liebenzellmission.org/give/piu/, for gifts to PIU. You may choose to await further information, I understand. We'll pass it on ASAP. Or knowing already that the need will be great, you may choose to give now. Either way, or both, you can use this link, 

https://liebenzellmission.org/give/piu/, to make your tax deductable gifts to this fund for PIU. If you choose, you can send a check--inlcude a note indicating it is for the PIU Fund--to LMUSA, PO Box 66, Schooleys Mountain, NJ 07870.

Thank you,

Howard Merrell

Privileged to have served at PIU for 4.5 years. 

 

May 2023 Prayer Letter

Howard & Kathy Merrell, caring for those who are reaching. 

Dear Partners,

In an effort to stay on the road, Kathy and I recently cheated. We used two vehicles. We have been seeking to help a loved one whose spouse has a serious medical condition. Kathy has been going to this loved one’s house—three hours away—every four to six weeks to help out. I go sometimes. Last week we left after the morning service at Woodland Church, where I am interim, and drove there, me in the truck and Kathy in the car. She returned to Covington on Tuesday in order to teach in ladies’ group on Wednesday (two sessions) and teach her three piano students. Then she went from Covington to Rockhill SC to look after our youngest grandchild, Ava, while Tanisha was in Ghana helping to run a missions conference and Chad was in Louisiana speaking at a men’s retreat. Meanwhile, I left from the loved one’s home and traveled to LMUSA Head Quarters in New Jersey, to work on a project with Mike Branch, Global Ministries Director, and take part in the Board meeting. Kathy got back home Saturday afternoon. I arrived late that night. The next morning, we got to ride together, 😊, as we went back to Woodland.

We thank the Lord for good health. We are keeping busy.

Specifically in regard to our missions work, we continue to offer pastoral care to our missionaries. Some of you are very much involved in the missionary program of your church. Here are some numbers and facts that should be of interest to you.

·       A “big” sister mission, OMF, did research “. . . data from 11 missionary organizations . . . between 2016 and 2018, these organizations sent 1014 new missionaries to the field and saw 974 of their missionaries leave . . ..” (https://omf.org/us/missionaries-get-lonely-too-its-contributing-to-missionary-attrition/) That’s barely more than holding our own while the world grows exponentially.

·        “[I]t is estimated that 1 career missionary in 20 . . . leaves the mission field . . . every year. . .  71% leave for preventable reasons.” (“Research and Data on Missionary Attrition Worldwide,” here)

·       This preventable attrition is pronounced during the first term of missionary service.

Not to overload you with web addresses, but to demonstrate that this isn’t just coming from my gut, I’ll link one more article. BTW, my gut agrees. One of the leading reasons for leaving the field that this article presents is “lack of missionary care.” It would seem that this lack is most pronounced in small agencies, like LMUSA.

Here is a place where what we should do coincides with what is useful. Yes, we at LMUSA would like to address the missionary attrition issue, but, more so, we want to simply care for the missionaries who serve with us. They are people, bearers of the image of God, and they are servants of our Lord. They deserve to be treated as such.

It’s not rocket science:

·       We try to pray for our missionaries and let them know they are being prayed for.

·       We want each missionary to get a happy birthday/anniversary greeting, and we want each missionary child to receive a birthday gift.

·       We want to work with supporting churches to explore ways to leverage church-based missionary care.

·       LMUSA is small enough that I (HM) have a place at the table. My boss, Global Ministries Director, Mike Branch is totally behind efforts to provide better missionary care.

·       Likely some travel to places where missionaries do their work is in my/our future.

·       Mike Branch and I are working on our onboarding process. We want to work with missionary candidates in such a way that we maximize their opportunity for success. We want them to survive, but more, we want them to thrive.

It has been said that concerning the Great Commission the child of God can be either a goer, a sender, or a disobeyer. Somewhere between the goer and sender there is a place for the missionary-carer. We are trying to fit in that gap.

Personally, to you:

Thank you so much for your prayer and financial support. While Kathy and I don’t draw a salary, your support covers our ministry expenses.

Kathy and I have a fairly unique experience base when it comes to missions. I was pastor of a small church that had/has a substantial global impact. We were also missionaries in Palau and then Guam for about five years. We have also been guests in the homes of several missionary families around the world. We would love to use what God has entrusted to us in missionary conferences, and other opportunities to promote Great Commission ministry in general.

As part of the recent Board Meeting Steven and Gwen Anderson (seated) were received as missionaries with LMUSA. They are planning to serve with Kathy and Kevin Bruce, among the Awa in Ecuador.

 

We’ll be in Texas with our son, Chris, and his family for the next two weeks. We’ll still be on the grid, however, and, we’d love to hear from you.

By His Grace,

Howard and Kathy

covbchm@gmail.com