points for prayer.

• Jennie's Dominican residency finalized
• Praise for continued good health and good pregnancy for Jennie
• Blady is doing well in school and is receiving good marks..pray for his salvation and continued change of heart.
• That the rain would be tempered and allow for the ground breaking to take place on the property where the Makarios team house will be built...this will also make for a contented Miguel with physical work to do!
• Continued prayer for salvation and change of heart in Blady's mom, Susa. She professed to be a Christian a few months back, but it has obviously not taken root in her life and she continues with her old vices and has been found stealing from 2 other family members as well as from our house.
• We are encouraged with the hope that Miguel's residency papers will come through by late spring or summer. However, with those papers, we'll need to make some pretty huge decisions in the coming months. We might have to return to the States for a specific time period which may be as little as 6 months but as long as 2 years. If that comes to pass, we'll be needing to think about jobs, a place to live, etc. We originally decided to apply for Miguel's residency for a few reasons. One was so that if we ever had to return to the States for any extended period of time, he would be able to work legally. The other reason was so that he would be able to travel freely back and forth. However, our hearts remain in the DR. Our dream is to be able to build or buy a place of our own down here and continue to serve here, yet admist these dreams we know we need to get our feet on the ground a little bit better. On another note, in the event that we need to go back to the States for a time period by this summer, we would be leaving behind a big Makarios project in which a key player like Miguel is needed. So we ask that you pray with us for God's perfect timing and direction in all of this as papers are pursued, interviews are done, and decisions need to be made.