Greetings friends and
supporters. We wanted to share with you the latest news
from the Caton family. 2013 has been a
prosperous year for us and we are looking forward to great things in 2014. God
has been giving us some direction on our work in Nicaragua and we are vey
excited to tell you we are headed back very soon. Today we finally got the papers for our next
marching orders. We are headed back to
Nicaragua on the 27th of January for three and a half weeks.
God
continues to be good, and opening doors at just the right time…never to early,
never too late, but always right on time…His time. That keeps us dependent on him, as we should
be.
We
have once again been blessed with a house to rent from some missionary friends
who work at the Nehemiah Center and are on furlough in Canada. We also have transportation waiting at
arrival from the old Toyota Land Rover that Norma has lovingly christened, “o’l
Mater”
This trip will be jammed
packed, as we are in the process of forming some strategic partnerships and
building new relationships as well as strengthening old ones. We will also tie up some loose ends for the
August Ginger Creek Church Service Leadership Team (SLT) trip and begin preparation
for 2015 ministries. So, our work is
really cut out for us. We have planned
two trips, and possibly three, before the end of 2014.
God is in control and will
make it clear for us as we do our best to walk by faith. With the weak economy
everyone is dealing with, it is proving to turn out better stewardship of God’s
money to make two or three short trips in the year, rather than trying to stay
in Nicaragua long-term. As we have
committed to our friends and supporters, we are accepting no salary, and any
funds that are provided to us through gifts goes toward tavel expenses. We
learned that living in the capital city of Managua is not economical. Grocery
costs are equal to, or more than we pay in the States, gas is more than
stateside, and so living on the economy in Nicaragua’s capital is
expensive.
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| left to right, Marsha, Elijah, David, Abigail...Batavia Il. |
In Caton family news, we look forward to having a lot of family time. It’s a special blessing to us that our son, David, and his sweet little family live just five minutes from us. We enjoy them regularly.
In the Spring, our daughter, Debbie, son-in-law Giles and
kids will be back in the States for home service. They are missionaries in
Spain. In the summer, we’ll all be joining extended family in Colorado for a
Caton family reunion.
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| left to right, Debbie Giles, Rebekah, Nathan, Jacb, Micah...Madrid, Spain |
God has been so good to our
family. He has showered us with so
many undeserved blessings.
Partners in Christ International
PO Box 237
Tempe, Arizona 85280-0237
(Attach a note to your check with
the following text: Nicaragua
account-Caton expenses)
