Missionary News

So Busy!!

May 20, 2025

  News from Bob Carvajal Louisiana   The beginning of March in New Orleans is also the beginning of so many events. There are crawfish festivals, the Jazz Festival, and the Zurich classic golf tournament. I guess because of the weather, it’s also a time for church events. March 13 – 16th was D-Now, short […]

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Introducing Lauren

May 19, 2025

Lauren Steedley Georgia Lauren is joining the Ministry Center Staff. She will be assisting both Brandy and Mary. Pray for her during this transition time. From Lauren: Hello! I was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, and grew up in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. I was married to my husband, Craig, for 33 years. He was […]

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Meet Kayden

May 17, 2025

Kayden just turned two and is an adventurous boy who loves to discover the world while giving lots of hugs along the way. He loves all shades of blue, letters, numbers, and shapes. His favorite song is Samson and his favorite foods are pasta, rice, beans, and cookies (preferably one for each hand). His parents […]

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Overby Odyssey May 2025

May 6, 2025

With love and gratitude, Heather (for the whole Overby family) Hello from Heather! Normally, Scott is the one who writes our ministry updates, but he’s in the middle of one of his busiest seasons of the year. Track season is in full swing, and he’s really enjoying his role as the head distance coach. This […]

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Tyas May 2025

May 2, 2025

News from the Tyas family Serving in WA among the Hispanic community May 2, 2025   From the notes of Ed and Gerry… Dear friends and family, We received a text from a family we had had a lot of ministry with before the pandemic. Now they are adults or almost. It was a text […]

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Meet Odileidy

April 22, 2025

Odileidy (Ode-ee-lady) is the daughter of Leidy, one of the women who works for Abby’s Garden, caring for the children. It is such a blessing for her to get to raise her child while also working to support her. She is 32 years old and is a single mom who lives with her parents. Odileidy […]

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The Old Lamplighter

April 17, 2025

Dear Friends & Family, The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the shadowland of death, light has dawned. (Mt 4.16 CSB) I was reminded recently of a story passed on by Dr. D.James Kennedy, founder of Evangelism Explosion International. Reading it isn’t the same as hearing […]

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Meet Anais

April 11, 2025

Anais (ah-nah-ees) is almost three years old and is the quietest, calmest child at Abby’s Garden. She is very serious, which makes it difficult to capture a photo of her smiling, so I was very happy that I caught one on camera when I was there in February (see above–doesn’t she have the cutest little […]

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California Here we Come!

April 9, 2025

Brush Strokes of our time in USA May 15 – June 29 We are really excited to share that our family will be in California from May 15 to June 29! It’s been a while since we launched Ezekiel in Westminster. We are looking forward to seeing a bit of his world. We will also […]

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Prayer Requests

April 7, 2025

Last Friday night — Zoey & Jen joined the house church in Vila do Conde. Last Friday — Greg left today to go hammock camping in Geres, Portugal. Please pray for “T”, still on his journey with Jesus… Pray that the guys camping time leads to deep spiritual conversations and questions. Greg will return Sunday. […]

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