A New Blog for a New Year
For a couple of people as technological as ourselves, you might wonder why we have never maintained a blog before! Well, there is really no good reason, so now we are going to work hard on keeping our blog updated. We hope that it will provide a good means to keep in touch with all of the important people in our lives.
We spent much of December working non-stop. We were both very busy with ministry related work - preparing staff training, planning for Christmas events in the homes, for the staff, and for street children. I was also busy doing the programming for the newly revised website for BSCP (www.bolivianstreetchildren.org) and finishing my studies for my Master of Divinity from Boston University, which I finished in mid-December. We were able to get all of our work done, and left on the 20th for a relaxing trip to Nebraska to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve with our families there. Ethan had a great time visiting his Grandparents and celebrating Christmas. He had just as much fun eating the wrapping paper around the gifts as he did playing with his new toys!
Ethan was baptized on December 24th at Bethany Lutheran Church. It was a really important moment for our family, and humbling as a parent to admit that Ethan's spiritual growth is fully dependant on the grace of God and that we are mere supporters of His work. In Ethan's baptism we affirm that we will support Ethan in his faith journey, and humbly admit that it is God's work that saves Ethan, nothing we nor he will or can do. The decision to baptize Ethan took a lot of study and prayer, as we have been exposed to many viewpoints on infant baptism, and weren't really sure where we stood on the issue. We are grateful to our pastor at Park Street Church and some rock-solid theology by Luther that helped us through this decision. If this is an issue you are struggling with we would love to provide some guidance. A rough outline of Luther's basic beliefs on the subject can be found in one of John's papers at: http://eggen4jc.googlepages.com/lutheronthesacraments
We now look forward to a new year with its own challenges and excitements. First on our list is the opening of the new home for the ministry, Hogar Betania. We are excited for the boys to move into the home and to start a new family of former street children in the Renacer home. Shortly after moving into the new home we are planning a family vacation for all of the boys and some of the staff, which is always a great experience for everyone involved. We are hoping to return to the "Puente" which is where the boys went on vacation in 2005. (Pictures are available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmeggen/sets/499053/)
We wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to keeping in touch with you via our blog and hope you will share with us via your comments or e-mails!
Yours in Christ,
John
We spent much of December working non-stop. We were both very busy with ministry related work - preparing staff training, planning for Christmas events in the homes, for the staff, and for street children. I was also busy doing the programming for the newly revised website for BSCP (www.bolivianstreetchildren.org) and finishing my studies for my Master of Divinity from Boston University, which I finished in mid-December. We were able to get all of our work done, and left on the 20th for a relaxing trip to Nebraska to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve with our families there. Ethan had a great time visiting his Grandparents and celebrating Christmas. He had just as much fun eating the wrapping paper around the gifts as he did playing with his new toys!
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Ethan was baptized on December 24th at Bethany Lutheran Church. It was a really important moment for our family, and humbling as a parent to admit that Ethan's spiritual growth is fully dependant on the grace of God and that we are mere supporters of His work. In Ethan's baptism we affirm that we will support Ethan in his faith journey, and humbly admit that it is God's work that saves Ethan, nothing we nor he will or can do. The decision to baptize Ethan took a lot of study and prayer, as we have been exposed to many viewpoints on infant baptism, and weren't really sure where we stood on the issue. We are grateful to our pastor at Park Street Church and some rock-solid theology by Luther that helped us through this decision. If this is an issue you are struggling with we would love to provide some guidance. A rough outline of Luther's basic beliefs on the subject can be found in one of John's papers at: http://eggen4jc.googlepages.com/lutheronthesacraments
We now look forward to a new year with its own challenges and excitements. First on our list is the opening of the new home for the ministry, Hogar Betania. We are excited for the boys to move into the home and to start a new family of former street children in the Renacer home. Shortly after moving into the new home we are planning a family vacation for all of the boys and some of the staff, which is always a great experience for everyone involved. We are hoping to return to the "Puente" which is where the boys went on vacation in 2005. (Pictures are available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmeggen/sets/499053/)
We wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to keeping in touch with you via our blog and hope you will share with us via your comments or e-mails!
Yours in Christ,
John
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