Dear Family and Friends,
We are rejoicing in the Hope that was brought to the world many years ago as a baby. Many had longed for His birth and his coming. Today we still cling to that same hope for what is yet to come.
What a blessing to finally have our family all together under one roof for Christmas this year, something we have not been able to do for 10 years. It was perfect!
This is coming to you from our new location in Kansas in the Kansas City area where we will living while doing Home Assignment this next year and after that. The first days and weekend we spent the weekend with Shirley's family and enjoyed good food and fellowship. That same weekend we spoke in two churches in the MO, area, but Shirley was not much help as she had contracted a GI bug and supported by sleeping in the car and staying away from others. Before we arrived back in Kansas City, we were notified that we and some of our family had been exposed to COVID. Shirley cared for our 11 mo old grandson and made sure the others in the house had food and medicines to take care of the light symptoms. Praise the Lord no one was really sick and that we are all COVID free! That is how we started out our first days of coming back!!
We said our final good-bye's to friends and left Quito on the 30th of Nov. The last two years were spent doing upkeep on the house and preparing it and our ministries for the ones to follow. There is much to do after living in one place for 14 years.
The last couple of months we had a faithful volunteer, Ron Boeve, come and weld chapels and we took one out with him to set up with a good group of church people as well as our workers. We also set up another one with our workers in another area.
We are looking forward to sharing in churches for our "Celebration Tour" of the 29 years of our ministry. There is so much to share of how God has walked alongside us and taken care of our many needs. Venezuela was where we started our ministry and it is good to keep in touch with them through their many difficulties in life and hear how the church is still growing. There are no words to describe how they continue to sacrificially send missionary offerings and even LINKS offerings when we know they could be using the offerings for food for their family's and other needs. We would love to catch up with you if we are in your area. See our schedule below.
In a few weeks, we will be saying goodbye to our kid's Angel, Krista, and little Samuel as they will go to Ecuador to live in our house and continue our ministry. Now we are understanding what our parents went through when we first left for Venezuela with their only grandkids, but Krista is very good to call. We will be living in their home.
Our other daughter Michelle and family will be 20 min away from us, close enough for grandparents to visit often and help out when needed. There will not be any more long goodbyes to have to explain to a three-year-old.
We wish you all a good year and may it be filled with abundant blessings from God.
For His glory,
Jon and Shirley Fischer
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January 16 Bonner Springs, KS
January 23 Rolla, MO
January 30 Nall Ave, Prairie Village, KS
Feb. 2-16 AZ District
Feb. 20 Lubbock, TX
Feb. 27 Shelbyville, IL
March 11-13 Richmond, VA
March 20 Casey, IL
March 27-April 3 Oklahoma District
April 20-22 ID, Portland,
April 23-May 1 Lewiston, Idaho
May 15 Mt. Sterling, OH
May 22 Crossroads, Elkhart
May 29 Lee’s Summit, MO
June 19-July 3 MN District
Sept 2-12 Maine Tour
Sept. 17-25 Anaheim, CA District
October 8-9 Blue Springs, MO Faith Promise
October 16 Pueblo, CO