Update 10/23/2012

Ok, update time.  Well, Allison has chosen to go somewhere else.  She does not want a life with us, she has talked someone else into taking her in.  We support her decision, even though the pain is great.  We do want her to know that we will always love her and pray that her life turns into what she wants it to be.    It is now time to look to the future and get back on track with our mission work.  We have about $1500 to raise by December 1.  This seems like a lot, but with God, all things are possible.  We are excited about getting back to our mission work and we look forward to see God work and move.  We have learned a lot through parenting two teenagers.  We have seen our weak points and this gives us a chance to build on those weaknesses and grow through God's strength.  God uses many things to help us grow.  Satan likes to jump in and try to get us down, but we have to be strong and vigilant and allow the strength of God comfort and protect us.  If helping children in bad situations were easy, more people would do it.  This will give us some life lessons to use in Belize.  Our goal for this trip is to distribute shoe boxes.  We will also be working on some things for our long term goals.  We will be looking into some properties that are for sale around the Burrell Boom area.  We are excited to see what happens.  We will work on raising the needed funds to purchase the land over the next year.  At that time we can start to build a wall, our house, and work on some of the landscaping.  God is moving in our lives and we are interested to see what He does.  Please pray for our fund raising work over the next month.  Also please pray if God would have you donate to our trip.  We have a lot to do in a short time, but we have seen God work like this before.  If you would like to donate, you can do so by clicking the WePay link above.  Thank you for your support.

In HIS service,
Darin Linkins