🌎 Mission Central Am/Carib. - Summer Wrap Up & Catch Up

Love Letters from the Abeggs "…to those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you." (Jude 1:1) "…we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Eph.2) Greetings from Miami…finally! We're close to wrapping up a season of travel following 3 weeks of partnership visitation in Guatemala preceded by 2 months of visits across the US which included "deploying" Jeremy to college in Idaho. There's a lot to catch up on, but first to all of you who've been supporting us in prayer during these past few months, THANK YOU on behalf of our family and those we serve in Central America & the Caribbean. You make our work possible. As missionaries, at times we have the opportunity to visit our supporters and partner churches, so over July and August we covered 9,000 miles crossing the US. Covid limited many of our planned visits, but we were still able to connect and fellowship with many supporters along the way. It was a joy to see many of you, but for those we missed, we're looking forward to an online gathering next month. We'll keep you posted! If you're interested in seeing some of the travel highlights, please visit our US Travel Photo Journal. Our recent and current travels which will wrap up in early November. About halfway through our US visitations we found out that Claudia's father, Ramon, had been hospitalized in Chile, and remains there today. Even now, three months later the doctors are finding it hard to stabilize his heart and lungs due to a collapse of his immune system not related to Covid. We're prepared to go, but given Chile's pandemic restrictions and limited hospital visitations we've agreed with Claudia's sisters that it is best to wait, especially in light of our extensive travel of late and not wanting to inadvertently bring yet another virus for his weakened immune system to fight. Our hope remains (though with no assurance) that he'll improve enough to return home, at which point we'll plan to visit. For now, please keep Ramon and the entire family in your prayers, especially Claudia's sister Barbara who is shouldering much of the care management.  Claudia's family during a visit a few years back. Front row with Claudia and I are mom Teresa and dad Ramon. Sister Barbara is behind Claudia with Nico and Jeremy back right.  The last week of our journey was to be spent getting Jeremy settled in Moscow, ID at New St. Andrews College before heading home. You may remember our prayer request about replacing our 2002 Honda that was not up to this journey. Instead we drove Jeremy's car to Moscow and arranged the purchase and delivery of a 2018 van, but "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." Due to labor shortages, Carvana (online used car company) was unable to deliver as arranged, leaving us stranded for an additional week! Still, God was at work in ways we couldn't have anticipated, providing additional time to help Jeremy settle in, and getting to know his landlords who graciously took in Nico, Claudia, myself and even Sherlock! We were able to connect more deeply with the Moscow community and Nico, though only in his 3rd year of high-school, was offered an internship and potential job in his desired area of videography. This will be with the same company that produced the fantastic, God honoring nature documentaries & upcoming series "The Riot and the Dance". If you haven't seen these, I HIGHLY recommend them, and as an added bonus, the narrator and guide is none other than Jeremy's landlord and NSA Biology professor Gordon Wilson. (See them on Amazon or Vidangel.) Jeremy ready to take on college! …And a few days into classes. He is actually loving it, but please join us in prayer for endurance, diligence and continued growth in wisdom and the spirit of our Lord.  Eventually our car arrived and we sprinted back to Miami in order to have one week at home before flying to Guatemala, a trip that had been delayed 3 times due to the pandemic. We'll share more about this and other ministry updates in our next newsletter, but for a sneak peek you can see a post from the Stafinski's, our fellow missionaries in Guatemala. Please keep Justin and Carrie Stafinski in your prayers as they lay foundations for more missionaries to join our Guatemalan partner ministries.  Our new (to us) van. Thank you to the many who helped us replace our ailing '02 van! Final Note & Prayer Request. PLEASE pray for the God honoring pastors and their churches in the the Majority World (3rd world Latin America, Africa and Asia). Covid and subsequent government mandated shutdowns are decimating thousands of small Central American churches that can't support their pastor whether as a result of no work in a destroyed economy or due to regulations that forbid gatherings. Imagine if your church were shut down for 7 months with no options for online services, alternative gatherings nor online giving. Much of the Majority World continues to face these circumstances, forcing pastors into a crisis decision of abandoning their flock in order to feed their family. Please join us in prayer for our brothers and sisters in Central America and around the globe.  Partner with us in the Great Comission:  Prayer Team: Send us note to let us know you're praying for us, and let us know how we can be praying for you.  Financial Support Team:  Visit: Abegg Missionary Support Page Give via US Mail: Send a check with accompanying note stating: "For the Abegg Family" to: 205 Regency Executive Park Dr. Suite 430, Charlotte, NC 28217 Give Via Phone: Dial 800-825-5896 and talk to a very helpful person. For past issues of our newsletters and other posts visit our Blog.