1/10/06

I just wanted to share the good news with you.

The latest news is that Nathan interviewed for an internship position with a graphic designer in Omaha on Saturday for next summer. After a two hour interview he offered Nathan the internship - much rejoicing in the Hansen household over that piece of news! We heard all of this from John & Marilyn's lips, we haven't been able to get hold of Nathan yet. It sounds like the plan is for Nathan to live with John Mark's folks next summer & they will let him use one of their cars. Look at some of their work, we think it looks great (click on "graphic designer" at the beginning of the paragraph)!

Christine had a good day yesterday with the backyard Bible clubs but came home with a pink face, pink arms and pink neck from wearing no sunscreen. She says she'll be wearing a visor & sunscreen today. . . We have Spanish study and prayer meeting today, hope your day goes well.

'Til later,

Cheryl

1/12/06

Yesterday we received confirmation that our researcher from Richmond is coming for sure in the middle of February. This will help us develop an action plan to more effectively reach the Chinese people in Panama. We really appreciate him taking time in his busy schedule to come.

Christine has had a good week of vacation Bible schools in two different areas of the city. They will have a wrap up celebration at the church tonight.

Below are pictures from Arraijen which is a satellite community of Panama City. This week a church group from Kentucky joined First Baptist of El Dorado to do door to door evangelism in this new housing area. The name of the new church in the area is Mision Bautista Nuevo Arraijan. Its building is in the first picture. We have had many first time decisions for Jesus Christ this week. On Tuesday I was with a group of four and we saw five adults decide to become Christians in one afternoon. I even got to share my testimony in Spanish , which is a scary thought, HA! Many people in the area are from the Kuna people of Panama as are several of the members of the new church. The ladies in the second picture are Kuna. Panama has a wonderful mixture of people as some of the families in the neighborhood are of an African background and are over 6 feet tall. On the other hand these ladies in picture are less than 5 feet tall. Anyone looks like someone from Panama!





On Sunday I will be traveling to the Darien with Brother Leonardo Quinton. He is leader of the Baptist Association in Panama City. The Darien is the "Wild East" of Panama. The Wounaan and Embera peoples live in the province and we will visit the four Baptist churches in the area.

Please visit our website http://tjkeller.net/Hansens/ as Jacque continues to update it with lots of new links and stuff!

Cheryl and John Mark

1/14/06

We ate at Friday's and had a small party at the house last night for my 48th birthday.

John Mark

   

2/6/06

Hi!

I thought that you would enjoy a copy of our lastest family photo that was taken about 3 weeks ago. John Mark's parents flew back to Nebraska this weekend after a nice visit here in Panama. Among other things they attended the Panama National Baptist Convention in Bocas del Toro with John Mark. Today we are excited that the Panamag magazine insert will appear in the leading newspaper La Prensa. The theme will be about Valentine's Day. Cheryl is making decisions about the direction of study and ministry through different options in both churches and schools. John Mark will be preaching this weekend in Mandarin at the Chinese church in Colon.

Hope you are doing well,

John Mark and Cheryl Hansen