Happy Holidays To All!

We are spending Christmas this year in Panama City, miles away from any of our biological family, but close by to many of our new “family” in so many of the countries we have blessed to have been able to travel to and get to know the people. If in your corner of the world it is white and snowy, send some of that down to us!

In the meanwhile, we got a wonderful Christmas present just a few days ago- an update from La Florida where we did one of our favorite projects with some of the most wonderful people that you could hope to work with. The perfect situation of a community that works together and is striving to better their lives, but just needed a little helping hand. The biggest part of our nutrition project there was an aquaculture pond for raising tilapia, and their update was that the fish have grown so big they are ready to harvest! I think they’re going to sell some and eat some- increasing nutrition through added protein and getting money for other projects and to pay the teacher at the school and buy the next round of fish fry to rear. We’re happy to have been able to give a “gift that keeps on giving” and look forward to more projects like this that we can look back on and realize just why it is we do the work we do. And for anyone that has donated to The GROW Initiative, it’s also what you have given that is keeping on giving.