News from Missionary Jason Holt in Chile

Sometimes people wonder what it’s like to spend Christmas on the mission field… Well, we started decorating the house and Christmas tree shortly after Thanksgiving.  We’ve been listening to Christmas classics for weeks now.  And the kids are very eager to open up their presents!  Most things are just like they would be in the [...]

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This Monday, December 14th, Lori and I celebrated our 8th anniversary!  It’s hard to believe that so many years have already gone by! I told Lori on Monday that if the Lord doesn’t come back, we will celebrate our 65th anniversary together… we may even reach our 70th!  I can’t imagine how much I will [...]

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For years we have tried to get approved for a loan in Chile to build a house.  After a million different setbacks, today we got the email stating that we are approved!!! This is one more reason to be incredibly thankful today!! Now comes a few weeks/months of red tape issues before we actually break [...]

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It always different to celebrate American holidays while living in another country. With family being so far away, the afternoon being so hot, and the unaltered speed of a common week in your foreign surroundings racing by you, sometimes it’s difficult to get into the “mood” of thanksgiving… but, we do our best!  Today, a [...]

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Today is my wonderful wife’s birthday!!  We celebrated by going to the zoo – obviously our kids idea , and tonight we had dinner and cake.  I am soooo thankful for such an incredible woman that God has given me. Happy birthday Lori!! I love you more than you could ever imagine!

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Several people have asked for a recent family picture of our family… so, here’s one that we took this week.  Thanks for praying for our family!

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For well over a year, our 6 year old daughter Katie, has been asking more and more questions about Jesus, the Bible, and salvation.  This week she came to us at home, and said she wanted to accepted Christ as her personal Savior!  Lori sat down with her and began to explain the gospel.  Katie [...]

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Six years ago today our lives changed forever!  Lori and I headed to the Atlanta airport with our 28 day old baby, Katie and a dozen or so bags.  We were leaving the USA for language school in Peru!  I remember the joy, sadness and mostly the STRESS of that day!!! I want to thank [...]

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Today Lori and I celebrate our 7th anniversary!  Outside of salvation, she’s the best thing that has ever happened to me!  God blessed me and allowed me to marry way out of my league!! She’s been a great friend, dependable support, wonderful wife, and dedicated mother. I love her more today than I thought was [...]

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Here’s a video of the kids playing ‘Bed Bugs’ in their PJs.  Well, at least the family might enjoy the video [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9OddGWKUA&hl=en]

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