November 2015: It's been 20 Years...

Dear Family and Friends:

Margarita and I reached out to about 600 new at-risk students in public schools—witnessing many decisions to follow Jesus—and worked closely each week with an additional 300 youth in our community.  Over 200 inmates in the Tacumbu and Esperanza prisons completed Bible studies taught by inmate-leaders (some of whom have since left prison and are serving in local churches) with nearly all of them deciding to follow Christ.  We participated in other projects like a soccer ministry, children’s outreach, missions conferences, a mission trip and a medical clinic.  We saw churches grow as well as the nation experience one of its best economic years.  We thank God for this year in Paraguay.  We also thank him for you because of your partnership in the gospel.  

October and November were filled with preparations for our trip to the U.S.  We finished up grades, wrote up reports, suspended some ministry activities and made sure others were left in charge by colleagues who will carry them out in our absence.  Right before we left, we celebrated Antoine’s first birthday.  We’re thankful for him and are on alert because he now knows how to run.

We arrived in Texas last week.  We’ve rested and spent lots of time with family.  It was Tim’s first time in twenty years to celebrate Thanksgiving with his mother and brother in Amarillo. We also played in New Mexico for a few days.  Antoine experienced snow for the first time.  Ana made lots of snow-angels.

Our plans are to continue introducing Northwest Texas to Margarita’s mother, Agustina, through December 15^th.  We’ll additionally be thanking all of our ministry partners in the area and sharing about what God has been doing in Paraguay at youth groups, fellowship meals, small groups and congregations.  If you or your group would like to hear from us, please let us know. 

Then, we’ll begin our trek through Arizona and California on the way to the Pacific Northwest, where we’ll spend the month of January.  Please keep our travels in your prayers.  And, join us in giving thanks to God this season for he is good; his love endures forever.   

Happy Thanksgiving!             

Tim, Margarita, Ana and Antoine Revett    

*Amarillo Folks:  Please come to our going away party at the Blue Sky restaurant on I-40 and Western during the evening of December 14th.  A percentage of all the sales will go to help finish the construction on our house in Paraguay.  (Just say "This is for the Revett Family missionaries" when you make your purchase.)