We are fine after the earthquake

Just a quick note to let you all know we are fine. No electricity or internet (at a friends right now), but we are all well. We will be in touch as soon as we can. Thanks for your prayers. Blessings, The Stows

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Please pray for language acquisition for our whole family.  

1. Pray that we all will be humble in our language learning.
2. Pray that we will all be willing to try to speak and to be willing to make mistakes.
3. Pray that our minds will be sponges that soak up the language quickly.
4. Pray especially for the kids as they are a bit timid right now in reaching out to those around them.

• Pray for our finance team here in Santiago...and for the other three support centers around the world.  There is more work than can be done over the next four or five weeks and many things are not finalized with the new system.  

1. Pray for a constant focus on Him, His leadership and His counsel.
2. Please pray for patience...both for those on the finance team and for the missionaries they serve.
3. Pray for good communication between all personnel.
4. Pray for endurance as they work to implement the new system, start the accounting for the new fiscal year 2010, and work during a time when available financial resources are down.  
5. Pray for wisdom for those in leadership as they make decisions that affect so many.

•  Pray for those we have begun to meet here in Santiago.

1. Pray for our relationships to grow with our neighbors.  We have met two of the families that live beside us...we look forward to knowing them better.
2. Pray that we are His light in our community.
3. Pray that He will put many more people in our way each day.
4. Pray that we will be willing servants, obedient and have the stamina to do what He wants us to do.
5. Pray that we will be able to share our faith, even though we don't know much of the language.

SOME PICTURES OF THE HOUSE

This is the boy's room. And look, a boy!

The girl's room. We have not purchased bed frames for them yet

The master bedroom. It is in dire need of some furniture, which we hope gets here by the end of February.

The stairs that lead to the 3 bedrooms on the second floor.

This is a set of 3 rooms that run along one side of the house. We have borrowed furniture until ours arrives. We will probably use one as a dining room, one as a family room and the other one probably won't be used that much.

This is from inside the kitchen looking toward the outside door. We also took this picture to show that Samuel was helping his mom prepare lunch. Man, he is getting big.

This view is from the door where we enter looking through the kitchen all the way to the front door. We have yet to use the front door.