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CINDY

God Worked It Out!

The house we owned is a very good example of God working out all the details for us to go serve as missionaries. The time frame for moving was tight because we had resisted God's will so long. This was March 2007 and we were supposed to leave Montana by the end of May. Should we sell our home or would it be best to rent it? God knew.

The new pastor for our church was selling his home in Colorado to move to Montana to start in his new district. He and his wife had come up to Libby for a week to look for houses. They "happened" to ask Rob if he knew of anything for sale with such and such a description. Rob didn't say anything to them, but our house, that was not for sale yet, fit their description. He excitedly came home that evening to tell me all about the conversation.

The next morning, Tuesday, I called the pastor and his wife and told them about our house and asked if they wanted to come look at it. They came Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

and Friday. To make a long story short, they signed the papers at the end of May. The awesome thing about all that happened is that the Lord had our house sold before either we or the pastor new it. Praise God!

When we arrived on Guam we immediately started looking for a home to buy. I felt we needed some land if I was going to survive four very active boys at home all day, every day. The problem was, if the listing had more than a 1/2 acre of land, the house was too small or too expensive. We did finally find a house after 2 months of looking, but someone beat us to the bid. We then decided on another house and made an offer. That deal fell through. Then we put a contract on another house.... it fell through also!

As we prayed, we just couldn't understand what was happening. So, we made the decision, after much prayer, to stop looking and rent instead of buying a home. The very next day our realtor called about a beautiful house that we had looked at earlier. The sellers were asking more than we could afford to pay, so we didn't pursue it at the time. This house, our realtor said, was now listed in our price range! We made an offer, signed the contract, and moved in before the end of 2007.

We have gone forward in faith and know that "all things" really do work together for good to those who love the Lord. Please pray for our mission here on the island of Guam.

Regards,
Cindy

Photos: Cindy homeschooling Christopher and Jacob.
Rob and sons Robby 14; Benjamin 13; Christopher 11; and Jacob, 8.
The new Kyle dwelling.

JACOB, age 8

Traveling the World

I really like traveling. I like flying on airplanes because I can play games and draw with my brothers. Now I can fly a lot because I am a missionary. I just flew to Rota, about 50 miles away from Guam. It wasn't a very long flight, but it was still fun. I had scripture for the church there. It was sort of hard, but after I did it, I didn't feel so bad.

We are going to Hong Kong this spring. It will take four hours to get there on the airplane.When we get there we will be there one week. What I am looking forward to is riding on the train twenty-five hours to Beijing, China, from Hong Kong. When we get there I want to see the Forbidden City. It covers many acres of land and is where old emperors used to live.

What I like even more than airplanes and trains, is knowing that I will go to heaven and be able to travel to different planets with Jesus!

Jacob

Photo: airplane the Kyle's flew to Rota for health talks.

BENJAMIN, age 13

Helping Out

Since we have been here, we have helped in a lot of meetings and seminars. At one cooking school we have been very involved in many ways, including giving a ride to a woman named Bertha who does not like to drive at night. In some meetings that we took part in, I learned that I don't have to be perfect to go to heaven. I hope that everybody going to these meetings knows that they don't have to be perfect. We all need to stay in Jesus' light.

Benjamin

CHRISTOPHER, age 11

New Things

Being a missionary in Guam is fun because there are different animals, houses, and foods than there are in North America.

We see caribao (water buffalo) grazing on the south part of the island. We don't usually see the Marianas fruit bat, except at the zoo, because it is endangered. Other than that, there are mostly crabs and geckos.

What my brothers and I like to do is go to the beach and get as many crabs as possible and keep them until we go on a mission trip, then we release them back at the beach. Right now we have about 100 crabs that we have had for 2 months. We have even seen the crabs change from shell to shell!

When I first came here I thought all the houses were ugly. They are all cement, even the flat roof. They have to make them typhoon proof (a typhoon is kind of like a hurricane). But, now I've gotten used to them and the house we had in Montana looks funny to me because it has a metal roof.

The fruits here are what you probably would expect on an island. There is papaya, coconut, avocado, banana, lemon, soursop, pomella, mango, sour pickle, star fruit, and breadfruit. We planted some lemon, papaya, and soursop trees in our back yard. We tilled up a garden and planted lots of different vegetables. So far the eggplant and tomatoes are doing the best. We figured the eggplant would, because everyone here tells us it takes off like weeds.

The people here are different too. Just like the houses were different and I got used to them, I can make friends and be a witness here on Guam.

Christopher

Photo: Christopher relaxing in the cool water of a creek.

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