ANSWERS TO TWO KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOGRENS
We find ourselves being asked two specific questions:
* How is Karen doing?
* Is the bathroom done?
First, how is Karen doing?
Karen is very well, thank you! After years of patient waiting, Karen had a knee replacement on March 18. She has had a steady recovery and she’s faithful at her physical therapy. At this point Karen is walking without a cane or walker and driving better than she did pre-surgery! Thank the Lord for this medical intervention.
Second, is the bathroom done?
Some details still need to be finished, but the headline is,
Yes, the bathroom is up and running!
If you haven’t been following the narrative:
Karen was having trouble getting in and out of the bathtub/shower. She’d been trying to find a local contractor to do the work, but without success. And so, in our February newsletter we put out a call for people to help remodel the bathroom as a ministry to us as missionaries. And suddenly a team of Christian men stood up to be counted. Some to do Demolition and others to do Construction! They all arrived on March 1 to tear the old floor and fixtures out.
As it turns out, the bathroom floor/kitchen ceiling was worse than we thought. Some of the joists were a mess. The watchword for the guys on the second floor was, “Watch your step or you’ll end up in the kitchen!”
Here is the BEFORE picture, on March 1:
Over the following weeks, the guys who did plumbing, electricity, and sheet rock came and went.
Here is the AFTER picture from the same angle!
Thanks so much Andy, Chris, Bill, Gary H., Dave, Buddy, and Paul. These men represented Woodlyn Baptist, the Bible Fellowship’s Board of Missions, Paradise Bible Fellowship, and Faith Bible Fellowship.
Plus – thanks so much to the people who sent us special donations for the project! Fortunately, we still have enough of your generous donations to cover the remainder of the project (bathroom details and kitchen ceiling).
Many thanks to the builders and to the donors!
PRAYER, Please!
PRAY for Gary as he returns to the Old Testament to give the finishing touches to the Symbolic Universal Notation (SUN) Bible for the deaf and deaf-and-blind non-reader.
PRAY for Gary as he pushes to publish three of his Spanish books in English versions.
PRAY for Karen as she teaches online, specifically to a group in India.
PRAY for Karen as she manages a team who are finishing the preparation of an important training program for the Child Safety and Protection Network. This program teaches mission agency and International Christian School leaders how to set up and evaluate an effective child safety program.
PRAISE GOD for our new bathroom and for the brothers who did the work! Finally, we have hot showers on demand – one of the great modern inventions!
Karen Shogren
Gary Shogren
Shogrens in Costa Rica 