April Update

Since we last sent an update we’ve been very busy with  work, ministry, and family obligations. In this edition of Marti News we’d like to share some glimpses into where God has taken us these last few months. 

 Pottery Ministry

 The Pottery Ministry has been moving forward on many fronts: Steve has joined up with a Gallup non-profit called Gallup Arts and is actively working out of their studio, Art123 (below right) located in the heart of Gallup.  He’s also working with the University of New Mexico’s Community Development Center and will be teaching an art class to inmates in the local jail this summer.

The rest of his time is taken up working on Western Indian Ministry’s books, as well as teaching at the local UNM branch.  He’s super busy, but loving every minute of it, especially the pottery work.

Ladies Ministry

 Katrina has taken a 3/4 time job at Home Depot locally, but still manages to spend quite a bit of her spare time counseling with, and helping some of the ladies she’s worked with up to now. Issues like mental illness, addiction, and domestic violence are familiar themes in her conversation.  She continues in her ministry at our local church, Lighthouse International, of teaching in and leading the Set Free ministry. 

Speaking of Set Free, Katrina was really blessed the other day while talking with one of the ladies, only to find out that one of the other ladies Katrina had invested in early on, has taken this lady under her wing and was ministering in some very intense ways to her. There’s no greater joy for a missionary than finding one of their disciples discipling others.

Because the needs around here are so great,  Katrina has signed up with Western New Mexico University working toward her degree in Social Work. Classes start for her this summer. 

Graduation!

Many of you have known our children since they were quite small. When we committed to become missionaries Anna was just 18 months old. For that reason we couldn’t let this issue of Marti News pass without sharing with you our pride and joy in Anna’s high school graduation. This fall, she will be headed to Silver City New Mexico to go to college at Western New Mexico University. Anna plans to also study social work—maybe at least a bit as a result of her involvement in the Set Free ministry these last few years.