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Spring 2020 Update
Dear Friends and Family, The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. Rightly so. But from time to time, we need to remind...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Apr 11, 202013 min read
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Fall 2019 Update
Dear Friends and Family, It’s October and we’re still in the hot, rainy and muggy season – yet signs of Christmas preparations are...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Oct 28, 201910 min read
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Summer 2019 Update
Dear Friends and Family, We hope you are enjoying your summer and keeping safe from the heat and weather hazards across the U.S. and...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Aug 5, 201911 min read
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Fall 2018 - Just Spent a Month Enjoying the Autumn Colors in the NW, Ministry & Grandchildren
A writer once quipped: An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Nov 9, 20188 min read
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August 2018 - Medical Mission with New Haven Korean Church
In missions, as in life in general, you learn to always expect the unexpected. Due to stormy weather, the mission group from New Haven...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Aug 28, 20187 min read
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Living Waters Video of Cantamayec Water Plant
Hello Everyone, As an update to our last post in July, we want to share a wonderful video that Living Waters just sent to us. To see the...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Aug 10, 20181 min read
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July 2018 - LWW Inauguration of New Water Plant
A famous American poet once said, with every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. In February, when the team...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Jul 29, 20182 min read
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April 2018 - Ahinas' Quick Visit to Washington State
Second Grandchild Arrives! During Holy week and Easter week vacation, we headed back to Seattle to see the birth of our new, beautiful...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Apr 30, 20181 min read
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Happy New Year 2018
Dear friends & family, This past month, we embarked on the construction of a new water plant in Cantamayec. This will be our third plant...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Jan 2, 20181 min read
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December 2017 - Holiday Photos
Celebrating our 28th Anniversary on Dec 16th; then Pastor Will's & Nancy's 50th (12/17) with the Legters & Reyes here in Mérida -...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Dec 20, 20171 min read
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July 2017 EFPC - More Than Building a Home in Maní
If we were to choose one word that represents the work Everett First Presbyterian (EFPC) did in Mani in July, it would be: Edify....

Yucatan Helping Hands
Aug 19, 20173 min read
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March - July 2017 Furlough & Family Reunion Trip
At the end of our CMDA/USA medical mission trip this past week, we were graciously treated to some R&R with the team in Cancun. On the...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Mar 24, 20175 min read
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March 2017 - CMDA Restoring the Whole Being
Jesus pointed out that it’s not the healthy who need a physician but those who are sick. In March, through missionary Tom Hough (United...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Mar 20, 20173 min read
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March 2017 - Kawika's Last Goodbye
A teary farewell: Before leaving on our mission & furlough, Kawika asked to address the 3rd to 6th graders & teachers for a last “adios,”...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Mar 10, 20171 min read
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July 2016 - AVPC Serving a Family, Embracing a Nation
For Juanita Balaam, her daughter Abigail and mother, Florencia, illnesses have been constant. Having to deal with surgeries, stomach...

Yucatan Helping Hands
Oct 27, 20162 min read
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