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Monday, July 15, 2013

New Website

We now have a website it is www.lovechangesall.org Our new name is Love Changes All. We will be updating under http://www.lovechangesall.org/news.html please check it monthly for updates.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

With God all things are possible!!!

If you would of told us when we started our journey into full time missions that we would one day be moving to a country where we were going to start something from the ground up we would have told you that you were crazy. We would of said "Isn't it enough to just sell all of our things and move to another country to help with an established ministry." Of course we did start that way by moving to Mozambique last year and working at the Iris Ministries Pemba base where we served as hospitality leaders for almost a year and we ere so grateful for the time that we spent there and for all of the lessons learned there because that year in Pemba gave us the confidence that we could do what He has called us to do in 2013.
view of Costa Rica Mountains

If you are new to our blog or just haven't kept up with us then you maybe asking what are you doing in 2013? Well on January 1st we moved to Costa Rica where we will be rescuing children from the sex trafficking industry. We will also be working with under privileged children to hopefully save them before they get into the industry. We have found that the needs are great here and we are really not sure where we should begin.





Living Room
Small but nice kitchen
Bedroom always a
breeze blowing!!!
We have found a great little place to live outside of San Jose in a providence called Tibas. Our landlady is a sweet older lady who is very happy that we are here. She has been taking good care of us by buying us additional pots and pans, sheets, blankets and even brought us over lunch on our first day of Spanish school. This place even has a washing machine so it is definitely nice to not have our clothes hand washed anymore.  We are so grateful to God for this wonderful place to live.

We know the first and most important thing we need to do is learn the language. So after 20+ years of not attending school we have started language school. We are going to class Monday-Friday and from 8-12pm. This has been a little bit of a challenge for us but we have found that you can teach old dogs new tricks and after our second week of school we have seen that we are learning a lot. For me, Cindy, it has been easier than for John. I have had some Spanish in High School so a lot of it has been coming back plus I did learn some Portuguese while in Mozambique so that is helping too. John has found out that he did know more Portuguese then he thought but is having a harder time than I. But, I must say he is doing remarkably well and he has come a long way since that first day. Our teacher, Fransico, is amazing and he will speak very little English so we are totally immersed in the language.

Lunch for our 25th
Wedding Anniversary!!
Next week John is going to go to private lessons in the afternoon. He is going to be studying from 1-4pm and I, Cindy, will be learning my Spanish from a girl that used to be in prostitution. She was in a safe house for a few months but when she turned 18 she had to leave so I am going to work with her and pay her a little something to help me. This is a win win situation for all as she will now have a job and I will be on the streets practicing my Spanish. Hopefully, the next week John will feel more comfortable with Spanish and will be able to join us.

Also, during these first weeks we have had several meetings with PANI, like child protection, and have found out that the needs are great especially for children ages 12-18 but especially the boys. It seems that people are willing to help out the younger children and maybe even the older girls but no one seems to want the boys. So, starting the first week in February we are going to go to the area where the homeless boys and girls hang out and bring them sandwiches. Right now we are only going to do this once a week but hope to do it more often once our Spanish is better. We want to start relationships with these children and see what is the best way to help them.


Our friend Marvin and one of his friends
singing to us our first week here!!

In the future we would like to rent a building to start a community center. This would allow us to feed the children on a daily basis and also have some programs for them to keep them off of the street for a little while. This would also allow us to work with people that are 18 and over. Again building up the relationships with them and having them come to learn to love and trust us is the key. We are also still figuring out how the best way to do this is and thinking at the moment that the community center would be best in the area where they hang out. So, of course we will need guards and other volunteers to help us so please pray that God will give us the right strategy for helping these precious children.

We have also been learning our way around here. We are for the most part on our own so we are having to figure out everything as we go. We do a lot of walking as it helps us find our way around and then it also gives us a chance to practice our Spanish. We do not have a car so we either have to walk, take a taxi or a bus. We are finding that for what we are wanting to do we are going to need a car. There are areas that we would like to go and visit but is really hard without a car so we have been looking and are finding that older used cars are pretty expensive here. We are going to need @ $10,000 for a car. We are asking each of you to pray for our need of a car and if you feel that God would like you to donate to our car fund then please click here please mark that it is for Thalheimer missions and that it is for the car fund.

In closing we would like to say thank you to everyone that has supported us with prayers. financial support, encouragement etc because if it wasn't for you guys we would not be doing what we are doing. Remember that whatever we reap you also reap. We love each and everyone of you and would love to hear from you so please send us an email at cindy@pishonriver.com. Also if you would like us to pray for anything please let us know.

Lots of love and blessings,
John and Cindy

Prayer needs:
Our son Jeremiah to have less stress at work
Financial needs/ we are taking a big step here and we are now responsible to pay for all of our living needs like housing, car, food etc
For a nice car at a very reasonable price right now it is looking around $10,000
The sale of John's moms house to be quickly and at or above asking price. Also, that she she will find a place to live that is more suitable for her and that she likes immensely.
If you would like to make recurring monthly donations to us please send me an email at cindy@pishonriver.com and I will set it up for you. If you click here it will allow you to make a one time donation but not recurring so I will need to set that up. You can also mail checks to Wellspring Fellowship P.O. Box 71733 Albany GA 31708 please include a note that it is for Thalheimer Mission.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Now in Costa Rica

This is just a quick update to let everyone know, that may not received our newsletter, that we are now in Costa Rica. God has called us here to start something from the ground up rescuing children from sex trafficking, the streets etc. We have been here not even a week and we have had several meetings with PANI, the agency that works with children, and have found out that the needs are so much greater than we even thought. So please pray for us as we learning our way around a new place, having to learn a new language and also to do only what God has called us to do. However, one thing has been checked off of our list and that was finding a place to live. Praise God that we found a great place to live. This is just a quick update for all who have not gotten our latest newsletter. If you wold like to be on our mailing list please send me your email address to cindy@pishonriver.com We are so grateful to all of you that have sacrificed to support us on this new adventure with God because none of this would have been possible if it wasn't for your love, prayers and generosity. LOve and blessings, John and Cindy Now missionaries to Costa Rica but Mozambique still has a place in our hearts and we are working on scholarship funds for there and here.