On our way.

Thanks to all those that have helped us in making this endeavor possible. Your assistance brings light during dark times.

It hasn't been an easy year for us, but hopefully our service can make something better of it. As the Southwestern Washington Synod of the ELCA put it:

Petersen Remembers Loved Ones by Building Houses for Poor

FIRCREST – The Rev. Dr. Gary Petersen of Redeemer Lutheran Church, his family

and circle of friends are turning tragedy and sadness into hope. Petersen’s father, Ken,

died in 2009 at age 87, and in his honor Pastor Petersen was planning to build a

Habitat for Humanity house in Totonicapan, Guatemala. Petersen has a long history

of building Habitat for Humanity homes there. Then Petersen got a double whammy.

His nephew, Hans, 30, died after falling off a construction platform four stories up. To

honor Hans, it was decided to build another Habitat house, and that number now has

grown to three houses. About 24 of Petersen family including wife Linda and daughter

Carrie and friends will travel to Totonicapan from July 3 to 18 to build the homes.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will help. “It will be a reunion; there will be tears.

But that love passes on, I think,”

In their memory we are going to serve in Guatemala, a country that is in more need of help especially after this year's headline disasters. More info on that soon.

We pray that as the twenty-four of us embark to Guatemala, that we all travel safely.

"But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind." Luke 14:13