First Entry

This is our first entry into the Mattix Family Journal. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

We anticipate finishing our itineration by the end of October. In fact, in order to purchase the plane tickets for our family in time, we need to be done with our budget as soon as possible.

To those of you supporting us monthly, we thank you very much. We are excited to be your partners in ministry to the jungles of Paraguay.

This itineration has been an exciting and challenging experience. We, as a family of five, have traveled over 90,000 miles in our van, and we did all but one service together. We have grown closer together and to God throughout this past two years.

Now, it is all coming to an end, and we are about to begin the next step of our journey. We will be going to language school in January. It is a one-year term in Costa Rica where we will all learn Spanish and the Latin American culture. Then, we will spend at least two years in Paraguay. In Paraguay, we will need to learn another language called Guarani. The majority of people in Paraguay speak this language, and we desire to speak their "heart" language.

Thank you to all of you who are praying and supporting us monthly. We are so grateful to you, and we are blessed by you.