Busy, Busy

Dear Friends and Family,

Well, we are busy! And we love it! We completely enjoy our time spent with supporters, family, colleagues and friends here in the U.S. Since January 9th, we have spent every Sunday speaking in churches, and in between times with supporters and family. It has been a blessing to reconnect with everyone after two+ years apart!

We are still attempting to visit everyone before we leave, but our time is running low! We've past the halfway mark and it's running out fast! If we have not been able to connect with you yet, please contact us at 636-284-8540 and let us know when we can get together. The calendar is getting full but we will make every effort to meet with you! In the note below is our schedule for the rest of our time in the U.S.

This weekend we are in Kansas City speaking at two supporting churches, Morning Star Church in Lawrence and Abundant Life Baptist

in Lee's Summit. If anyone would like to see us at one of these churches, we would love to see you!

On Monday we return for Sammy to have minor surgery on an umbilical hernia on Tuesday. We've also been trying to schedule a wisdom teeth removal for me (Julie), and may try that for Wednesday, if possible. So please pray for us to redeem the time we have left in the U.S. and to be able to thank all the people that have been a part of our ministry in Brazil.

The children are doing well. We are continuing homeschool in the mornings and they are progressing well. They've been enjoying catching up with friends and playing at the all the fun places available here in the States. We've tried to set aside time to give them a break and have play time. And they're enjoying it!

One thing we've all enjoyed is the SNOW! Everywhere we've gone there has been snow! And we have loved it! Please pray we would be safe through snow storms and traveling.

Thanks again for praying for us and please do let us know how we can pray for you. We would love to see you!

Serving together with you,

Todd and Julie Hendry

Our schedule for the rest of our time

Dear Friends and Family,

I promised in my last update a schedule of where we will be for the next couple of weeks until we return to Brazil. So here it is below.

We have already met with 2 supporting churches and have all the rest scheduled in the upcoming weeks! We praise the Lord for that. We would like to meet with all our supporters and prayer partners who live close by to some of these churches. For those out of the areas of our churches, we deeply apologize for not being able to make it to see you! Three months is too short! But we will do our best to see as many of you as possible! If you would like to meet with us, please contact us as soon as possible and we will schedule a time to meet with as many of you as possible. Our cell phone is 636-284-5207. Todd's parents' phone is 636-447-8540. Or, of course, e-mail us at tjhendry@avmi.org. Thanks!

St. Louis January 17-26
January 23rd--Dardenne Presbyterian Church

Kansas City January 27-January 31
January 27th--Travel to Kansas City
January 30th--A.M. Service--Morning Star Church in Lawrence, KS
P.M. Service--Abundant Life Baptist Church in Lee's Summit, MO

St. Louis February 1-8
February 1st--Return to St. Louis
February 6th--Grace Bible Church in Columbia, MO

Kansas City February 9-20
February 9th--Travel to Kansas City
February 13th--Community Bible Church in Odessa, MO
February 20th--Woodson Avenue Bible Church in Shawnee Mission, KS

St. Louis February 21-22
February 21st--Return to St. Louis

Florida Trip February 23-March 4
February 23rd--Travel to Florida
February 27th--Good Shepherd Church in Englewood, FL
March 3rd-4th--Memphis Homeschooling Conference

St. Louis March 5-8
March 5th--Return to St. Louis
March 8th--Return to Brazil

Thanks again! We thank you for your prayers for traveling mercies! We were stuck in Maine because of the big snowstorm last week but made it back to St. Louis in time for our meetings and managed to snag a couple more days with my parents. It was nice! We had a great meeting with Hermon Baptist in Maine, a beautiful open house with Dardenne church-folk and a wonderful reception at Bonhomme Presbyterian in St. Louis area. Thanks again for all your prayers!

Serving together with you,

Todd and Julie Hendry

Happy New Year

Dear Friends and Family,

We are already a few days into 2011 and want to send you a Happy New Year wish. We do pray that this next year will be a year of God's blessing on your life as you serve Him. We've really enjoyed looking back over the last year, seeing how God has provided for us and guided us. How amazing God is!

• Todd finished language school in March
• We took a survey trip and prayerfully decided on moving to Croata in April
• We took 7 trips to Croata looking for homes April-July
• Todd found a home for us to rent and we moved in the end of July
• Dardenne Church sent a work team down for two weeks in August
• The kids started Kindergarten and 3rd Grade the end of August
• We started our Children's Club in September which has grown to 40 children
• Julie was hospitalized and had surgery November-December
• We arrived in the St. Louis in December to be with Todd's family
• We flew to Maine to be with Julie's family after Christmas

What are we looking forward to? Starting January 9th, we start meeting with our supporting churches. Each Sunday we have left in the U.S. until March 8th is full as we meet with our supporting churches and prayer and financial supporters. It is going to be busy, but we love it! It's a joy to see so many people and spend time with each person who has invested in us and our ministry.

Many have asked how I (Julie) am. I have finally been having some time to settle down and get the rest the doctor ordered. It has been wonderful to spend time with both sides of the family. I feel much better with no pain, and my incisions have healed. I'm still to take it easy for another month and then can start getting back to my routines.

The kids will be starting school the week after we return to St. Louis from Maine. We will plan to spend consistent time with school for them in the mornings but will be available for visits with families and individuals during the weeks and most weekends. Please contact us on our cell phone at 636-284-5207 if you would like to set up a time for us to get together. We will be sending out our schedule in the next couple weeks.

Thank you to all of you for your prayers and faithfulness over the last few years as we have gone to Brazil and started our ministry in Croata. May God bless you in your desire to serve Him and we thank you for entrusting us to be your arms and feet in Brazil.

Serving together with you,

Todd and Julie Hendry