Greetings to all our friends and family,

What an awesome year 2012 has been so far and the best is yet to come!!!!  It’s that way for me, because I’m alive and overflowing in His perfect grace.  I don’t have to try and earn it or toil for it; it’s mine because of the price paid by my Jesus.  This is another year for us to live in God’s goodness and grace before all the world to see and brag continually about how much God loves us.

We just sent out a teaching letter that the Holy Spirit gave to me on the peace of God.  It blessed me just to receive it and then to get to write it.  God’s perfect peace truly does surpass ALL natural understanding and all we have to do to have it, is just believe and receive.  In that peace, all other things just fall away.  War, recession, sickness, and disease has to bow their knees to the name that is above every name.  Here is the link to that teaching letter and I would love to hear your thoughts about it. LWT February 2012 Teaching letter

On a personal note, Debbie and I are doing great.  We have had many changes in our life and ministry and our schedule has become even more fruitful than ever.  Debbie has taken over the finances of the ministry along with what she was already doing, which is an entirely new place for her and I have to say, “SHE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB”!

As for our kiddos:

Ashley and Josh are still in Germany as Josh serves with the Air Force.  He just signed on for another season through 2017.  Ashley finished her schooling and earned her degree in Sept.  She was recently hired as the Registrar of an elementary school that is on base and she has now been given government security clearance for her job.

Ricky left for Air Force Boot Camp on December 27th and recently graduated as an Airman First Class.  He is currently in Pensacola, FL for tech school until around May 10th.  We are not sure yet where his orders will take him, BUT we do know that God has great things in-store for him.  Here is a link to see pictures of his Air Force life.  Ricky’s Air Force Pictures

Parker left Ricky’s Boot Camp graduation last month with a desire for the Air Force and has now signed up for the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) which is an auxiliary to the Air Force.  He is also a new cadet with the fire department here in Caddo Mills and is truly enjoying it.  Here is a link to some pictures of Parker.  Pictures of Cadet FF Parker Spanberger

As we are moving forward in this year, I am really excited about the upcoming mission trips and meetings.  I will be in Guatemala during the month of May, teaching a seminar with Daniel King http://www.kingministries.com/ .  While I’m there, the ministry will be doing an outreach to the fire fighters.  One of our missionaries, Debby Roth, did an outreach last year to the Police Dept. and she had it on her heart to reach out to the fire fighters, as well.  God sent Debby to talk to them and the door has been opened.  We will be ministering to them and imparting Godly leadership skills.  I will also be teaching them basic EMS skills so that they are better prepared to help the people of Guatemala in times of need.  We have done this outreach in Panama, Paraguay, and now Guatemala.  More than 300 fire fighters have made Christ the Lord of their lives through this outreach.  Here is a link to keep up with this event.  Fire Fighter Outreach  I will be in Compton, CA in August, Des Moines, IA in September, Branson, MO in October, Guatemala again in November, Germany in December (family time with Ashley), and there are more dates to come.  I have plans for a mid summer trip to Panama and Nicaragua, back to back.  I LOVE IT!!!!!