What’s up with the Waskoskys?
September 2008
Dear Friends and Family,
It has been such a long time since we have written! We are sorry for our lack of communication. After Tristen was born we settled into a “routine†of life and began to think that possibly we would stay in the states for a couple of years or possibly forever. Mike has continued to work at Spectrum Staffing and is keeping up his Spanish. He thought about returning to school and we even began considering buying a house.
About two months after Tristen was born, the Lord really began to move in our lives. We were greatly challenged by our Pastor Matt Hedrick. We began to really press into the Lord, learn about prayer and fasting, and about yielding ourselves to Him. We also began to learn a lot about seeking him as a couple and how to slow down the pace of our lives, so we would have time for Him and our family. It has been an exciting time and a difficult one. We are very grateful that the Lord is taking us on the journey.
We started to have a desire to become more connected with our home church Bethany. I, Lindy, am volunteering in the 1 year old room once a month, Mike is ushering, and we will also be greeters. We are most excited about our role as 5th and 6th grade assistant teachers. We will be working with another couple to disciple these precious kids as they enter this “transition†stage in their lives. We start on October 1st and cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store.
After we “signed up†to become involved in all these things, we began to sense that the Lord was renewing our call to missions. It was a strange time because we felt like we were just settling into our church and loving it. However as we sought the Lord together, we knew the Lord would have us return to Ecuador to become full-time missionaries.
As we began pursuing this we found that many people were in agreement that Ecuador is a great place for us, and we discovered there are many opportunities for us. We will be returning to Shell, where Mike’s parents live. I, Lindy, will be home schooling, David, Mike’s 13 year old brother who has down syndrome for 20 hours a week. This will greatly free up Mike’s parents to work on Bible Translation, which they have been working on for 21 years.
Mike hopes to work with another couple named Dan and Shay Edwards who have a heart to disciple Ecuadorians. Mike will possibly be recruiting and encouraging Ecuadorians to attend the discipleship school the Edwards want to start. Mike is very excited for this opportunity because he has a heart to see Ecuadorians really come to know the Lord.
We also hope to work with Casa de Fe or “House of Faith†orphanage. The orphanage was started to reach out to children with special needs because in Ecuador these children do not have rights and are often not cared for. However the orphanage has grown like crazy and any child who will not be cared for is accepted. Last I heard they had 50 kids.
The facility they are currently in is way too small to hold 50 kids, so the director has purchased land to build a better facility to accommodate all the kids. Mike hopes to work on the construction of the new property and possibly help facilitate work teams that come from the States. I, Lindy, hope to play with, love, sing to, read to and be with the kids.
We are incredibly excited to head to Ecuador, but it will also be bittersweet. We have been so blessed to live close to my parents and living so far away will be hard. Leaving our church will also be very hard. However, we know the Lord has called us to this and we cannot wait to see what He has for us! We ask that you would consider supporting us prayerfully and financially in the future.
It’s fun to imagine what Tristen will be like once we are ready to leave for Ecuador. He is seven months old now and he has grown like crazy. He is 24 inches tall and weighs around 16 pounds. He loves to hold onto our fingers and walk around. We hope he learns to crawl or walk on his own soon because our backs hurt from walking with him all day long.
One summer afternoon I was swimming with Tristen in the pool at our apartment complex and there were some little Latin kids swimming with us. One of them took the hat off of Tristen’s head and both kids screamed and were laughing. They couldn’t believe how bald he was. Latin babies are almost always born with a head full of dark, thick hair, so his baldness was shocking to these kids. Tristen’s hair has grown some since then and we think his hair is going to stay red. We love it, and it will be fun to see what the Ecuadorians think! Tristen is a wonderful blessing and we couldn’t imagine our lives without him!
Wow, this is getting long, but thanks for taking the time to read it. Mike and I appreciate your love, friendship, prayers, and support. We will be sending more updates as the details come together. If you do not wish to receive our newsletter, please feel free to let us know and we will take you off the mailing list!
Thank you again and God Bless,
Lindy, Mike and Tristen Waskosky
Please pray with us that:
•   We would seek the Lord during this time and know when to head to Ecuador
•   All the details come together
•   That we are accepted to the mission we are currently applying for.
•   That we have favor with the Ecuadorians government, so we can get the permanent residence visas we are applying for.
Please let us know if we can be praying for you in any way!
If you are in the Minneapolis area and want to hear more about what we hope to do in Ecuador, we would love to have you over for supper or something, so we can share more.
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