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November Newsletter

The month of October brought many blessings and challenges.  At the close of our last newsletter, we mentioned that Kari was going to fly back to Pensacola to spend time with her mom.  She arrived late Monday evening, October 5th.  She was able to spend Tuesday with...

October Newsletter–It’s been a busy month!

The last month has been extremely busy as we had ten meetings in September. During that time we were thrilled to have two new churches take us on for support. An individual in another church also expressed a desire to financially partner with us on a monthly basis. We...

August/September Newsletter

August/September Newsletter Greetings from the great state of Texas! We left Pensacola almost one week ago for our longest stretch away yet---95 days (at least). We headed west and had meetings in Picayune, MS; Covington, LA; and Lake Charles, LA. During our time in...

Construction in Villa Elisa

So excited to report that our co-laborer has purchased property and construction has begun for the newest church plant in the district of Villa Elisa, Asuncion, Paraguay. The property is in a very busy part of this district. There have already been several people...

June Newsletter

It is exciting to write this prayer letter as we have just completed five full months of deputation. We continue to stand in AWE at the goodness of our God! He is faithfully meeting each need and directing our paths. We were able to visit with a dear nursing mentor...

May Newsletter

So many things have happened since our last update, and we are excited to share of God’s goodness to the Showers’ family.  In our last update, we mentioned a lady named Kate who was interested in hearing more of the gospel from one of the Army chaplains at Fort...

Greetings from Cumming, GA

The last few weeks have been sweet as we have been able to see friends and family at each stop along the way.  We spent 10 days in Wytheville, VA, with dear friends Pastor Andrew and Crystal Davis.  Crystal and Kari were office-mates at PCC for four years.  Jim was...

March/April Newsletter

Greetings from the beautiful hills of Wytheville, Virginia.  Since our last update we have had 14 more meetings, and have traveled through Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.  It has been exciting to share our burden for those who need the gospel...

Deputation in Full Swing

On Saturday (2/21), we traveled from Tallahassee to Ocoee where we would present our work at Victory Baptist Church on Sunday morning. We met a precious couple (Mr. and Mrs. Edwards) who teach at the church's Christian school and live in a home on the church property....

Travel update (what a might God we serve)!

It's hard to express how wonderfully the Lord has blessed us and encouraged our hearts through this first month of full-time travel. In total, we were able to share our burden for Paraguay in six churches (much of which was described by Kari in her post titled,...