Family & Friends,
We just returned last night from a great week in Venezuela. We spent last weekend with the national CMA pastors and had a very meaningful weekend. We then made our way to Caracas and had a super week with our team, refining our vision for a house church movement in that city. We also had some fun together and enjoyed some of the culinary variety of Caracas like 4D ice cream – for those of you who have had the experience.
We are home for the weekend now and then Murray heads to Nicaragua on Monday morning (Sept 17-21), by bus with the Costa Rican pastors, for the CMA Central American yearly get together. This is a great time to get to know these leaders better and to support them in what they are doing.
Thanks for remembering us in prayer and for supporting us in the various ways that you do that.
Murray & Michelle, Mikaela & Mattea
The Derksens 
Thank you for keeping in touch, and I do enjoy reading your blog. May God continue to bless your work in South America, and I pray for your trip with the Costa Rican pastors, and for God’s leading on the work there. God Bless. Th