We hit the ground running as soon as we arrived in PG. Unpacking, preparing for a team, setting up construction and taking care of things from our absence. Not to mention that Jervis and Analiya were both in Brad’s wedding. Brad is the young man that has been with us since we moved here 2 years ago; he married a Belizean girl on Feb. 14th.

On Wednesday everyone flew back home, including my parents that drove down to Belize with us. It was so nice having them here. So now we are cleaning and trying to finish all the unpacking that did not get done before the team arrived.

Our windows arrived today, so we are excited to get the bottom floor windows and doors in. The top floor is already coming along nicely and you can see the shape of the rooms. Our goal is to be able to move in by the end of June. Since being home I have already had someone come to me about taking their unborn baby we are eager to get the building finished and opened.

Thanks again for all your prayers and support. We are so blessed to serve the Lord in this capacity that we are.

Your friends,
Jervis and Melissa Fisher

I want to say that my family and I have felt so overwhelmingly blessed by Jesus and all our family and friends (new & old) on this trip back to the states. As we sit here at the border getting ready to drive through Mexico into Belize we are so blown away by everything that God has done! Every house, every meal, every kind word, hug, laugh, gift, prayer, note, e-mail…there are so many things I can’t even list them. We have two buses full with items that have been donated! And the best news of all is that by the mercy of God we have raised the whole $117,000 we needed to finish the first building for the orphanage! Isn’t God good! And to top it off we have two young single guys that are joining us in Belize. The only regret we have is that we have many friends and family we did not get to see, so maybe next time.

We have had a few bumps in the road these last couple of days, Zander has gone to the ER twice. First he was diagnosed with croup and then second RSV. Needless to say Christina has now caught it, so we have two little ones that are not feeling their best.

Also, Jervis’ sister passed away this week. After months of fighting a battle with cancer she has now gone to be with the Lord. We will not be able to make it to the funeral, but Jervis and Shandice feel very blessed to have been with her while she was alive.

Thank you all for everything, we anticipate great things for 2010! We are booked with teams all the way through August starting one week after we get to Belize. We can’t wait to see how the Lord will move this coming year. Thank you so much for your prayers, your financial support, your encouragement, and your love! It is such strength to us to have you by our side, thank you!

May God richly bless you and give you purpose in your day!

In Him,
The Fisher Family

P.S. If you did not get to see our new promo video for LOL you can watch it on our website @ www.lolministry.com

We are finally back in Colorado after 11,000+ miles around the United States. Our trip went really well, of course with all the kids and so much travel we were exhausted by the time we got here. We are so thankful to the Lord for giving us such an amazing opportunity to share about Laugh Out Loud with so many people. What a blessing it is to be home for Christmas! We are taking in every moment, every smell, every tradition; we are even taking in all the cold weather! Our hearts feel overwhelmed with the love that the Lord continues to show us, as well as the love that we feel from all of you. Even though our schedule here in Colorado has been packed we feel ever so grateful to be here.

Jervis’ sister is still alive; she is in Hospice at the moment and has continued to surprise the doctors. We are continuing to pray for her complete healing.

Shandice has decided to join a ministry dance team in Minnesota and I will be taking here up there the first part of January. She would still like to attend Christ for the Nations in the future, but for now we all feel this is where the Lord wants her.

We will be sharing about Laugh Out Loud at Resurrection Fellowship (our home church) on January 9th & 10th. We are so honored to have this opportunity and would love to see you there if you can make it.

Well, that is all for now. I really wanted to get out a Christmas card or something, but I just can’t seem to find the time. So if I don’t write before Christmas, please have a great Christmas! Enjoy who and what God has given to you, you never know what next year could look like!

In Him,

Jervis and Melissa Fisher

We are currently in Spring Hill, Tennessee and will be heading to Elizabethtown, Kentucky to share at a church on Sunday. We are tired, but have really enjoyed our time on the road. What a beautiful country we have. We were able to take a day and visit Washington, D.C., the kids loved seeing the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Capital, and Museums. We feel so blessed to be able to travel throughout the United States seeing our family and friends and sharing about what God has been doing in our lives and ministry.

The Fisher Family

Thank you for your prayers and I will keep you posted.

P.S. I did fine sharing at the church, thanks to God’s grace. And my friend Janna flew in from Pennsylvania to drive with me, so God worked it all out!

Melissa

I will keep you posted on how things are going.

Melissa

We left Thursday morning for South Dakota and were able to drive to Mount Rushmore on our way to our first stop.  The kids really enjoyed seeing it.  It has been snowing most of our trip and although we are really cold we are enjoying every minute of it!  We are currently in Ottertail, Minnesota.  We will be leaving here on Wednesday for Wisconsin.  The kids are doing well with all the travel, we max out at about three hours for the babies before we have to stop for a break.  Please be praying for Zander, he is taking all the changes the hardest.  He has not sleep for the past two nights and has been very clingy.

Please also be praying for Jervis’ family.  We received a call Saturday that his sister is in the hospital dying from breast cancer that spread to her brain.  She lives in New York and we will be there on the 20^th of October, but we are waiting to find out from his brother if we need to get there sooner.

If you would like to be praying for our trip here is the link that will tell you where we will be for the next few months.  http://www.lolministry.com/schedule/

Thanks again for all your love and support!

The Fisher Family

We look forward to seeing many of our friends and supporters!

What a mighty God we serve! So our trip is a go, everything is working out and we are so excited to see what the Lord has planned for this time.

Can’t wait,
Melissa

Other than that, both the babies are doing amazing! Christina is now 20 lbs. and has out grown all the clothes that were so generously donated to her. She started walking a few weeks ago; she has made so many remarkable improvements and we are so excited for all of you to meet her. Zander started walking a week after Christina, but still prefers his faster method of crawling! What a joy it is to watch them grow and develop. What plans God has for these two little ones and how honored we are to be a part of it.

We are so excited for our future trip back to the states. We had such an incredible response from all of you and will be traveling for over two months, over 10,000 miles and 20 states! What an adventure that is going to be with five kids! We can’t wait to share all that God is doing and what the future holds for us here in Belize.

We can’t thank you all enough for all the support that you have given us! We are truly blessed to have such great friends and cheerleaders! So many of you write and say how inspiring our lives are and how you couldn’t do what we are doing. I can’t find the right words to say this, so I pray that you understand what I am trying to say. It is because of all of you and because of the love and support that you show that gives us strength! Yes, we know that it ultimately comes down to the Lord and that it is all because of Him. But, He uses you! You are a part of every life that we touch here in Belize! When the electricity goes off for 10 hours and we are hot and tired, when we miss home, when we want to feel the arms of our parents wrapped around us, when we want to walk into Rez and feel the presence of God and see all our friends, when dogs are chasing me and the car breaks down, when we just simply wish we had a friend here…..it is every e-mail, every phone call, every item that is donated, every dollar that is given that reminds us of God’s faithfulness and that we are here for a reason.

So thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for loving us and encouraging us! For walking along side of us in this journey to make a difference! You are the best and we appreciate you and thank God for you!

On the journey,
Melissa