The Kurtz - Update

Hello Friends and Family in Christ!

It's been a long time since I updated this blog; we just get busy and time flies!

Last time we wrote was in September and we have just arrived to Adrian, Georgia to serve at Adrian Camp Conference Center (https://www.adriancamp.com/) We were there until mid-October; went to TX and then got back February 11th until March 5th. I painted picnic tables and helped Gary with some of the clothes racks installation at the lodge. Gary also did a lot of power washing and built a shack for two water heaters. We both worked helping at the kitchen with food-prep and cleaning. We love our family at this Camp. 

 

Back in Mid-October, we were in Texas until the second week of February. Gary got his right shoulder total replacement on November 22nd. His improvement has been great. He's even built himself an exercise/therapy station in every place we have stayed. He's constantly praising the Lord for how fast this surgery's recovery has been compared to his left one in December 2020. God is so good!!

While in Texas, we first we went to see our son Shane in Houston and then we visited and stayed with our youngest, Blake in Seguin, TX for a couple of months. At Blake's, he and his girlfriend helped us put our Christmas shoeboxes together and we used our God-given gifts to help them with a couple of projects around their new apartment .

 

A few days before Christmas, the Lord put in our hearts to go and love and minister to our friends Johnny and Emmy in Utopia, TX. They are a very beloved family in Christ who we love like family. They lovingly opened their house to us and we had a very blessed time. We got to spend Christmas with them, their children and some other friends from our family in Christ. 

We had a gingerbread competition and I made my first ever gingerbread "house." No experience at all, so to "justify" the result, I just decided to say it was more like a "Frankenstein or Flintstones" creation. It was so heavy but so much fun! See for yourselves 😆😂😄. I can't wait until I try it again, but with time in advanced 😉.

We collected a lot of laughter and memories. We also cherished our time at service and Sunday School with our heavenly family from Living Waters Church (http://www.awaterholefortheworld.com/) in Utopia. I, Marielos, personally believe God had also appointed this time for me to be refreshed in heart matters thru the Women's Bible study. His timing was perfect.   

We are now back to Black Mountain, NC volunteering at Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families (https://www.blackmountainhome.org). We will be serving here until we hear from Jesus as far as where to go from here. We will be posting another update about our stay and service here in the future. 

Please keep our following needs in your prayers: 

• For divine appointments wherever and whenever we come in contact with people who do not know Jesus and do not have a relationship with God the Father thru Him. 
• Please pray for safe travels, our health, our RV and equipment to work right.
• For our finances: we are offered an RV spot with all services and utilities in most of the places we volunteer at, but we need funds to cover for gas and food.  We can't deny the Lord is a good Father. In His faithfulness, He provides thru the help of people who are led to contribute to our ministry. Please prayerfully consider donating any amount God puts in your heart following this link: Online donations are tax-deductible only for USA Citizens & Residents thru http://www.waterworshipword.org/p/support-information.html. Scroll down to the DONATE online section and please be sure to choose Gary and Marielos in the Missionary/Project box.  
• You can also send your tax-deductible financial gift directly to us at Water, Worship & Word at the address below. Please make checks payable to WWW and write Gary and Marielos Kurtz in the memo. Also, please add a short note with your email address to be able to get a receipt for your donation. 

        Gary  & Marielos Kurtz 

        c/o W.W.W

        8765 Boxelder Dr.

        Colorado Springs, CO 80920 

The Kurtz - June thru August

Hi Y'all!

Well, as you know from previous posts, I Marielos, am just a computer user, so our updates are nothing fancy or detailed. But one thing I can assure you, everything we do it, we do it for God's glory. We serve where He sends and do what He wants us to do for His Kingdom. We use this basic blog and our Facebook page just to let y'all how we are doing and what we are up to. As Gary says, the Lord tells us to go and when we make it to the destination, they give us the reason. 

If you read our last update, you would know that we were serving at Black Mountain Home (https://blackmountainhome.org) This is such a godly ministry that we seriously ask you all reading this post to please prayerfully consider volunteering or contributing to this ministry. If you ever happen to be in this area, with or without an RV, they do need all the loving help they can get. They accept daily volunteers and you can also stay in a rig they have at their RV park for volunteer purposes. In both cases, you need to contact the volunteer coordinator in advanced.

Gary’s recovery from his left should replacement surgery last December 2020 has been miraculous. His ability to perform most jobs and using the gifts the Lord  has given him is so rewarding.

I, Marielos, did painting, power washing and served at their “famous”  Thrift Store.

 

We were blessed to spend time with other brothers and sisters in the RV missions ministries and attended a small but Spirit-filled church we have fallen in love with. (https://swannanoacc.com) 

During the weeks before leaving Black Mountain, NC, we went to visit with family and friends in Pensylvannia. We celebrating Gary's Aunt Maggie's 91st birthday, got together with cousins who he hasn't seen in more than 50-60 years and had fun with very special friends. God is good! It was such great and blessed time!

We are now serving at Adrian Camp Conference Center in Georgia (https://www.adriancamp.com/) where we will be until mid-October. Please also consider serving here. 

How can you support us:

• Please do keep me, Marielos, in your prayers as I am having some health problems with my hands and of course, I do need them, not only for volunteering work, but for my daily life 😶
• Please cover us with your prayers as often as you remember us: for safe travels, our health, our RV and equipment to work right. 
• For divine appointments whenever we come in contact with people who do not know Jesus and do not have a relationship with God the Father thru Him. 
• For our finances: being the children of God comforts us knowing that He always provides in His loving and caring ways. Our major expenses are gas and food. Please prayerfully consider donating any amount God puts in your heart following this link: 
• Online donations are tax-deductible only for USA Citizens & Residents        thru http://www.waterworshipword.org/p/support-information.html. Scroll down to the DONATE online section and please be sure to choose Gary and Marielos in the Missionary/Project box.  
• You can send your tax-deductible financial gift directly to us at Water, Worship & Word at the address below. Please make checks payable to WWW and write Gary and Marielos Kurtz in the memo. Also, please add a short note with your email address to be able to get a receipt for your donation.

       Gary & Marielos Kurtz c/o W.W.W

       6547 N Academy Blvd #472       

       Colorado Springs CO 80918

 

The Kurtz - First Quarter 2021

Dear friends,

It’s been a long time since we updated you with our adventures.

For those of you who do not know, we were in Texas helping our oldest son with a fixer-upper.  Though we did not get to see the final product, we were able to help with lots of the repairs and upgrades. 

As many you know we lost our fur baby Titus on January 25th. He was with us for almost 11 years. Through all the years, he had been part of all our missionary trips. He brought  a lot of joy not only to us but also to the many who got to meet him. We miss him everyday, but are at peace knowing he had a great life, was loved and spoiled immensely and that now, he is not in pain anymore. His last year was not easy for him. 

Gary was finally released after four months from his surgery at the end of March. Praise God for his quick recovery. His mobility and strength improved and continues to get better daily. So, after six months in South Texas, we were able to leave on Easter morning for a three day trip to Black Mountain, NC as our final destination. God willing, we will be serving at the Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families until September. There’s a lot of beauty around us, but the most beautiful thing is the ministry the Lord has put together in this place. 

Gary is helping in maintenance, while I have been doing painting and helping at Thrift Store. 

For more information about it follow this link https://www.blackmountainhome.org. Please do consider volunteering here.

How can you support us:

• Please do cover us with your prayers as often as you remember us 
• For divine appointments whenever we come in contact with people who do not know Jesus and do not have a relationship with God the Father thru Him. 
• For our finances: being the children of God comforts us knowing that He always provides by putting in people's heart to support us with our expenses. Our major expenses are gas and food right now. Please prayerfully consider donating any amount God puts in your heart following this link: 
• Online donations are tax-deductible only for USA Citizens & Residents thru http://www.waterworshipword.org/p/support-information.html. Scroll down to the DONATE online section and please be sure to choose Gary and Marielos in the Missionary/Project box. 
• You can send your tax-deductible financial gift directly to us at Water, Worship & Word at the address below. Please make checks payable to WWW and write Gary and Marielos Kurtz in the memo. Also, please add a short note with your email address to be able to get a receipt for your donation.

       Gary & Marielos Kurtz c/o W.W.W

       6547 N Academy Blvd #472       

       Colorado Springs CO 80918