Thank you for praying. We were able to purchase the exact vehicle we were looking for. It is a silver 2003 Honda Odyssey.

Typical of missionary life, we bought it while on a trip. So our current truck, 1990 Suburban, is sitting in a church parking lot outside of Atlanta waiting until we drive back through that area so we can pick it up and take it back to Florida.

We will be back in the hunt for a house by the middle of next week.

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We spent 8 days in Pensacola (our home base) looking for a house and a car. The house is to rent for the year and the car is to buy. We stayed with David’s parents during that time of searching. Neither a house nor a vehicle presented itself before we had to leave on our first furlough trip.

Currently we are just outside of Atlanta headed to North Carolina for a mission conference in a supporting church. It has been humorous today trying to remember everything that we need to pack for a conference. I am sure we have forgotten something, but there is always a Wal Mart nearby.

Pray with us about finding a house to move to when we get back home. We are also looking for a car. We have hopes of finding the right one on this trip. We have some leads and options, but have not gotten peace about any of them so far. We know the Lord will lead and give us clear direction.

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Now that our work at the church here has officially ended, it is time to finish packing and get on the road to return to the US. We will be traveling from Tuesday to Saturday (or beyond) to get back to Pensacola where we will call home for the next year.

Today at the church service, we had a wonderful turn out of people. I don’t think a good count was ever gotten, but we had 30+ at the service and there were close to 20 other pastors, missionaries and friends who came by the church after their services were over.

One pleasant surprise we had was that two of the main administrators at the local Deaf school came to the service this morning. These are two ladies who do not participate in a hands on way at the school, and therefore I rarely see them. But they are government officials who are in charge of the administrative tasks and are usually present for all the school functions when the public is invited. These ladies have been very kind to us and spoke very highly of the work that the Lord has helped us to build. They probably have very little understanding of all that we are trying to do, but they have been supportive in our efforts to provide spiritual guidance to the Deaf community.

I have felt for some time that things have gone well with the ministry and that God will continue to bless the Greens and the work here. After today, I feel even more confident that we are able to walk away knowing that we have done what God has called us to do and that He will continue to build this work through other people.

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Today we drove home from the Deaf camp in Yucatan. We were there from Tuesday to Friday of this week. There were 22 participants in the camp, which is about what we expected. We did not have any salvations during the week, but we were privileged to spend individual time with the Deaf and their hearing family members which we normally do not get to do in our normal ministry.

This week of camp marks the final stage of our ministry in Merida. We have finished four years here and are excited about leaving the ministry in the hands of another family. The next 10 days will be spent packing and tying up loose ends.

We will also have one final event at the church which will be a going away party for us. We have worked to invite the many Deaf that we have met through our four years of ministry here. Of course it will be an exciting and emotional time for all of us, but I am thrilled about having one more opportunity to present the Gospel to those who have not made a decision for Christ. That special day will be August 24. We would really appreciate your prayers that God will lead the people to the service and that they will be willing to hear the Gospel one last time from us.

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I have been working on getting this website set up for easier updating and to make it easier for you to follow future updates.

If you have not previously done so, you can sign up to receive our prayer letter via email by placing your information in the box in the right side bar. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed which will give you updates in your feed reader each time the site is updated. The old RSS feed address no longer works.

One of the other advantages to the new site is that you will be able to leave comments and ask questions with each update. As always, you can also email me directly.

Look for more regular updates to the site along with pictures of different activities that we have at the church.

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Today we got together with some other missionary families and had an enjoyable day. We started off with the men and boys gathering at the park this morning to play some football. There were 17 of us and we had a great time.

We then went to the house of one of the missionary families and had a feast! There were 48 of us (if my count was right). It is just like getting together with our family back home. Some of the people we know very well, while others are mere acquaintances. We enjoy getting to catch up with those we know well and get to know the new families.

After the meal we sat around and talked and shared what we were thankful for. We also sang some songs and, of course, watched football. Most people stayed around and talked for several hours after the meal. It is a lot of work and way too much food, but it would be nice to do this three or four times a year just to get everyone together as a family of missionaries.

This has never really been limited to just the missionaries. We have invited other American families to join us who are either church members or good friends of the missionaries. This year we were joined by a family from the US Consulate as well as a few family members who were in town visiting the missionaries.

May God bless you as we move into the holiday season and remember our Savior who brings us together as one family.

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Thank you for your prayers. Outside of some strong winds, we had very little excitement today. We never really had any strong rain. It was mostly just water being carried around by the wind. All in all it was a very mild in comparison to what it could have been.

The peninsula had little damage to populated areas. The latest reports I heard said there were no injuries or deaths in Mexico being reported at this time.

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We are preparing for the arrival of hurricane Dean. We should start feeling the effects of the storm within a few hours. We don’t seem to be in physical danger, though we could lose electricity for an extended period of time. I will either update this space in a few days if we have power, or have someone do it for me.

Meanwhile, if you would like to contact my parents for the latest information they have, you can email them and they will be glad to share that information. I should be able to get messages back to them through the wonders of radio.

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Camp went well this week. Since we had a day camp, we did not have a consistent number each day, and there was some turnover in the people who came. That said, we had 29 different people during the 4 days. That is a great number and about what we had anticipated. This is our first year doing camp in Yucatan.

There are two who attended camp who, as far as we know, are unsaved. I started working with them very specifically about their salvation recently. They are both very new to learning and using sign language. One is in his 20s and the other in her 40s. Pray for Memo and Mirna as we work with them.

Hurricane Dean is sighting us in. We are not concerned that our house will be severely damaged (you get a strong sense of confidence from a solid concrete house), however we know that there is no way to keep water from coming into the house. As solidly built as these houses are, they are not at all weather-proofed.

Currently we are planning to stay here to be able to start clean up as soon as possible. If we leave it could be quite a while before roads would be cleared enough to get back into town. We will keep our gas tanks full and probably become more fervent prayer warriors over the next several days.

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I am excited to announce the Missionary Talks podcast. It is a project that I have been working on for a few months and am ready to announce to the visitors of www.dpeach.com.

In this podcast I interview missionaries each week for about 15 minutes. You have an opportunity to hear about missionary life from the missionary’s perspective.

There are different mission fields represented in the show. So far we have talked with missionaries in México, Perú, Boston and Cuba. There are interviews with missionary kids as well. Each week you will hear a from about a different missionary and their work.

A podcast is an Internet radio show that you can download and listen to via your computer or any portable MP3 player (you don’t need to have an iPod). You can also listen to the show right from the website. If you would like to know more about how to listen there is information at the Missionary Talks website.

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