Ryan turns 20

Ryan requested the Mexican dish Mole (pronounced Mol-ay) for his birthday and asked Nuria to make her Tiramisu (she uses an original Italian recipe).  The Fusse boys had a fun time seranading Ryan.

Kicking off tour

The boys are getting ready big time for the tour……
it is called “In the Midst of It All” (or maybe it should be in the midst of all the poverty tour….because they are going on the cheap…Marc and Laura are lending them money for the mastering and production of the cd, cases for their expensive [...]

Grandpa turns 99!

We had a lovely dinner and cake for Grandpa for his birthday.  His niece and her daughter came to visit.  We had a nice group of about 15 family and friends to celebrate the special day. I cut out the gold 99 numbers for his cake topper (got the idea from my friends Ron and Brittany’s wedding [...]

“A place where Jesus would be”

Wow….when emailing with new friends Ron and Brittany….after kind of conmiserating about how violent Tijuana has become with the slew of kidnappings….I remembered that it is a good time to be in a ministry of peace and mercy.  Ron emailed back: “Thanks Melissa, Britt and I will be praying for you while you’re down there. [...]

Prayer Need

Please pray for my friend Amy’s mom who is very ill. Pray also for Amy and her family during this difficult time.

“Baby” Amelie is 2 today.

I can’t believe the baby is already 2 years old!  I visited with the women of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Montebello, California (about 3 hours away) for their zone rally and returned about 5ish and was able to spend some time at the baby’s birthday party. I can’t believe I have had these pictures [...]

Upcoming birthday

Well, guess who?  Here’s a hint:  He was born in 1909!  Yes, its grandpa.  He is like a boy counting down the days to his birthday. It is the 23rd of May.  He has become quite the prayer warrior this year as Rohde has read to him for hours on end from the Bible and from Koehler’s [...]

Andres and the Fusse Band sign with a record label!

Through an amazing series of events, (isn’t that how God works?) Andres and the Fusse Band have signed with a small independent label for Indie artists.  The west coast rep is a Christian man and it appears the head of the label is also.  This is another step for Andres and the boys.  Every step [...]

Thank you

Have you seen this?  http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/

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