Happy New Year. We hope you enjoyed your Christmas celebration. We ended 2023 with a trip to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to spend Christmas with Bethany and Michael.

Bethany moved there last March to start a new job. She’s settled in and wanted to host us for Christmas. One reason she likes hosting us is her two dogs. She doesn’t like having to find a dog sitter for them.

Michael lives about two hours away from her in Verona, Wisconsin. He moved there shortly after college for his job and has been there almost eight years.

Both of them are doing well, enjoying their jobs and the activities they can take part in nearby parks.

As we move into 2024, we’re grateful for your prayers, friendship and generosity as we continue to serve with Cru. As you think of us, we’d ask you to pray for two things.

• Please pray for Anne Marie’s health. She continues to fight an autoimmune disease. She’s much better than she was a year ago., but still needs ongoing treatments. Later this month, she’ll have three infusions of medicine to keep moving forward with the healing process.
• Please pray for me to manage my workload well. I’m taking on more work as a project manager. Our team shrank from five people to four, and one team member is out of the office on maternity leave. The other three of us are all trying to keep up, helping our Cru teams plan and carry out a large number of projects to share Jesus’ love with people around the world.

Thank you again for your prayers and partnership.

Sincerely in Christ, — Mark, for the Winz family