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Dear Friends and Family,
As the year 2015 draws to a close and 2016 will soon begin, I want to use this letter to look back on what God has done, reflect on His faithfulness, and remember His goodness towards us.
In December last year, we went to Honduras, visited many of the people we have worked with on the north coast of Honduras, and celebrated the wedding of Victorie Allen, Pastor Donnie’s daughter, to Jason Ortiz. It was a beautiful celebration and we were able to visit and catch up with so many people who came to town from all over Honduras to be at the wedding. The Lord spoke to both of us in a powerful way through Donnie’s preaching on strengthening “the inner man”.
At our home here in Tennessee we went through a trial that reminded us of a similar testing our first year of marriage. Our well quit working, leaving without water in our home for 35 days. We got through the first few days by staying in a hotel near the hospital where Wesley works. Then we got a vacation rental near Heidi and Daniel’s house for our family Christmas gathering for a couple of days. After that we were able to haul water from their house and either take dip baths from water heated on the stove, or shower at the nearby truck stop. Bad weather delayed the work done on the well, but once it was finished, there was much rejoicing. God used the whole experience for Wesley to be able to testify of God’s faithfulness and preach on the power of forgiveness.
Wesley traveled to Haiti with his good friend, Kirby Phillips, in late January, to work with Volunteers in Medical Missions. They traveled to several villages where they attended to the physical needs of many desperate people and preached the Good News of salvation through Jesus, which is the greatest need of everyone.
On March 26th, we were blessed with the birth of our 7th grandchild, Wesley Reed Harris, born to Travis and Kelsey in Puerto Rico. I went down and stayed with them a couple of weeks after his birth. I had a great time hanging out with Helena, shopping, cooking, and doing whatever grandma’s do to try to help after a grandchild’s birth.
In April, while I was in Puerto Rico, Wesley went to Bolivia again to work with Samaritan’s Purse on the Ruth Bell Riverboat. He took two Hondurans with him, Juan Carlos Zepeda, a dentist from La Ceiba, and Marvin Ramos, who is married to Wesley’s niece, Karen. Both Juan Carlos and Marvin were huge assets to the team, which traveled up and down the Amazon Basin, treating patients and preaching the gospel.
In June Wesley and I went back to Puerto Rico together for him to meet his namesake. We had a good visit with Travis, Kelsey, Helena, and little Wesley. We were able to fly out to Flamenco beach for one day to celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary.
In July Wesley and I traveled back to Honduras to Tegucigalpa for Wesley to officiate the wedding of Eleazar Coello, one of Lazaro’s sons, to Maria Fernanda. We had a blessed time visiting with all of the extended Coello family, praying with them, and catching up on their lives.
For the past 10 years or so, we have helped a number of students to attend the Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville, KY. Travis and Kelsey attended all the way from Puerto Rico his first 2 years of medical school and took one other Puerto Rican student with them each year. This year they could not attend, but we sent 4 other students from his school in Puerto Rico and a newly -wed couple who has been in medical school in the Caribbean. Wesley and I were able to meet with three of those students while we were in Puerto Rico during Thanksgiving and hear about the many things God taught them at the conference.
Wesley’s niece, Karen Ramos, her husband, Marvin, and son, Thomas, plan to move to Honduras in mid-January to Pena Blanca. They believe God is calling them there, so they are leaving their jobs, friends, church, security, comfort, and safety nets to venture out in faith, not knowing what lies in front of them, but trusting in Him who calls them. Marvin’s brother Delmer and his friend Manuel will be living with them to attend high school since there are no secondary schools where they now live. Karen hopes to help disciple girls at The Eternal Family Project and both she and Marvin want to be of service to other existing ministries in the area. They have made several ministry trips to Honduras with World Evangelism Foundation in the past few years. If you wish to contribute to the needs of their ministry you can do so by sending a check to the address on our letterhead made out to World Evangelism Foundation and putting “the Harvest” on the memo line or going to our website www.wefinc.org . You can keep up with the Ramos family on their blog: theharvest-honduras.blogspot.com .
Daniel and Heidi are about to begin their fourth year in Chattanooga, where they moved to start Scenic City Church. Isabel is 11, Carson, 9, and Kylie is 5. Most of you already know that Kylie was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in July of 2014. She is in the maintenance phase of chemo, which will last almost 10 more months. This phase has been much harder on Kylie than any of us expected, especially her emotions. Please continue to pray for her and the whole family as they try to make all the adjustments needed to finish her treatment. Our hearts are filled with gratefulness as we see God’s faithfulness and presence through this long and difficult trial. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support for them during these past 18 months.
Travis and Kelsey are in their 4th year of living in Puerto Rico. He just finished his 3rd year of medical school and is preparing to take Step 2 of the USMLE. Helena is 2, and Wesley is 9 months. Pray that God will really use them to shine His light there in Puerto Rico, and that they will accomplish all that He has called them to do and to be. Pray for their health, especially for Helena, who has suffered much with asthma.
As I end this letter and the year draws to a close, we are awaiting the birth of our 8th grandchild, Temperance Harris, to Tim and Taryn. Her siblings, Thad, 3, and Taylin, 21 months, are excitedly anticipating the arrival of their baby sister. As we await her birth and begin a new year thinking about her name, I have decided to make temperance my word, goal, theme, and prayer in 2016. Temperance (self-control) is something we all need more of and is one of the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit.
Thank you for your love, prayers and partnership in ministry. We love you and thank God for you.
In Jesus and for His kingdom,
Terri Harris
Please note that we have updated our website at www.wefinc.org I will begin a blog there in January which will contain some of the stories of our account of God’s faithfulness. Please send me your email if you wish to subscribe terriharris@gmail.com.

HARRIS HAPPENINGS  DECEMBER 2012

John 1:16 From the fullness of His Grace we have all received one blessing after another.

In February Wesley and I spent almost 2 weeks in Honduras.  It was such a blessed time. We spent the first part of the trip in La Ceiba.  We visited, encouraged and prayed for many friends. Wesley preached at the church one night.  We get homesick every time we go to Iglesia Hermandad Cristiana.

Much of the time we spent in Tegucigalpa with Lazarus’s  family.  One of his daughters, Keila, married Austin South, a guy she met who was serving Jesus by loving and helping the poor in Honduras.  It was such a wonderful time of fellowship with all of the Coellos (except Carla, who couldn’t make it because she was having a baby).  Vany’s family was there, all the way from Korea.  It had been many years since we saw her and Steve.  Both she and Isai, who was there from Guatemala, are like daughters to us.

In March I went to Peru with Kristen Harris and Nicole Bryant.  We worked with Spirit Led Expeditions.  It was my first time to go to Peru, and I experienced a little altitude sickness.  We visited a school, some Quechua villages, a home for disabled children, a clinic, and a hospital which was built to minister to the Quechuas.  Peru is a beautiful country with very friendly and loving people.  My Spanish felt pretty rusty, but people were kind and patient.

In June Wesley went back to Peru with Grace Fellowship.  It was a medical and dental trip to Andahualas.  They had a great time of ministry.  He was able to work with some of the same people he has worked with for the past 5 years.

In August Wesley went to Honduras and worked at Loma de Luz Hospital.  He took a good friend of ours, Brent Chitwood, with him.  While Wesley saw patients at the hospital, Brent, who is an artist, painted murals at the children’s home.  They were able to go out to Barranco Chele and visit the church there and treat some patients that Wesley had been trying to help by phone from the US.  They visited the church in La Ceiba, and Wesley preached there and got to visit with Pastor Donny and his family.

Tim and Taryn still live in Newnan, GA, and he continues working at Chick Fil A Corp. as a contractor.  Back in February they went to visit their North African country and friends.  They were able to visit two different cities, including the one where Tim lived for about 4 months.  It was Taryn’s first visit there. In June, they welcomed the birth of Thaddeus Joel, who is truly a bundle of joy and sweetness.  Pray for God’s grace as they learn in this new phase of life called parenting.

Heidi, Daniel, Isabel, Carson, and Kylie have also been in Newnan, GA this past year.  He has been the middle school pastor at Crossroads Church, and they have continued to home school Isabel and Carson.  Daniel went to Nepal in October, where he taught different pastors and leaders from across the country.  They will be moving to Chattanooga, TN in January, where they will be starting a church.   Pray for God to provide the house that they need to get started on this adventure of faith, and much grace and humility as they begin this new journey.

Travis and Kelsey moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico in June for him to attend San Juan Bautista School of Medicine.  They have gone through some tough trials this past year, but God’s grace is sustaining them day by day.  Their big news is that they are expecting a baby girl in April!  Pray that God would continue to use them to shine His light in the darkness in Puerto Rico, and keep giving them the grace they need daily to walk in the path He leads them.

Thank you for your love, prayers, and partnership in ministry this past year.  We wish you all a very merry and joyful Christmas.   May you be filled with the Holy Spirit and led by Him in this New Year ahead!

In Jesus,

Terri Harris

Please note that we now have a website (though I am still working on it!)  We will try to keep it updated with news, prayer requests, etc.

www.wefinc.org