Dear Parkside Family,

We wanted to give a brief update on life and ministry in Uruguay. During the past year, we’ve faced a couple important transitions. The first had to do with the schooling situation for our oldest daughter, Nicole. Schools in Uruguay are divided in two segments of six years, and Nicole had to transfer to a new school at the beginning of this year. The new school was in a different part of town, which meant that she couldn’t move up with any of her friends.

Knowing our daughter, we imagined the transition would be hard, but we didn’t fully anticipate how hard it would be. During the first few months, Nicole really struggled—both because she was having a hard time fitting in and because of her new schedule, as she was spending less time with us. Thankfully, though the transition was hard at first, Nicole started to process the situation in a new light and eventually began making some new friends. Now, she is doing much better.