Our Journey

We are now have a new blog over at: www.joshandbetty.com

Hey Everybody!

Sorry we don't have time to keep this blog up very well. The good life He has given us keeps us very busy :-)

Our current address:
228 Shelly Lane
Lindale, Texas 75771

Latest family picture with our newest additions:

While we are waiting to find the property the Lord has for us, we decided the duplex life was not exactly for us. So we moved in to a rent house that fits a lot better.

Our new address:
236 Shelly Lane
Lindale, Texas 75771

When I looked and saw how long it had been since I posted.... I was ashamed. :-) We are doing very well. We are anxiously awaiting the birth of baby #6. We are so excited to see what God has in store for this little life.

A lot has happened since our last post. We have moved to the Tyler, Texas area and are excited to be what God is doing here. It is so fulfilling to know you are where God wants you to be. A lot of prayers have been prayed by men of God over the years. We feel like we are "enter into another's labor". It will be reward to see the Lord consider to reveal Himself as we follow Him.

Our temporary address (while we look for a more permanent location) is:

Joshua and Betty Scott
16995 Loring Lane
Lindale, Texas 75771

Also here is an updated family picture:




I will post more soon... hopefully,

Josh

A YEAR OF CHANGE
When we got back from Guatemala in December of 2005 we decided that the spacious 900 square foot home we left, had grown to0 small for the large tribe we brought back with us. The boys and Joelle had all grown and the newest addition was on the way. The Lord graciously provided through my Dad. He offered to build us a house at his cost. Two weeks before Stephen was born we moved into our new home. We are still close to family, but have a little bit more room to stretch out.

In May, Betty’s dad became very ill. The illness moved very quickly and we flew down to Mexico along with Betty’s sister and brother-in-law to be with the family. We were so thankful that shortly before we returned to the States and after much prayer Art seemed to be recovering. Sadly, several months later he slowly began to worsen and on November 6<^th he entered into his reward. We have been sobered and challenged by the nearness of eternity. It is our desire to live lives that really count and run the race left to us to run.A YEAR OF JOY

A YEAR OF JOY
This year the words of the song “…He gives and takes away…” have often run through our minds. While we have grieved over the loss of Betty’s dad, we have been overjoyed at the arrival of Stephen Martin Scott on October 6^th. He weighed 8 lbs, 2 oz and was 20 ¾ in long. We named him Martin after our dear friend James Martin who has been so influential in our lives. Stephen’s life verse is: 2 Timothy 2:3-5. The combination of his names means: One who wars against spiritual darkness through the power of the Holy Ghost to the end that he might receive the victor’s crown.

We pray that this New Year the Lord will make Himself real to us and each of you!

Josh, Betty, Abel, Abraham, Joelle, Nathanael, and Stephen Scott

Guatemala, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The beginning of the raining season in Guatemala raised the tone of the criticism to the local government because of the slowness of the reconstruction works 7 months after the devastating course of Hurricane Stan.

According with data from an audit by Accion Ciudadana organization, presented here this week, reconstruction works goes slowly, particularly dwelling construction for damaged people.

The report published by the local press denounced that more than 8,000 Guatemalan families have not been relocated yet, although the Congress decided to distribute 200,000 dollars for reconstruction of 150 municipalities, but almost 50 percent of them are not in the list of the most affected.

Only 32 percent of the works has been made up to May 15, 13,000 families are without a home, there is lack of water and food, and the situation is getting more serious with the upcoming of the raining season.

Weather predictions said the winter will be intense in Guatemala, and this represents a high risk for the 15 damaged departments.

The National Coordinating Office for Disasters implemented a yellow alert this week in 8 departments in the south and west of the country. tac/car/mmc