2011 has been an eventful year for the Eckhardt family which included relocating from Managua, Nicaragua to Marion, IN in June.

Jim has continued to recover from neck and hand surgery in May.  He also is continuing his studies at the Wesley Seminary at IWU while we are living in Marion, IN until July 2012.

Lizzie is half way through her senior year.  She will graduate with a degree in Biology.  She is applying to graduate schools, she is planning to study nutrition and health sciences and has been looking at programs that have an international component.

Matt graduated from NCA in Managua and is finishing his first semester at IWU majoring in biochemistry/premed. He is enjoying exploring science.   He's looking forward to finally driving his car--a 66 Mustang this coming year.

Julie enjoyed being an adjunct professor for the IWU nursing program at a local nursing home.  She enjoyed spending Christmas with her family in South Dakota. 

It has been a blessed year, God is faithful.

As we prepare to relocate to Colombia, we will be in need of funds to set up our home and office in Bogota and to purchase a vehicle.   Our goal is $6000 to add to the balance of the funds that we had from the sale of our vehicle and furniture in Nicaragua.   

You can  give to this fund using account number: WM06-1373  at the following the link: https://secure.wesleyan.org/ops/items/?_opsid=GP&_opsauth=CC9F5C453951581B29D542CD5DE318D3&_fundid=WM06-1373&_name=Start-up+Fund+-+Eckhardt or by mailing your check to

Global Partners PO Box 50434 Indianapolis, IN 46250.

Thanks in advance for helping us.

IBWWW.org has many visitors every month, some are just stopping by to see what the site is and others are investigating a place to learn ministry skills and deepen their understanding of God and His Word.  We would like to introduce you to the two newest students that have enrolled in classes this month.

Ivana Ortiz is a pastor's wife of the Wesleyan church  in Trelew, Argentina.  She and her husband, Ivan Schillling, have five children.  She writes "I desire to be equipped in the Word of God, for the last ten years, we have been working with the Wesleyan church in the south of Patagonia.   I am glad the opportunity to study online". 

Isidro Altmonte  is the pastor of the Wesleyan church in Bonao in the Dominican Republic and his greatest desire is that men and women of this world have an encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ who is the only one who can save.  He is married and has two children.