Relocating and Expanding Ministry to Texas
We’re excited about the next step where God is leading us. Texas!
We’ve lived the last 12 years in the Temecula/Elsinore Valley of Southern California, the last 7 of those overseeing a Hospitality Center which has housed scores of missionaries from every part of the world, as well as preaching and teaching in several dozen countries.
Now our granddaughter and her family have invited us and her parents (our daughter and son-in-law) to join them in establishing a new (for them) ministry.
We’ve located a rural parcel north of Denton, Texas about an hour from Dallas/Forth Worth Airport. It includes a ranch-style house, a barn & garage, and enough acreage to expand the ministry.
Our dream ministry includes:
4-generations living, working and ministering together. We will combine our experience, training, giftings, and skill sets to offer the Body of Christ a model of an extended family who loves God, loves people, and loves to be together.
The two youngest generations: Brandon & Kate Larson and daughter, Kaira. They have each ministered in other countries, and as a couple in Colorado Springs and Missouri. Kate owned a pre-school in Missouri and is now on staff in the children’s department of Glory of Zion Ministries. Brandon has served for several years as assistant to J. Peter Wagner in his ministry. Both Brandon and Kate love to teach and mentor others.
The middle generation, Dean and Debbie Peterson, have been married for 34 years. They have three children and 9 grandchildren. Dean is a contractor/carpenter who loves the process of vocational discipleship. Debbie homeschooled their children through high school and has been a classroom teacher since. She has taught at state-wide homeschool conventions, has directed up to 50 children in dramas; and has served as director of children’s ministries in their local church.
Pete and Bev Caruso have been married 53 years, have 3 children, 8 grandchildren, and 9 greats. They pioneered and pastored two churches for a total of 35 years. They’ve also ministered in 45 countries. Their Marriage Enrichment Seminars have strengthened couples in many countries and cultures. They have authored several books; Bev loves teaching others to write to their own people, in their own language using stories from their own culture. Pete loves to preach the Word, encouraging others to reach the lost expecting God to honor His Word with signs following.
We hope to be on site at this property early in 2012. We plan to add a community building, hospitality housing for those in ministry (as we’ve been doing here at Rancho de la Paz), a garden, and other amenities to make the ministry as self-sufficient as possible.