Happy Easter! One of my favorite parts about the Church Calendar is that we are not limited to one day of celebration. We didn’t celebrate Christmas for one day, we got twelve! And now we get fifty whole days to celebrate our Lord rising from the dead in…
SAMS-USA Ministry In
Belize
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SAMS-USA missionaries partner with Anglican/Episcopal churches in this region to grow the Kingdom of God. We hope you will be encouraged or inspired by these stories and reports from current and former missionaries in the field. We also encourage you to consider becoming a sender to this part of the world.

Ten Years a Missionary
Writing to you from the frozen north of the United States is such a remarkably different experience compared to where we were posting from this same time last year. I was up early this morning shoveling our walkway of the six-to-eight inches of snow that had accumulated overnight,…
Lament and Thanksgiving
I feel like most of my updates start with some reference to time: “It’s been so long since my last update,” “Time sure is flying by,” “Can you believe that it’s [—] time all ready?” … or something along those lines. And as I sat down to write this update I…
October Update and Funny Things
First, if you haven’t checked out Evan’s last blogpost which features Annabelle as a “Pom Pom Girl” in her school...
Photos and Video from the Hansen’s Fall Term
The Hansen's Fall Term In BelizeHi everyone! I have some photos and video for you. First a quick update: I have been...
Halfway Through
It’s hard to believe we’ve already been in the States for three months. I don’t know if time is flying because of all the traveling, or if it’s flying because my son is now five-and-a-half months old (how did that happen?). I’m sorry for not updating you all sooner on…
July update from Belize.
Evan here: I'm linking FOUR! videos at the bottom of this post. One is a longer video I shared on Facebook about our...
Graduation Week in Belize
This message has a bit from both Evan and Missy. Missy's update is first and Evan's short update is at the bottom...
All About Austin
Austin David Alenskis is ten-weeks-old! It’s high time that we write you an update, and tell you all about how he arrived, how he’s being doing, and what the plans for Team Alenskis are for the next few months as we seek to serve the Lord faithfully here in Belize!1. Austin…
Easter by the Numbers
Holy Week by the numbers: 7 Days. 7 Services. 37 Songs. WOW. Holy Week ended up being very full for me. Between Palm...
He’s Almost Here!
Hi there from Belize!It’s been awhile since my last update, but we’ve also been a bit distracted as we get ready for this baby. So I’m going to do my best to let you know what’s been going on with us over the past couple months, and what are plans for…
Update for February
Hi! This is Evan. The longer you live in a new place, the more you become accustomed to the small things which...