It’s hard to believe that 2016 is over. It truly was an incredible year in so many ways. I couldn’t even begin to tell of all God’s blessings throughout the year, but I’ll try to give you an overview. We traveled nearly 39,000 miles, with m [...]
Deputation is many things, but boring is not one of them! In the two months since our last prayer, we have driven nearly 9,000 miles, traveling from Ohio to California to Florida. We visited the Grand Canyon (nobody fell in), enjoyed drivin [...]
In Ezekiel 34:26, the prophet makes the wonderful statement, “There shall be showers of blessing.” I will never cease to be amazed how God’s blessings seem to come in clusters or, as this verse says, in “showers.” However, to be perfectly h [...]
In Psalm 68:9, David made the statement: “Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.” That is a perfect description of how we have felt over the last several months of our depu [...]
I would like to begin by saying “Thank you” to those of you who faithfully prayed for Ruth’s mother, Debbie Christiansen, during her 12-month battle with cancer. For those of you who have not heard, “Mom C” went Home to be with the L [...]
Greetings from sunny Richmond, Virginia! I will never cease to be amazed by God’s continued blessings on our lives as we travel on deputation. Thank you so much for your faithful prayer and support. I promise you, your prayers really do mak [...]
It’s hard to believe that 2016 is already upon us. Time certainly does fly. In some ways, it seems like just yesterday that we were getting on a plane to return to the States for our second round of deputation, and now we’ve been here for o [...]
Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and support as we have begun our second round of deputation. Though we would obviously rather be in the Philippines right now, we are truly enjoying serving the Lord on deputation. God has greatly [...]
The last two months have flown by as we’ve geared up for our second round of deputation. We have been able to visit a few of our supporting churches, but for the most part, we’ve just been busy dealing with all the details of moving from on [...]
Greetings from soggy Temperance, Michigan. With the torrential rain and flooding we’ve been enjoying here in the Midwest, I’m starting to feel like I’m back in the Philippines during monsoon season, except now I’m driving a minivan as the r [...]
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