Almost every year, rumors start to swirl. First, it is a post on someone’s social media that alerts us to the event. “It’s going to happen here and on this day!” But we have heard it so often that we generally are pessimistic over the verac [...]
Apart from leaving family and friends, part of being a missionary is also leaving behind some things to which you are accustomed. We are probably better off without most of these things anyway: Reese’s, Doritos, garlic bread, Lucky Charms, [...]
While we are encouraged to follow Paul as he followed Christ, most pastors don’t want to hear a missionary claiming Paul’s words from I Corinthians 1:17 as their life’s verse, “For Christ sent me not to baptize . . . .” Paul’s special minis [...]
While the ending of one year and the beginning of another provides a great opportunity to analyze one’s efforts and accomplishments, we find it useful to do such evaluating more than just once a year. As we near the six-year anniversary of [...]
I think Italy has some of the most beautiful places in the world. Wikipedia says that Italy is the fifth-most visited country in the world behind France, the United States, Spain, and China. The English writer Samuel Johnson said, “A man wh [...]
Part 1 Part of my testimony includes seeking out a church to attend in Columbus, Ohio, after having moved away from my hometown. Without being invited by anyone in the church, I started faithfully attending the closest Baptist church I coul [...]
The last couple months have been busy, to say the least. Once we wrapped up 2016’s events and activities, we immediately started preparing for our church anniversary, which we always celebrate on the first Sunday of February. This year we h [...]
Normally we have three weekly Bible studies with church members, aside from our normal gathering with “all the family.” My wife has one study with a lady, and I have one with some Africans and one with a Peruvian family. We have transitione [...]
The Happiest Place on Earth We have had a busy last couple months, which is the cause of the delay for this prayer letter. In July we celebrated our 10-year anniversary of being married. The Lord provided for us to take a short vacation to [...]
A MISSIONARY’S PRAYERS This is going to be a bit of a different prayer letter. Instead of asking for prayer, I am going to let you in on a prayer of ours. As missionaries we love the opportunity we have to preach the Word of God and bring t [...]
