These two months have been busy working on some back-burner projects. First, we were finally able to get a real answer on our church property. I found Leopold, a Christian in the land-mapping office, who could help us and who also happened [...]
Former We are coming up on being in Italy for four years. If there is anything we could say that we have learned after four years, it is that we definitely don’t have the supernatural gift of tongues, and we are pretty positive we don’t eve [...]
Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope that our Lord and Saviour will give us the intelligence and a great spiritual understanding to comprehend the meaning of Christmas. He is the cause of the season. Our Saviour was born in Bethlehem (Luke [...]
PRAISE “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) What [...]
It seems with every change of season is a show of God’s unchanging grace in our lives. Fall is brilliant for the vibrant colors revealed by the changing of the leaves. The world is changing, but God’s immutable love never changes. There are [...]
Paul told Timothy in Titus 2:1, “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine.” Although there is an abundance of religion in Guatemala, few churches preach sound doctrine. Many people have religion but do not have salvation and ar [...]
God is so good! We get to have our nine-month anniversary on Christmas! There is no better gift the Back-Pack could even ask for. The temperature here has bounced between 50°F and 85°F. They say that the temperatures here in January should [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. We are so thankful for you and your prayers and giving. We covet your prayers as we face the challenges of life on the mission field. One of the most difficult challenges is that of losing precio [...]
“If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be . . . .” (John 12:26) I once heard a preacher relate that serving God is a life and not necessarily contingent on a geographical location. It becomes ch [...]
Greetings from Dumaguete! Our church had its fourth missions conference in September. We had several men speak for us, but the special guest speaker was Missionary Eddie Galyean. What a blessing it was to have him with us and to have him he [...]
