Greetings from the West Coast. Our deputation journey has brought us out West, and we are thrilled for the many open doors God has led us through. From our travels east to west, God has been faithful, and His mercies have been renewed each [...]
At the beginning of August, we had our preliminary exit meeting with our mission board. We are thrilled, as we are getting closer to leaving for the mission field! At our meeting we discussed all the things necessary to complete prior to mo [...]
Praise the Lord! Our support level is increasing! Two new churches have made the decision to partner with us in our ministry in Peru. Irene had the opportunity to make a visit to Mexico with Missionary Carrie Suhl. She works with BEAMS and [...]
Imagine at 7 p.m., when the weather should be going down into those cool temperatures we all love so much, that you sit on your back porch with a glass of ice-cold lemonade and thank God that it’s only 109 degrees, because it’s so much cool [...]
“I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.” (Psalm 7:17) We praise the Lord for your support and prayers. The Lord gave safe driving and blessed meetings. We thank all of [...]
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 [...]
I would like to preface this prayer letter just by stating that we felt challenged, in a good way, to send out a prayer letter each month. We have excitedly accepted this challenge. We are working on adjusting our schedule, so you may recei [...]
Jambo From the McDonald Family! The Swahili word for “tea” is chai, so when you order chai tea in America, you are saying “tea tea.” Kenyans drink a lot of tea and hardly ever drink coffee. In fact, Kenya is the world's largest exporter of [...]
My understanding is that it is usually difficult for a missionary to fill his calendar during June, July, and August; but God has provided Abbie and me with many enjoyable meetings that were real blessings. We have only had two open Sundays [...]
We began July reporting in at one of our supporting churches, Beacon Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Indiana. This was the first time I was able to address the congregation publicly since they voted to take us on. We always enjoy getting to [...]
