I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people… This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge … (read more)
Well, it has been a little over a month [in mid-May] since I returned to Tanzania to begin my new assignment serving with Siouxland Tanzania Educational Medical Ministries (STEMM). I am staying on the STEMM compound in the village of … (read more)
Earlier this year I shared a prayer request for people facing flooding here in Ecuador because of the heavy rainy season, and certainly you have been praying for all of them. I am convinced that the hand of God was … (read more)
As part of the never-ending pursuit of getting children to read and ENJOY it, I started a trivia contest for the entire month of March. Each week there was a new set of trivia questions hidden around the school about the … (read more)
Of all the celebrations on the Church calendar, Easter is perhaps my favorite. After spending the prior weeks of Lent in personal reflection and repentance, culminating in the observance of Christ’s suffering and death, I rejoice in the celebration of Christ’s … (read more)
Can you picture it? A band of students, pastors and friends gathering together to pray for the nations. Imagine – young people sharing their lives, their hearts, and a passion for the lost. This is exactly how the World Mission … (read more)
We are excited to update you! We have had so many blessings come our way that we are sure many of you must be praying for us. God is so good! Our new home on campus is a real gift … (read more)
Ten days ago I visited a friend who several weeks earlier had told me about the gossip going around concerning “religion spreaders.” She had wanted to warn me to “be careful.” Now we were alone in the single, cluttered room … (read more)
When the children were very small, Dave and I used to take the family camping in a remote area of national forest in Oregon. We would load up the ’69 Ford pickup with everything imaginable. For two nights, we would … (read more)
The plane accelerated down the runway and lifted off. We looked down on Mindanao for the last time. We could see the checkerboard pattern of rice fields stretching out to the east, the rich farmland broken up only by coconut … (read more)