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New places, new faces

January 25, 2022

When I (Ely) was overseas during the summer Independence Day was difficult because I am so used to it being a big event and its not a holiday celebrated on July 4th in other places. Christmas is a similar situation for James. His family goes all out making it a special time; they sent us […]

Joy-filled red-letter days!

January 24, 2022

Have you ever taken a spelling test in which the teacher didn’t actually know the answers? You had to spell words that your teacher herself didn’t know how to spell? Here, when that happened at my house two weeks ago, no one seemed to mind. In fact, we all loved the game, and it was […]

Praying in Faith

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Genesis 22 Matthew 21 Acts 21 Devotional Thoughts The story of Abraham and Isaac is an incredible challenge to walk by faith. Would I have had the faith to believe God like Abraham did? God had promised him a son. Through that son (not the one Abraham fathered by his own effort), God […]

Changes of Plans

January 23, 2022

Hello friends and family, This will not be news to most of you, however we felt the need to post in our blog with the change of plans that have happened over the last month. We were unable to visit the work amongst the Nahuatl due to health and difficult timing of the trip. We […]

Child-like Faith

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 6 Matthew 18 Devotional Thoughts The greatest in the Kingdom is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child. (Matt 18:4) What is a child’s faith like? If a child chooses to stay inside the circle of safety, trusting mom and dad implicitly, going where mom and dad say, doing […]

The Prayer of a Righteous Man

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Genesis 18 Matthew 17 Acts 17 Devotional Thoughts In Matt 17:20-21 Jesus gives us an incredible picture of what genuine faith can do. If we have faith, even the size of a mustard seed, you could move a mountain. Jesus said in Matt 13:31-32 that the mustard seed is the smallest of all […]

Properly Motivated

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 16 Hebrews 12:1-4 1 Cor 15:55-58 Devotional Thoughts How in the world can Jesus say of Peter, “This truth was given to you directly by my Father,” and 3 verses later also say, “These thoughts of yours don’t come from God, but from human nature.” ESV says, “You are not setting your […]

Seeing the Work of God

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 15 Psalm 103 Devotional Thoughts In Matt 15:30-31 Matthew reports the very acts that Jesus declared to John’s disciples in Matthew 11:4-6 as proof of who he was. The people recognize the work of God through Jesus, but the religous leaders refuse to believe. In fact in Matt 12:21-32 they attribute his work to […]

Dong Dong’s Tribute

January 21, 2022

We mourn for our loss, but rejoice for Heaven’s gain!

Typhoon Rai Distribution to Maoy

January 21, 2022

The most difficult place to keep moving in faith is the place of extreme pain. David the Psalmist wrote in Ps.126:5 “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Forty one volunteers served for 10 hours through tears as they distributed this long awaited relief. Falling onto their sleeping mats at 11 p.m. exhausted from hard physical […]