Helping another team proclaim His Glory

May 22, 2019

Proclaim his glory to the nations, his mighty deeds to all peoples.. ~ Psalms 96:3 In my time as a church planting consultant last week, we dedicated six full days to study the world view write up of the Sateré people as a way to pinpoint the spots where Sateré beliefs will conflict with God’s world […]

More steps from faithful men

May 22, 2019

We heard from Orlando the lead Bible teacher in Taina that starting today in Taina for the next two weeks, the other 3 Bible teachers and he will team-teach the next set of discipleship lessons on the book of Acts to Roberto, who was saved last June. The initiative to honor Christ and do […]

Walking alongside the church in Taina.

May 22, 2019

We look forward to visiting the church and leaders in Taina in June! We postponed this once and now will be able to be there just 11 days this time. Pray for safety during the dangerous trip at high water when the rapids are totally treacherous. Pray as we help the Bible teachers think through […]

ACAI – Get it while it’s ripe

May 22, 2019

This 16 year old Nukak girl gave birth to this baby a week ago. Now she is out on the swampy jungle trail to help gather acai berries. She nursed that little baby without missing a step wading down the trail. Apparently the Nukak do not have maternity leave.

Simbari Translation Update

May 21, 2019

Thanks to all who prayed for the final consultant check of 9 books of the Simbari Bible translation over the last 2 weeks. We completed the checking ahead of schedule even though we were working through some very difficult material. The books we checked were: John, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, 2 Timothy, Philemon, Hebrews […]

JBC at SBC

May 20, 2019

Last week, nine members of Jenison Bible Church arrived in the Philippines to assist us in our 5th annual Sports Bible Camp. After several days of traveling, they finally arrived in our village on Sunday morning for a time of worship and fellowship with the village church. The members of the church celebrated the arrival […]

How Things Begin…

May 20, 2019

Our next trip took us down to a family who just began what we call staging. Staging is the process of moving close to the village you want to serve in and beginning the process of asking permission to move in. After which they then must find or build housing to move in. Since this […]

Boast in the Lord

May 19, 2019

Praise God for answered prayers! In our last update, we asked for prayer as Nick prepared for surgery, we finished classes, and we looked for housing in Pennsylvania. Well, we have exciting news about each of those requests: Nick’s ear surgery was a success! The hole in his ear drum (which he’s had since childhood) […]

Accompanying other missionaries

May 18, 2019

During the month of May we traveled to Mitú, a small town in the east side a Colombia where some missionaries are working with the Cubeo tribe. We evaluated and guided them in language learning, culture understanding and church’s planting. We want to thank you for your prayers for this trip. We could see Lord’s […]

Changes

May 18, 2019

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Life Change The SYIS workshop in Manila is history and we want to thank each of you who faithfully prayed for us during that week. There were twenty […]